I have recently added Spot’s Doghouse to my list of music blogs, finding this great blog earlier this month through Matt Heller’s hellafrisch blog. This blog is written by a horn player currently playing in the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. He was...
As one of the United States’ most well-respected double bass dealers, the inventory at Albuquerque, New Mexico’s Robertson & Sons Violin Shop is always worth perusing. This shop will be bringing some of the following basses to the International...
Here’s a video featuring the excellent group Time for Three. This bluegrass/classical trio played with the IRIS Orchestra in 2006, and it was a real pleasure to get to be on stage with them. You’ll be hearing Ranaan Meyer on bass along with violinists...
Here is an interesting study from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation about how to involve young people in nonprofit arts organizations. This reading ties in well with my article Rethinking Music Performance Degrees:View publication: Youth Report.pdf About this...
I am putting the finishing touches on this week’s Contrabass Conversations episode. This week you will be hearing an interview with and music from jazz bassist Eric Hochberg. I think that you will really enjoy the episode, and I look forward to hearing listener...
