I’ve spent the majority of my days the past two years in Lincoln Park on the north side of Chicago, working on an education certificate and blogging in local cafes during my spare time. I’d generally have classes both in the morning and the evening, so...
My double bass colleague Benjy (who has contributed many posts to this blog in the past) sent me a link to the following video of François Rabbath discussing the differences between French and German bow technique at a Berlin master class. Very interesting. This video...
Chicago folks–don’t forget that the dynamic mandolin/bass powerhouse of Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile return to Chicago this fall for a concert at the University of Chicago on October 24 at 7:30 p.m. Here’s a link to the University of Chicago...
(crossposted at PBDB) I am a hopeless political junkie, and especially in this election season, I manage to waste astonishingly large amounts of time reading a huge array of political blogs and websites. I pore over polls, read analyses and insider reports, and...
Around this time I like to point readers to the series I wrote about looking at music schools – the various parts are here, here, here, and here. Many seniors in high school and college are looking at their school choices and planning research trips around now,...
