(crossposted at PBDB) Outlier: a data point that falls far from most other points; a score extremely divergent from the other measures of a set. I first became familiar with the concept of “outliers” when my brother came home from his new job wearing T-shirt of the...
(crossposted from PBDB) As I mentioned previously, Ira Gold, my colleague in the National Symphony, is teaching some of the Peabody bass students of Paul Johnson while he recovers from some surgery. He is also teaching Paul’s orchestral repertoire classes, and...
How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care) by Ross Duffin W. W. Norton, paperback (crossposted from PBDB) “Don’t even start thinking about this stuff,” said my friend, an excellent musician who does a lot of period performance work. “It’ll ruin...
(crossposted from PBDB) Here is the blurb from the official Peabody website: Peabody is pleased to announce the appointment of Harold Hall Robinson, principal bass of the Philadelphia Orchestra and instructor at the Curtis Institute, as Peabody Artist-Faculty in...
(crossposted at PBDB) This is a question that is always rattling around out there in Bassland. Many students stress out about the role that the teacher’s bowhold should play in their choice. Many parents of students seem to stress out about it even more than the...
