Playing Handel’s Messiah this weekend reminded me of this great clip that was circulating last year. After some digging around online I found it. Things aren’t going well for this chorus and orchestra anyway in this performance of the Messiah, but they are...
This is an excerpt from a study that David M. Sickle published in the Winter 1990 edition of the International Society of Bassists journal. I thought it would be of interest to many of my readers. It is a survey of 53 North American orchestras and what repertoire...
One of my favorite podcasts is Rob Walch’s Podcast411. I discovered this podcast about six months ago and devoured all of Rob’s past episodes. It is really a fantastic podcast and a great way to discover new shows. Rob had Dr. Kathy King from Podcast for...
We got nailed by snow here in Chicago yesterday. Milwaukee got about a foot of snow, which was much worse than us, but we got a good half-foot of snow here in Evanston, and the suburbs out west got about eight inches. I went out with my camera yesterday morning to get...
My double bass colleague John Tuck recently sent some comments regarding my Rabbath versus Simandl post. He agreed to let me share them here. John is Assistant Principal Bass for the Northwest Indiana Symphony. He also plays for the Lake Forest Symphony and the Des...
