Phillip W. Serna Doctoral Recital from 2002 at Northwestern UniversityQuest (1990, revised 1994) by George Crumb (b.1929)For Guitar, soprano saxophone, harp, double bass, and two percussionistsRefrain II. Dark PathsII. Fugitive SoundsRefrain 2III. Forgotten DirgesIV....
Contrabass Conversations listener and double bassist Greg Sowell wrote in recently with a very interesting dilemma, wondering if he has stumbled across a very old cake of Oak Bass Rosin. He writes: I love the show. Its an excellent source for all us Bass Geeks out...
The Chicago Symphony is on tour at the moment, and I’m holding off on releasing any additional material for Contrabass Conversations from CSO bass section members Michael Hovnanian, Rob Kassinger, or Brad Opland until they get back. It’s always better to...
Readers could easily have missed double bassist Phillip Serna’s great post yesterday on double bass private studio teaching amidst the glut of posts we’ve put out this week. In this post, Phillip details the steps he went through in establishing...
Double bassist and music educator Russell Kahle recently sent me a link to this outstanding video of Renaud Garcia-Fons performing "Aquajan" for solo double bass. This is a real music video, with cameras sweeping around Renaud while he plays double...
