Double Bassist Corin Long dies in accident

Corin Long, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s principal double bassist, has died in a diving accident in Spain. Corin was renowned as an excellent performer and pedagogue, and he will be greatly missed in the double bass and classical music world. Double...

Advice for aspiring music performance majors

Update: I have a lot of advice for aspiring music performance majors on the Contrabass Conversations podcast, including interviews with major double bass teachers like Paul Ellison, Kurt Muroki, Alex Hanna, David Allen Moore, Bruce Bransby, and many others.  Check it...

Send me stuff

I try to post on this blog any links, services, or concert information that people send me. If you have anything you think would be cool to post, please feel free to e-mail me or leave a comment. Any recitals, events, videos, random stuff, and the like is fine. Also,...

Charles Barr memorial

Cleveland Orchestra bassist Charles Barr was struck and killed by a truck this past Friday. He was riding home from work on his bicycle. Charles and I were the same age, and we had worked together when I subbed in the New World Symphony. Before becoming a member of...

Lesson Summaries and Assignments

This page is actually the first “post” ever for the blog! I used to use the blog solely to maintain a log of lesson summaries/assignments for my private students  I keep this post up for sentimental reasons.  This list is from 2005: Libertyville Studio...