Matt Heller’s Calgary Philharmonic Audition Story

Double bassist Matt Heller (New World Symphony, hellafrisch blog) just started a series of posts about his recent successful audition for the Calgary Philharmonic. Matt is a perceptive and compelling writer, and his tale is likely to be of interest for musicians of...

Boguslaw Furtok plays the Gran Duo Concertante for violin and bass

Here is a video of the great Boguslaw Furtok playing a seven minute excerpt from the Bottesini Gran Duo Concertante with violinist Sha Ye. I’m not sure where this performance is taking place, but it sounds great.I have performed this piece a few times with a...

Musical Training Tunes Auditory Sensitivity

Pianist Josh Nemith wrote a recent post highlighting a study done by Northwestern University (my alma mater) on the positive effects of musical study on the auditory system and the brain stem’s ability to track and analyze certain sounds:A new study by...