Yo-Yo Ma with the New World Symphony

Matt Heller just wrote a post about Yo-Yo Ma and his week as soloist with the New World Symphony. He also mentions first hearing Yo-Yo Ma with the Philadelphia Orchestra years ago. It is a very perceptive piece of prose–check it out!It is great to see Matt...

New tabs – higher education and freelancing

Readers will now be able to see all of my posts on higher education and on freelancing by clicking on the appropriate tabs at the top of this blog. I plan on writing much more about these topics, so you will now be able to access all of these posts with the tabs.If...

Significant 2006 Bass Blog Posts

As 2006 draws to a close I would like to highlight the more significant posts made this year on the Bass Blog. I started this blog a little less than a year ago and for the first six months basically just used it as a student management tool. The content management...

John Grillo – The Renaissance Man of the Double Bass

I just got an e-mail from my friend John Grillo, and I realized that I have never mentioned him on the bass blog. This is surprising, because John is one of the most interesting and original musicians I have ever met. John performs frequently with the Pittsburgh Opera...

Most Page Views and Visits Ever for the Bass Blog

Today (12/18/06) the Bass Blog passed a new record for both visits and page views, with 222 unique visits and 575 page views today. That makes just under 12,000 unique visits since July 2006 (when I started keeping track of these stats) and over 30,000 page views for...