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...
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...
Bassist Jon Stefaniak recently forwarded a link to me featuring this excerpt of a video lesson with Metropolitan Orchestra Principal Bass Tim Cobb. Tim teaches a bass student (likely a Juilliard student, though this is not specified in the video notes) the...
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...
Here’s a funkaliscious video for your Friday enjoyment!