Jeff Weisner’s Peabody New Music Recital Part V: Where Are They?

This is a post from National Symphony Orchestra bassist Jeff Weisner. Jeff also teaches bass at The Peabody Institute in Baltimore and co-authors the blog PeabodyDoubleBass. Click here for all of Jeff’s doublebassblog.org posts. ____________ (Note to readers: I...

Stay tuned for Jack Budrow this weekend on Contrabass Conversations

We hope you all enjoyed our first episode of the all-music show Eclectic Bass, our latest offering from the Contrabass Conversations podcast network. If you missed it, you can find the first episode here, and stay tuned for more episodes from this series in the very...

Edgar Meyer at Bloomington-Normal April 18 2008

Northwestern University double bass professor Peter Lloyd recently forwarded the following information to me.  If you’re in northern or central Illinois (or if you don’t mind driving a bit), then check out this event with one of the finest bass...

Great chat with Robert Meyer and Jack Budrow last week

We hope that you all enjoyed the second half of our interview with double bass luthier Barrie Kolstein this past weekend. If you missed it, you can check it out on Barrie’s Contrabass Conversations page. You can download the episode, play it while you’re...

In search of double bass strings

Click below to download the Ultimate Double Bass String Guide! Download the String Guide Lyric Opera of Chicago bassist, former Contrabass Conversations guest, and faculty member at Northeastern Illinois University and the Chicago College of Performing Arts Greg...