The following is a guest post from Double Bass Blog contributor Phillip W. Serna. Check out Phillip’s recitals and interviews on his Contrabass Conversations page, and visit him online at http://www.phillipwserna.com/. Enjoy! Contrabass Conversations and the...
A recent article in the Chicago Tribune (Sunday, April 20, 2008 by Howard Reich) on the dramatic increase in music school funding caught my eye over the weekend. Several prominent music schools have new facilities either recently completed or in the planning stages,...
The following is a guest post from Double Bass Blog contributor Phillip W. Serna. Check out Phillip’s recitals and interviews on his Contrabass Conversations page, and visit him online at http://www.phillipwserna.com/. Enjoy! ___________ Our next guest in our...
Musicians reading this blog are likely to be familiar with the revolutionary Venezuelan music program El Sistema. Started in 1975 by José Antonio Abreu, El Sistema has survived eight separate Venezuelan governments (not simply new presidents, but actual...
Post by Phillip Serna – www.phillipwserna.com ______________ Thomastik Infeld Gessellschaft announces Bass Encounters 2008 in Vienna Austria: Please allow us to cordially inform you about an exceptional double bass festival taking place in Vienna, Austria: Bass...
