A recent comment from Carol on my Advice for Aspiring Music Performance Majors post sparked my interest in creating a similar list for top-tier schools for jazz bass study. Commenting on Karl Olsen’s Orchestra Audition Winners List, Carol writes: Jason,...
CSO Bass Blog author (and Contrabass Conversations guest) Michael Hovnanian has been checking in regularly on his blog, sharing what he’s been up to on the Chicago Symphony’s European tour this fall. Here’s what has gone up so far. Check...
My good friend and fellow blogger Josh Nemith (also the pianist for the IRIS Orchestra and Dayton Philharmonic, and formerly of the New World Symphony) just got featured on Chris Foley’s Pagecast of Classical Music Blogs. I found out about this through a...
I was flabbergasted today during a discussion in one of my teacher certification courses when the course instructor suggested…well, actually, the instructor flat out told this class of music education students that it was unwise and unrealistic to expect to be...
Phillip W. Serna Doctoral Recital from 2002 at Northwestern UniversityAngel of Dusk, Concerto for Double Bass (1980/1993) by Einojuhani Rautavaara (b.1928)For Double Bass, Two Pianos and PercussionHis First AppearanceHis MonologueHis Last AppearanceDr. Phillip W....
