While surfing around online doing some promotional activities for the Contrabass Conversations podcast, I happened to stumble upon the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s MySpace page. Although finding an arts organization on MySpace is not exactly a rare occurrence, I was...
We hope you all enjoyed the conclusion of our interview with Pittsburgh Symphony principal bassist Jeff Turner on the podcast last weekend. It was really great to get a chance to sit down and interview Jeff, and there is a wealth of valuable knowledge for the current...
ClassicalMusicNews.tv blogger John Grillo has started a new series titled The Art of the Deficit examining how various orchestras function in the modern world and the sort of missteps or miscalculations that frequently get these organizations into financial hot water....
This photo features the Lyric Opera of Chicago bass section onstage beneath the imposing countdown clock from John Adams’ opera Doctor Atomic. (pictured left to right: Greg Sarchet, Aventino Calvetti, Mike Geller, Andy Anderson, Brian Ferguson, and Collins...
Home from a long day of teaching and playing. # Blogging like a fool, cozy in the home office and out of the horrific cold. # Up doing some blogging, writing, and research for the next few podcasts. # Listening to ‘This American Life’ in the home office...
