The following is an instrument search request from Erik Dorset at the Akademie für Alte Musik in Berlin: Dear Early Music Friends, Quite simply, this is a desperate call for your help. No- not money, but a double bass is needed. As we at the Akademie für Alte Musik...
Home from teaching and trying to figure out what’s getting screwed up on the server end for the blog. Ahhh, the joys of tech troubleshootin # Just got off the phone with tech support. Trying to resolve server issues and tweak things to load the blog faster. #...
Adaptistration: An Adaptistration Poll: Strategic Planning If you get a chance, go over and take an Adaptistration poll on what level of input should be included in an organization’s strategic planning process. (tags: adaptistration classical music management...
Lyric Opera of Chicago bassist (and Contrabass Conversations guest) Greg Sarchet sent me a link to what is pretty much the greatest bass video of all time. I’m not sure whether to put an ‘explicit’ warning on this one–let’s just say that...
This is a post from double bassist from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music student Nicholas Hart. Nick will be contributing weekly posts to the bass blog about life as a music student in one of the nation’s most exclusive programs. I think readers will find this...