A new member of the Contrabass Conversations family!

I’d like to congratulate Contrabass Conversations co-host John Grillo, who is the proud father of a new daughter! This is wonderful news, and I wish him all the best with this newest member of his family.

Joseph Schwantner and the compositional process

In early 2009, Midwest Young Artists hosted a discussion with composer Joseph Schwantner, who was in town for the Chicago premiere of his piece “Chasing Light…” with the Evanston Symphony. In the following excerpt from this discussion, Joseph chats...

Police: iPhone Left In Hot Car For Three Hours

My intense love of the iPhone (along with all other things Mac-related) makes me chuckle at this article from The Onion (also found as I was cleaning out my lng-neglected bookmarks): WINNETKA, IL—This normally peaceful suburban town is still reeling following the news...