Congratulations to current Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra principal bass Owen Lee and former principal bass Barry Green for leading the bass section for over half a century. What an incredible tenure!

Exploring new sonic territory with the double bass

It was a pleasure to chat with Helen Svoboda about her explorations into new sonic territory with bass and voice. Check out Helen and one of her vegetable-themed compositions below:

Check out Helen on this week’s podcast: Web | Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Vibrato deep dive

Vassilis Papavassiliou is researching vibrato in a new and fascinating way. Learn about how vibrato works on the bass and other string instruments in his excellent Vibrato Revisited resource.

Check out Vassilis on last week’s podcast: Web | Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Questions bassists are asking

Meet the San Francisco Symphony Musicians: Associate Principal Bass Daniel Smith

Check out Dan on our podcast: Web | Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Quick Hits

Looking forward to this

We are putting the finishing touches to a major new project with the great Brazilian, virtuoso double bassist Dr Marcos Machado. The first lessons are due out soon, exclusively on discoverdoublebass.com. ?

Posted by Discover Double Bass on Sunday, October 6, 2019

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