Virginia Dixon works with young bassists at UW-Stevens Point

Uwsp playin 07, originally uploaded by double_bass_blogger. Here’s a shot of Suzuki Bass School developer and Contrabass Conversations guest Virginia Dixon with a group of young bassists at a recent clinic for the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. I...

SUNFLOWERS – Bassiona Amorosa

Here’s another excellent video from German bass ensemble Bassiona Amorosa. Learn more about them at www.bassiona-amorosa.de.

Andreas Bennetzen at work on the bass

MAY 15 – double bass, originally uploaded by Efterklang – photoblog. Double bassist hard at work creating music. The text reads: Andreas Bennetzen www.dynamobass.dk is recording some double bass. Andreas also helps us with some of the string arrangements...

Twitter Updates for 2007-12-11

Got home from teaching. Bracing myself for yet another (!) ice storm tonight. # Heading out to meet bassists Andy Anderson and Kate Nettleman. # Home from hanging out with Andy Anderson and Kate Nettleman. # Late night blogging–always a blast. This is when I...

Standing Cat video

My student Ian Hallas, who has appeared on the blog before playing the Bottesini Concerto, just sent me this fun cat video. It’s a popular one (over 2 million views), but this is the first time I’ve seen it. I love standing cats…