We just wrapped up a very fun program with the Chicago Philharmonic last night at Northwestern University’s Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. No matter how many times I perform orchestral warhorses like the Beethoven Fifth Symphony and Strauss’ tone poem...
This is a post from double bassist and music educator Peter Tambroni. Peter is currently a string teacher in suburban Chicago where he teaches string lessons in grades 3 – 8 and conduct the middle school concert and chamber orchestras. He also leads an Irish...
Double bassist (and Contrabass Conversations guest) Jerry Fuller and Ars Antigua is being featured tomorrow on Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Details from Jerry follow: On February 18 the popular classical music radio program Exploring Music with Bill...
This is a post from National Symphony Orchestra bassist Jeff Weisner. Jeff also teaches bass at The Peabody Institute in Baltimore and co-authors the blog PeabodyDoubleBass. Click here for all of Jeff’s doublebassblog.org posts. ____________ I’m on the plane on...
Asked by a double bassist who just played a shaky audition, one of the faculty members listening to this player passed along this bit of wisdom: “Your audition was great….until you started to play the bass.”
