This is a guest post from double bassist and educator Yoshi Horiguchi covering research that he did about Progressive Repertoire Book 1 by George Vance. Yoshi interviewed Nicholas Walker, Tracy Rowell, Martha Vance, and Johnny Hamil as part of his research. Check...
These videos are intended to help students learn the pieces in the three volumes of Progressive Repertoire for double bass by George Vance and Annette Costanzi. You can purchase these outstanding books on Amazon through the following links: Progressive Repertoire:...
This guest post comes from Atlanta Symphony bassist, Emory University faculty member, and composer Michael Kurth. Check out Michael’s blog here! Audition Summary – Sept. 2017 Atlanta Symphony Double Bass Auditions Auditions were held Sept. 10-12 for...
There are four finalists for the 2017 Bradetich Competition. Here’s a bit about each of them: Szymon Marciniak Szymon Marciniak’s desire is to share musical experiences with the audience at highest level through giving every piece of music an authenticity and...
Sure, he records with Outkast and the Black Eyed Peas…but Brandino also writes pieces for students! Here’s a recording I did on Brandino’s Concerto De Basso. Brandino has made this freely available–click here to download a copy! I also did a...
