I had the good fortune to be asked to perform a recital in 2006 on Gary Karr’s former bass, formerly attributed to Amati and previously owned by the great Serge Koussevitzky. This recital happened in the very early days of my blogging, and though I covered it...
In late 2007, I wrote a lighthearted (or was it?) dig at Northwestern University and the sorry state of their music facilities: Click for the complete story>> Though I doubt that there’s a connection here, I like to think that I did my part in getting the...
This is a post from double bassist and music educator Peter Tambroni. Peter is currently a string teacher in suburban Chicago where he teaches string lessons in grades 3 – 8 and conduct the middle school concert and chamber orchestras. He also leads an Irish...
Lyric Opera of Chicago bassist Greg Sarchet joins his colleagues Andy Anderson and Steve Lester as the double bass faculty of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Greg is a former Contrabass Conversations guest (you can hear him...
Here is audition information for February 2008 posted every month on doublebassblog.org by Phillip W. Serna For many more auditions, also visit http://www.afm.org/ for information on the auditions below: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra DOUBLE BASS – Section...
