Bass shot of the day

Here is a shot from double bassist John Floeter of the Grant Park Symphony bass section plus former principal cellist Larry Glazier. In addition to John Floeter (center), you are looking at principal bassist Mike Geller, Greg Sarchet (filling in for Andy Anderson),...

Audition – Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Principal Bass

Update – Audition is now closed – registration deadline passedThis audition is closing in the next few days, so be sure to get in touch with the e-mail address listed below if you are interested. This orchestra has auditioned for this position many times...

New items on ‘For Sale’ page

I just added some new items to the bass blog For Sale page, including a really cool aluminum bodied Pfretschner double bass. Visit the For Sale page for more details, and feel free to e-mail me (jsh177@yahoo.com) with any items you’d like to have listed (no...

We’ve moved! Welcome to www.doublebassblog.org

I finally took the plunge (for the second time) and moved the bass blog to its own domain today. Long-time readers may remember me attempting this six months ago, moving the blog from jasonheath.blogspot.com to doublebassblog.com, with disastrous results (although at...

Auditioning at 54 – part 2

This is part 2 of a guest post by double bassist Jean-Yves Bénichou. You can read part 1 of Benjy’s post here. Benjy is bi-national, being a citizen of both the United States and France. He has lived in France for the past 30 years and has been a member of the...