This excellent comment came in a couple of days ago on our post (anonymous commenter) from September about balancing music performance and music education. Since things move quickly here (lots of new posts and comments every day), I like to highlight these types...
Matt Heller has put out a bunch of really excellent posts on his hellafrisch blog lately. For those new to the bass blog here, Matt is a bassist in the Calgary Philharmonic. He was previously a member of the New World Symphony (where he was featured in a New York...
While reviewing the various installments of Road Warrior Without an Expense Account, This Crazy Business, Basses, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, or any of the other gig stories here on the blog, I couldn’t help but notice that something was missing. Many of...
Just a quick note to let folks know that you’ll get to hear the National Symphony’s Ira Gold performing Bach’s Gigue from the first cello suite this weekend on the podcast. Ira’s an amazing player and has a lot of very perceptive thoughts on...
I’ve been playing this piece by Rabbath for many years, finding it extremely effective for many different kinds of concerts. There are a lot of different ways to interpret this piece, and I find this rendition fresh and fun: You can also hear me play this...
