While poking around online recently, I found an older article from Indiana University bass professor and Contrabass Conversations guest Lawrence Hurst: The modern double bass is not a true member of either the violin or viol families. Most likely its first general...
Michael Hovnanian’s recent blog post about Haitink (which I posted about yesterday) just got featured on the popular classical music blog On An Overgrown Path. Check it out here.Related Posts:Left hand exercises from Michael HovnanianChicago Bass EnsembleMax...
Singapore bass bloggers PY and Emily are going to be invloved in a bass quartet performance. Deails follow:In Conjunction with Singapore Arts Festival: d’Bassists.Venue: Esplanade Concourse, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, SingaporeDate: 30 and 31 May 2007 (Wed...
I’d like to thank readers for all of the great comments (both via e-mail and through the comments on the blog) about the most recent installment of Road Warrior Without an Expense Account. This information and perspective on the music performance degree...
Chicago Symphony double bassist and CSO Bass Blog blogger Michael Hovnanian wrote a recent post about the dynamic between the Chicago Symphony and Bernard Haitink. It sounds like the working atmosphere has improved considerably in the Chicago Symphony since the...
