Simandl-Plus® – Rabbath versus Simandl follow-up discussion

This is a post continuing the discussion of various double bass fingering methods. You can read the complete conversation here. Feel free to add your comments to any of these posts. If you have more extended thoughts or additional methods that you would like me to...

Google Partners with Teach for America

The Official Google Blog recently wrote a post about Google’s new partnership with Teach for America. Google states: In recognition of the strengths exhibited by Teach For America corps members and their strong commitment to education, Google is offering...

The Rising Cost of a College Education

There was a great article in this Sunday’s Chicago Tribune Magazine about the rising cost of college tuition. The article profiles Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, a school ranked in the third tier of national colleges by U.S. News and World Report....

Double Bass Orchestral Audition Lists – A Survey

This is an excerpt from a study that David M. Sickle published in the Winter 1990 edition of the International Society of Bassists journal. I thought it would be of interest to many of my readers. It is a survey of 53 North American orchestras and what repertoire...