great “chicken little” summary from Drew McManus

Adaptistration blogger Drew McManus put out a post highlighting a lot of interesting dialogue within the cultural blogging sphere=–check it out: It seems that a number of folks throughout the culture blogging community are taking issue with what could perhaps...

diving into electronic music

Part of my new job (more on that later–it’s at an absolutely outstanding high school program in suburban Chicago) involves, in addition to teaching orchestra, teaching the electronic music course.  I am extremely pumped to get into this, and I’ve...

stolen bass

Double bass stolen in Mendoza (Argentina): Laureano Melchiori reports that robbers entered her house and took her Agustin Rosso bass, 2005, 4/4 size, light brown almost yellow color, dark brown walnut ridge, ebony fingerboard. On the upper back part of the bass it has...

Petia Bagovska honored in Sofia, Bulgaria

For twenty years the National Radio in Sofia, Bulgaria, has opened “Musician of the Year” voting to the public. For the year 2010, that honoree is Petia Bagovska – congratulations from your friends and fans in the ISB, Petia! In other news, four of...

bassist Emily Brown on From The Top

From the ISB E-Newsletter: ISB member Emily Brown is a featured performer on National Public Radio and Public Television’s “From the Top” show, the week of May 2, 2011 and taped live in Monterey, California. She played Francois Rabbath’s...