Before I get started on the blog entries for this week (regarding private studio teaching), I wanted to make sure I invited anyone in the Chicago area who is interested to my upcoming recital:Dr. Phillip W. Serna – The Seventeenth-Century Lyra-Viol, a RecitalPhillip...
This weekend you will be getting a chance to hear Colin Corner, section bassist for the Minnesota Orchestra, in a Contrabass Conversations interview. We will also be featuring double bass playing from JC Jones and Daniel Nix, so stay tuned for this new episode on...
Podcast – The Composer’s DatebookIn Association with the American Composers Forum Podcast Host, John ZakFor Phillip’s recommendation for today, we have the American Public Media program the Composers Datebook. Composers Datebook, in association with the American...
Chicago Symphony member and Chicago Chamber Musicians bassist Brad Opland will be appearing on the Contrabass Conversations podcast in the next few weeks. We just did a great interview yesterday afternoon, and this will be going out on the program in early September....
I wrapped up an interview with Scott Rosenthal earlier this week for the Contrabass Conversations podcast. Scott is one of the major players for the Chicago theater scene, having performed in a huge number of productions such as The Producers, Ragtime, Les Miserables,...