Dissecting opera repertoire with John Grillo

Double bassist and classical music blogger John Grillo put out a recent post on his blog highlighting his upcoming performances of Verdi’s Rigoletto with Opera New Jersey.  John writes: I look forward to playing Rigoletto again.  This is my second time...

Reflections on my double bass teaching career

I’ve written several times on this blog about both why I teach music and reasons why one might choose music teaching as a career.  I’ve also wrestled with misconceptions across the performer/educator divide, finding myself alternately surprised, shocked,...

Rob Oxoby follow-up to arm exercise post

Double bassist Rob Oxoby wrote in a great comment outlining an alternative exercise to the one described by doublebassblog.org contributor Phillip Serna.  Rob writes: I was able to do this for about 45 seconds. However, it seems to me that this is the wrong kind...

The Funk – post from Nicholas Hart

This is a post from double bassist from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music student Nicholas Hart. Nick will be contributing weekly posts to the bass blog about life as a music student in one of the nation’s most exclusive programs. I think readers will find this...