The Peabody Double Bass Blog continues to grow and develop as a valuable resource for the global bass community. This excellent blog, authored by Peabody double bass faculty members Jeff Weisner, John Hood, Paul Johnson, recently added jazz bassist Michael Formanek as...
Matt Heller filed this blog post under ‘extreme bass-geekdom’ on his blog hellafrisch, and he’s right, but I love it anyway. Check out Matt’s post for an example of a particularly clunky arpeggiated section from Smetana’s Ma Vlast. Matt...
This instrument plays great (as you can hear from this clip) and is available for $9500. Contact Todd Matthews at gtmatthews@gmail.com for more information. You can also find this video ad under our For Sale page, and it will be going out on the Contrabass...
Why, indeed? Answering this seemingly innocuous three-word question is an ongoing process constantly revisited by music educators throughout their careers, the answer constantly shifting and evolving as teachers gain new insight and experience. While there is always a...
I had the opportunity to appear as a guest lecturer for the orchestral studies seminar class at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of the Performing Arts earlier this week, which was a lot of fun for me and hopefully a good experience for the students as...
