Alex Ross linked to the bass blog (along with the fabulous oboeinsight and several other classical music blogs) in his recent New Yorker column titled The Well-Tempered Web. Check out this piece by Alex–it is a very interesting look at his own experiences...
This is our next installment of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Grant Park Symphony bassist Andy Anderson’s Virtual Lesson series. This episode delves into the topic of spiccato–a topic that we’ll be exploring in depth in the following few episodes of...
Last week I put out some fun Photo Booth photos of Elgin Symphony bassists Tim Shaffer and Scott Rosenthal. Well, I got in on the action earlier this year as well, just before interviewing Scott for Contrabass Conversations: I love Photo Booth!
Michael Cameron and Larry Gray (University of Illinois bass faculty) will be performing a master class and workshop in the Libertyville, Illinois area on Monday, October 22nd, around 10 a.m. If you’re in the metro Chicago area, come and check it...
I just got contacted by the operators of xbass.org, an Italian bass magazine similar in content to Bass Musician Magazine (a publication that I write for). Check out this link for their English content. Lots of videos, articles, and the like. Related...
