Double Bass News – November 15, 2019

•Humor: Check out this Pumpkin spice Pops rosin from the Kansas City Symphony Bass Section.

•Edgar Meyer performs the Rossini Duet

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Living the dream. Rehearsing Rossini duo with Edgar Meyer. We are performing it tomorrow in Oklahoma, where we were both born, to help celebrate the opening of the new @mcknightcenter at @okstate. Pinch me! . On second thought, please don’t; I like this version of reality.

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•Leon Bosch was awarded an honorary fellowship by The Royal Northern College of Music.
•Owen Lee plays Schubert’s Sonata No. 2 in A Minor at the ISB convention.

•Meaghan Williams, principal bass of the Okanagan Symphony, premieres Mark Haney’s bass concerto: Placentia Bay: Summer of 1941
•Dan Styffe will premiere a new trio by Norwegian composer Asbjørn Schaathun at the Norwegian Academy of Music.
•Bassist Alan Lewine is hosting a travel experience to Cuba that will focus on music and, of course, Cuban culture.
•There is an opening for jazz bass with the Airmen of Note (Air Force Jazz Ensemble)