Here is a video of highlights from my recent recital on Gary Karr’s former “Amati” bass:This video has also been added to my podcast feed, so if you are subscribing it should be available to you the next time you check iTunes. You can also download...
We are playing Hungarian works by various composers this week in the Elgin Symphony. I have played all of these works in various groups in the past–in fact, I played a nearly identical concert with the Northbrook Symphony about four years ago. Click the seal (my...
I have had the unfortunate experience of doing many all night drives over the years to get from one gig to another. This is never fun. The main problem is that I work in Memphis, Tennessee and in Chicago and Wisconsin. IRIS Chamber Orchestra concerts will start in...
Dan Klass of The Bitterest Pill recently did an episode in which he talked about the L.A. Opera’s recent production of Manon. Dan’s podcast is hilarious (I am a regular listener), and it offers some real and humorous insight into how opera seems to someone...
All of the IRIS bass section substitutes have gone on to have great full-time orchestra jobs:Charles Carlton – Cleveland OrchestraMatt Medlock – Naples PhilharmonicIra Gold – National SymphonyJeff Kail – Kansas City SymphonyMy stand partner...
