Drew McManus is following the ongoing San Antonio Symphony negotiations in his usual excellent fashion. San Antonio Symphony President and CEO has made several unfortunate recent public statements regarding these negotiations, include references to the musicians and...
Before I get started on the blog entries for this week (regarding private studio teaching), I wanted to make sure I invited anyone in the Chicago area who is interested to my upcoming recital:Dr. Phillip W. Serna – The Seventeenth-Century Lyra-Viol, a RecitalPhillip...
Chicago Symphony member and Chicago Chamber Musicians bassist Brad Opland will be appearing on the Contrabass Conversations podcast in the next few weeks. We just did a great interview yesterday afternoon, and this will be going out on the program in early September....
I wrapped up an interview with Scott Rosenthal earlier this week for the Contrabass Conversations podcast. Scott is one of the major players for the Chicago theater scene, having performed in a huge number of productions such as The Producers, Ragtime, Les Miserables,...
Check out this episode from NPR’s From The Top featuring the great Bela Fleck and a young bassist named Mike Thurber. Just visit this page and click the ‘Listen’ button at the top. I love From The Top. To me, it is one of the best examples of how to...
