Henry Peyrebrune featured on Adaptistration

The last of the “Three Bassists” of TAFTO (Roger Ruggeri and I were the other two authors), the Cleveland Orchestra’s Henry Peyrebrune writes a great article on the delicate balance between asking and coercing friends to orchestra concerts, and he...

European double bass train travel woes

Double bassist Jean-Yves Bénichou recently sent me this item about the increased difficulties and hassles that European double bassists are encountering while traveling with their basses on trains. In Europe, trains tend to be used as the main method of transportation...

Funny gig story from Doug Johnson

Double bassist Doug Johnson has a great gig story that I’d like to share with blog readers. Doug is an active double bassist in the Chicago area, and he performs with ensembles raging from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to the excellent bass and percussion band...

Listen live to IRIS Chamber Orchestra online

I’ve got a bunch of IRIS Chamber Orchestra posts this morning (as you can see)–if folks are around their computers at noon today (U.S. Central time zone), visit WKNO online, the Memphis metro area’s classical music radio station website, to hear a...

IRIS Chamber Orchestra performance Saturday, April 21, 2007

The IRIS Chamber Orchestra will be performing a program of Brahms and Rachmoninov this Saturday (4/21/07) evening at the Germantown Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. Click here for ticket and location information. The concert will feature the Fourth Symphony and...