Bass Page Recap for 2006

Here’s a video I put together with some of the photos and footage I’ve used on this blog over the past year. I’m looking forward to taking new videos and photos and using them in posts to come for 2007:

Blog Redesign – now using Blogger Beta!

Yesterday I clicked the big blue button I had been staring at for the last few weeks in my Blogger Dashboard and switched to Blogger Beta. I am loving it so far. I have written two previous posts comparing Blogger Beta to other platforms. You can check them out here...

Auditioning is a Rotten Pastime

I have taken many auditions over the last decade. I have flown, driven, and taken the train to them, and I (like all bass players) have had my share of inconveniences. There is one audition in particular that stands out, however. I auditioned for principal bass of the...

Hamburg Musikhalle

I love these two shots I took 10 years ago in Hamburg at their Musikhalle. Here is the audience entrance:(That’s Burak in the blue sweater. Read my Burak dancing story here).Here is the stage door for this hall (right next to the audience entrance):I know that a...

Chicago Philharmonic this Sunday – 11/12/06

I will be performing with the Chicago Philharmonic at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on the Northwestern University campus this Sunday at 7 p.m. We are playing the Brahms Symphony No. 2 and the Sibelius Violin Concerto. Andreas Deák is the conductor for this program, and...