I recently created a section on the blog specifically for educators. There is a lot of material buried beneath he surface of this blog, and it is my hope to make this material more accessible to both teachers and students. This page will act as a portal to the more...
Finally, there are some orchestral jobs holding double bass auditions! Some of them are the same ones we’ve been seeing for the last few years over and over (Buffalo Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony) but some are new. Here are details:Detroit Symphony...
This is a post from double bassist from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music student Nicholas Hart. Nick will be contributing weekly posts to the bass blog about life as a music student in one of the nation’s most exclusive programs. I think readers will...
I’d like to see what people are into checking out on the blog these days. I’ve done these polls in the past, but it has been a while since the last one, so let me know what is of value to you here. You can vote for as many choices as you want.What Bass...
At the urging of double bassist John Grillo, I recently took the Meyers-Briggs Personality Test. If you haven’t ever taken this test, check it out here–it is quick, and the results are interesting. You can read more about the test at this Wikipedia page.I...
