Blogger (and Contrabass Conversations guest) Michael Hovnanian wrote a great gig story on his CSO Bass Blog about an incident that happened about 10 years ago during a Chicago Symphony Orchestra performance. And I think that this thing only happened in second-tier...
ArtsJournal blogger Greg Sandow wrote a recent post about the Dakota Chamber Orchestra and the South Dakota Symphony, both mentioning Music Director Delta David Gier and providing a link to musical examples from a recent Dakota Chamber Orchestra performance from this...
Bass blog contributor Benjy sent me a link to this feature from the New York Times website. It is a Flash movie documenting some of the new and innovative concert hall designs being commissioned from various architects. Very well done and very interesting. Related...
I love posting about the kitties, although I try to keep it to a minimum. There have only been 26 posts about cats out of nearly 1200 posts, so I don’t think this is too bad a ratio.Anyway, this video definitely falls into the “so bad it’s...
Our next installment in the Gary Karr video extravaganza is this recording of the Paganini Moses Fantasy. Many double bassists have been inspired by Gary’s performances and recordings of this work (I know I have), and I’m pleased to be able to share this...
