Bruce Bransby on next week’s podcast

We will be featuring an interview with Indiana University double bass professor Bruce Bransby on next week’s podcast.  It was great to get a chance to talk with Bruce about his career, teaching at Indiana University and the Aspen Music Festival, studying...
Matthew McDonald performs Koussevitzky Valse Miniature

Matthew McDonald performs Koussevitzky Valse Miniature

Berlin Philharmonic principal bassist Matthew McDonald has a YouTube channel on which he has begun putting out some of his wonderful bass and piano performances. He also has recordings of the Bottesini Grande Allegro a la Mendelssohn, Bruch Kol Nidrei, and the...
Ju-Fang Liu and Andrew Raciti episodes coming next week

Ju-Fang Liu and Andrew Raciti episodes coming next week

We will be featuring two outstanding double bassists on Contrabass Conversations next week.  Monday’s episode will feature Indianapolis Symphony Principal Bass Ju-Fang Liu.  Originally from Taiwan, Ju-Fang studied at Indiana University and was a member of the...

Inside the Contrabass Conversations app

The following video covers the features of the new Contrabass Conversations app, which is free and available for iOS and Android.  This is a deep app with a lot of content and functionality, and I think that this video will help folks see how to incorporate it into...