International Society of Bassists President and Ball State University Bass Professor Hans Sturm and I got together recently and filmed a chat about the Rabbath left hand position technique. This final segment of our chat covers more general mental approaches to...
If you’re able, I’d definitely recommend checking out Rob Kassinger (pictured here with Yo-Yo Ma and DePaul cello faculty member Steve Balderston) in a performance of the Bottesini Concerto with the DePaul Chamber Orchestra this Tuesday evening...
University of Illinois double bass professor Michael Cameron will be performing a recital of unaccompanied double bass music on Monday, November 12 in the Smith Hall Memorial Room on the University of Illinois campus in Champaign-Urbana. He will be performing music of...
The Lincoln Park Cultural Center was packed last night for the Chicago Bass Ensemble, with bassists and non-bassists alike congregating in a quaint structure on the north side of Chicago to hear the musical stylings of these four great players. Doug Johnson, Jacque...
Double bassist David Ballam sent me this great photo of his extension (made by Chris Thelkreld-Wiegend) dominating the Chicago skyline. David is a Masters degree students studying with Peter Lloyd at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. I really like this...
