My Peabody New Music Recital Part II:Dealing with Uncertainty

This is a post from National Symphony Orchestra bassist Jeff Weisner. Jeff also teaches bass at The Peabody Institute in Baltimore and co-authors the blog PeabodyDoubleBass. Click here for all of Jeff’s doublebassblog.org posts. ____________ So, in my first post, I...

Complete Contrabass Conversations guest listings now available

After a lot of cutting and pasting, we’ve now got a complete alphabetical listing of all Contrabass Conversations guests available under doublebassblog.org/features/podcast-guests.  Check it out, and stay tuned for our Bad Boyz of Bass interview tomorrow.

Volkan Orhon performs Barber Adagio on bass

An arrangement of the Barber Adagio…for solo bass? Well, not exactly. This video features University of Iowa bass professor (and Contrabass Conversations guest) Volkan Orhon performing the solo part to the Barber Adagio along with recorded accompaniment. Volkan...