double bass man, originally uploaded by attentialcane. Some folks need to watch their crack intake before gigs!
Chicago Sinfonietta bassist and Birch Creek Music Festival instructor Alan Steiner sent me this fun video recently about what to do on Christmas if you’re Jewish. From www.brandonwalkermusic.com.
Just got home from dinner with Courtney. Now it’s time to finish editing this week’s podcast. # Heading for bed. Teaching and concerts to follow tomorrow. # Doing some e-mail before heading off to teach. I’ve got a full-length (3 hours) Nutcracker...
Back from Messiah rehearsal–it’s still snowing! # Hanging out with Courtney and the cats, just like I usually do this time of night. # Heading for bed–more blogging in the a.m. # Feeling good about the new series ‘Exploring Chamber Music’...
Here’s a great video of the German double bass ensemble Bassiona Amorosa (www.bassiona-amorosa.de) performing a Ludwig Streicher arrangement of Bottesini’s Carnival de Venice. I just found a whole slew of new videos featuring this ensemble, and I’ll...
