George Amorim, one of the 2010 Chicago Bass Festival clinicians and Assistant Professor of Double Bass at the University of Texas-Pan American, will be hosting the third edition of Viva el Bajo later this week. Check it out if you can! I see that Jeff Eckels will be...
I’m sure that many folks checking in with this blog would be interested in participating in this competition. Learn more and register for the competition here. The Bradetich Foundation announces registration and housing information to attend the International...
This is a video of Lee Starovich (one of my longtime bass students) performing The Chicken along with trumpeter Kyle Liccoci. Both of these musicians have been involved with the Midwest Young Artists program and attend Libertyville High School, where I teach:
Here’s an awesome (and all-too-accurate) video of a typical music major as portrayed by animated computer dudes. This is a very common drama played out in music schools everywhere! Thanks to John Floeter for sending me this.
We just featured Leon Bosch on this week’s episode of Contrabass Conversations, having also featured him several times in the past on the show. Here’s a video of Leon paying tribute to longtime friend Corin Long (the late principal bassist of the Royal...
