(crossposted at PBDB) I am a hopeless political junkie, and especially in this election season, I manage to waste astonishingly large amounts of time reading a huge array of political blogs and websites. I pore over polls, read analyses and insider reports, and...
Around this time I like to point readers to the series I wrote about looking at music schools – the various parts are here, here, here, and here. Many seniors in high school and college are looking at their school choices and planning research trips around now,...
We’ll be featuring San Diego Symphony Principal Bass Jeremy Kurtz this weekend on Contrabass Conversations. Jeremy has been actively involved in the International Society of Bassists and was the catalyst for the recent John Harbison Concerto for Double Bass,...
Former Contrabass Conversations guest Justin Locke, formerly with the Boston Pops and author of “Real Men Don’t Rehearse: Adventures in the Secret World of Professional Orchestras” has a new blog. Go to justinlocke.typepad.com.
The following is a short excerpt from the E-Bass Line Newsletter from the International Society of Bassists. Receiving this newsletter each month is one of the many benefits for ISB members, including special rates on instrument insurance, the excellent journal Bass...