DSO: Change tune or be replaced | detnews.com | The Detroit News

Ouch. Follow along with a blow-by-blow on this situation at Adaptistration.com: DSO: Change tune or be replaced | detnews.com | The Detroit News A very different Detroit Symphony Orchestra could emerge in the coming months unless the DSO musicians reverse themselves...

Esperanza Spalding wins Grammy

Congrats to bassist Esperanza Spalding for taking home the Grammy for best new artist last weekend. If you’re not familiar with her work, here’s a clip from an interview and performance on “The Second Cup Café.”

Edgar Meyer on NPR

Thanks to Steve Badach for passing this link along. From 2006, and a great showcase of Edgar’s playing: Double bass master Edgar Meyer stops by NPR’s Studio 4A for a chat with Fred Child and to play some virtuoso solo bass pieces of his own composition. He...

Work it! – by Andreas Bennetzen

Mattias Hanskov (17 years) performing the incredibly difficult piece “Work it!” at the MIttenwald International Masterclass 2010. The music is written by Andreas Bennetzen. He is the winner of 2009 Polstjärnepriset og 2010 Ôresundssolist and comes from...