I don’t write a lot anymore about what I’m up to musically ever since making the transition from full-time classical music freelancer to high school orchestra director (a role that I actually derive much more professional and musical satisfaction from),...
National Symphony orchestra bassist Jeff Weisner (also a former Contrabass Conversations guest) recently commissioned by a composer named Armando Bayolo. Titled Mix Tape, it is a six movement solo suite, and each movement is based on a pop song that either Armando or...
National Symphony orchestra bassist Jeff Weisner (also a former Contrabass Conversations guest) recently commissioned by a composer named Armando Bayolo. Titled Mix Tape, it is a six movement solo suite, and each movement is based on a pop song that either Armando or...
National Symphony orchestra bassist Jeff Weisner (also a former Contrabass Conversations guest) recently commissioned by a composer named Armando Bayolo. Titled Mix Tape, it is a six movement solo suite, and each movement is based on a pop song that either Armando or...
Always keeping an eye out for exalted musical successes and disappointing musical failures, this one was recommended to me by a colleague. During a premiere Tauno Marttinen’s Symphony No. 4 with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO), this poor timpanist...
