Vacation time

I’ll be heading off for a much-anticipated vacation these next few weeks. My wife and I are headed out to South Dakota, first to visit my folks and then heading out to Hot Springs in the southern Black Hills, and finally heading down to Albuquerque, New Mexico....

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...