More video of Tim Cobb teaching the bass

Last week we featured a video of Metropolitan Orchestra Principal Bass Tim Cobb working with New World Bassist and Eastman graduate Matt Abramo on the first movement of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40.  Check it out here if you missed it. This week, we’re...

Steve Metcalf performs the Bottesini Concerto

My good friend Andy Giller (a former New World Symphony member) forwarded this link of Steve Metcalf rehearsing the Bottesini Concerto with his local youth orchestra. The orchestra sounds like you’d expect from a high school group in the early stages of putting...

Chang Chin Shan performs Dragonetti Concerto mvt 3

Here’s a video of a very young Taiwanese bassist playing her heart out on the Dragonetti Concerto mvt 3.  Very impressive for a 13-year-old, and a very cute video to boot!  There’s a bit of an introduction before the performance, so give it about...