I just did a great interview with Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Bassist Jeff Turner yesterday for Contrabass Conversations. I think that folks will really get a lot of this interview, and I really enjoyed the opportunity to get to sit down wit Jeff and learn his...
The Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music bass studio has a tradition that they call Burger Madness. Bass blog contributor Nicholas Hart is a member of Albert Laszlo’s CCM bass studio, and he sent me a link to this video documenting the tradition: Related...
Drew McManus wrote an interesting post recently on his blog Adaptistration concerning the current labor situation in the San Antonio Symphony. San Antonio Symphony musicians have authorized a strike if there is no new agreement in place to replace their current...
This video features a performance of the Rossini Duetto for Cello and Bass. There is a loud buzz at the opening of the video, but keep watching–the fidelity gets better. Guy Tuneh was a former pupil of Professor B. Sanderling in Berlin, and he currently studies...
This is just a quick reminder that I am always looking for more tracks for the Virtual Master Class project. Click here to listen to and comment on the tracks already included in the project, and click here to read more about the project. You can e-mail me tracks...
