The dress rehearsal for Amahl and the Night Visitors was last night, and it should prove to be a charming run. You can read my previous post for more information or visit the Ruth Page Center for the Arts website for ticket information.Victoria Bond, the conductor for...
Michael Hovnanian of the Chicago Symphony recently started a bass blog. Michael was my teacher at Northwestern University for my undergraduate and graduate degrees, and it is really great to see him start a blog! I just added his blog to my Blogroll in the sidebar of...
I am playing Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors this week in downtown Chicago at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts. The orchestra for this piece is quite small, and I have never played it before. Once I got a recording of it and listened to it, I...
I play bass for the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra (this is my seventh season), and they always put on a great Nutcracker. Check it out if you’re in southeastern Wisconsin this December! BUY TICKETS NOW!! Also, check out a reasonably priced complete Nutcracker...
Chicago’s Grant Park Orchestra is holding a benefit concert for a violinist with cancer. The press announcement states:Chicago’s Grant Park Orchestra to Give Benefit for Cancer-StrickenViolinist Without Health Insurance By Vivien Schweitzer 04 Nov...
