I recently found this video of double bassist Jeff Bradetich playing the Gigue from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 on YouTube:Here is a quote from Jeff’s bio: Proclaimed by the New York Times as “the master of his instrument,” Jeff Bradetich is regarded as one...
My former student Justin Cormia recently sent me a link to this video of Eugene Fodor playing the last movement of Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 1:
Here are the double bass jobs and festival auditions currently available in the U.S. and Canada according to the most recent International Musician:Jobs:Hartford Symphony OrchestraSection Bass (Basic) – This position is a permanent Basic Orchestra position. The...
I have often had students ask about the effect that bridge adjusters have on the sound of the instrument and what type of material that works best for these adjusters (aluminum, brass, maple, or the like). Here is a comprehensive study of the effects of these...
I just read on The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross that David Packard of the Packard Humanities Institute has launched an online archive containing all of Mozart’s works. According to the License Agreement for the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe (Digital Mozart Edition):The...
