I was sharing stories of horrific double bass destructions with the students in the low string methods class I was teaching at DePaul this past spring, and I realized that I actually had two tales (not about me, luckily!) that I hadn’t yet shared on the blog:...
I’ll be heading off for a much-anticipated vacation these next few weeks. My wife and I are headed out to South Dakota, first to visit my folks and then heading out to Hot Springs in the southern Black Hills, and finally heading down to Albuquerque, New Mexico....
From the February 22, 2009 Chicago Early Music Consort Performance of ‘Per Amore – Music of Love from the Italian Seicento.’ Audio Recording by Free Chin, Choice Media Design, Chicago, IL. For more information about the Chicago early Music Consort, visit...
My colleague Judith Hanna will be teaching at the Opus Chamber Music Camp at Illinois Benedictine University (in Lisle, IL, located in West Suburban Chicago) the first week of August this summer. Judith writes: I will be coaching and conducting at OPUS Chamber music...
I’d like to congratulate Contrabass Conversations co-host John Grillo, who is the proud father of a new daughter! This is wonderful news, and I wish him all the best with this newest member of his family.
