University of Arizona bass professor Patrick Neher recently asked me to pass the following information along on the blog:Arizona Bass Players is incorporating and working with the three major universities in Arizona to present the third annual Arizona Bass Players...
Readers of the blog may have noticed this already, but we have had a huge amount of activity in the comments about the Guy Tuneh podcast episodes. We’ve had well over 100 comments on the various episodes featuring Guy Tuneh, and hearing from people who have been...
This story was in the New York Times earlier this week:Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced yesterday that the city’s Department of Education will require all schools to maintain arts programs, and that principals will be rated in their annual reviews on how well they...
I just read an interesting post on Joshua Nemith’s Cincinnati Pianist Blog about the benefits of scheduling shorter and more informal concerts, like concerts at a patron’s home or other such intimate venue. Josh mentions having participated in these sort...
Contrabass Conversations regular collaborator John Grillo recently sent me a link to this story about Nancy Donaruma, a 59 year old New York Philharmonic cellist who is quitting the orchestra to become a full-time paramedic:After 31 years in the top-tier orchestra,...
