Merry Christmas from the Bass Blog! Thanks to Greg Sarchet for sending along this Santa pic to me.
When you play a piece like Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Ballet time after time, year after year, sometimes you long for something (anything!) different to happen. Variety is good, even if it is a bad kind of variety. Well, last year at the Milwaukee Ballet we had some...
After reading a recent post on Matt Heller’s hella frisch blog, I found this delightfully maddening story about a recent audition experience from a Washington, D.C. violinist. Check out her tale on her blog Dragons and Princesses. She is just trying to warm up...
Here is another great video of Stefano Sciascia playing the double bass. This is a very different style than the Cancion de Amor video from Stefano that I posted earlier. I recommend checking out Stefano’s website for more information, and I will keep posting...
After following a link on a recent oboeinsight post, I discovered this very funny trombone teacher doll fake ad from HotBrass.info:Classical Trombone Teacher Doll: * Polyester pants, golf shirt, and golf hat. * Tuxedo – Only available with Gigging Trombone...
