Greg Sarchet sent me a link to this video about the sate of education in America. It is a 20/20 episode called “Stupid in America” and is worth checking out:
I just added several new features to the Bass Page. At the top of the page are a whole bunch of tabs now which will guide you down into the catacombs of this blog. I will probably clean and tighten up these tabs over the next few weeks, but for now it should be good...
I just got word from Arizona State University double bass professor Catalin Rotaru that he will be releasing a new CD very soon. Catalin is an awesome player. He taught at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point before taking his new position in Arizona. I...
Playing Handel’s Messiah this weekend reminded me of this great clip that was circulating last year. After some digging around online I found it. Things aren’t going well for this chorus and orchestra anyway in this performance of the Messiah, but they are...
This is an excerpt from a study that David M. Sickle published in the Winter 1990 edition of the International Society of Bassists journal. I thought it would be of interest to many of my readers. It is a survey of 53 North American orchestras and what repertoire...
