How Matthew McDonald learns a piece

How Matthew McDonald learns a piece

We put out a recent podcast episode focusing on how various musicians learn a piece. Berlin Philharmonic principal bassist Matthew McDonald also contributed thoughts on how he approaches learning a piece.  Here’s how he does it: Matthew McDonald: First...
BASS2018 LUCCA

BASS2018 LUCCA

The 6th European Biennial Double Bass Congress & Festival is taking place in Lucca, Italy. Find out more here.
Chicago Recitals

Chicago Recitals

Principal bassist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Alex Hanna will perform: Sunday, January 21st DePaul School of Music Concert Hall 8pm Chicago, IL More info Joel Quarrington will perform: Wednesday, February 7th Northwestern University Binen School of Music Galvin...

Recommended Classical and Jazz Study Materials for Double Bassists

The following are materials that I recommend for both classical and jazz double bassists.  Clicking through many of these links will help to support the blog and podcast, which I really appreciate! I have even more resources on contrabassconversations.com/teaching...
Chamber Music Recommendations: An Annotated List

Chamber Music Recommendations: An Annotated List

A version of this article was originally published in the International Society of Bassists Bass World Volume 34 #2 2010 as part of the “Year of Collaborative Music” initiative.  Recommendations were submitted by fifteen great bass players, and I...