Michael Hovnanian just put up a post on his CSO Bass Blog that started with a great joke:The last chair bassist of a major orchestra fancied himself something of an amateur conductor. One day the Maestro fell ill and with no conductor on call the orchestra manager...
The following photo is from a student of mine of a cake for a fellow bass player’s birthday. How hardcore to have your birthday cake be a double bass!Related Posts:Past bass shots of the day 1 2 3 4 5Double bass is not always a double bassFlea starts music...
Northwestern University double bass faculty member DaXun Zhang has accepted a position with the University of Texas-Austin beginning Fall 2007 and will be leaving his Northwestern teaching post. This is sad news for the double bass community in Chicago, but great news...
Jacque Harper sent me a link this very strange cat video featuring a cat struggling along a curtain rod with a feather duster to get to a shelf.Related Posts:Nora, the piano-playing catmore Nora footageTortoise on cat patrolThere is no escape from the Jingle...
In addition to hearing CSO Bass Blog author and Chicago Symphony bass section member Michael Hovnanian in a Contrabass Conversations interview this weekend, you will get the chance to hear him play the first movement of the Brahms Cello Sonata in E minor. This was a...
