I heard this great audition story a few years ago firsthand from the people who were involved. This was one of the rare times where I actually knew both the committee members and the audition candidate in this story. Auditioning for the Grant Park Symphony The Grant...
National Symphony Orchestra bassist and Peabody Institute faculty member Jeffrey Weisner just started a double bass blog. Check it out here. I am also adding it to my Blogroll in the sidebar of this blog. Jeffrey recently wrote a post about his National Symphony...
I have had the unfortunate experience of doing many all night drives over the years to get from one gig to another. This is never fun. The main problem is that I work in Memphis, Tennessee and in Chicago and Wisconsin. IRIS Chamber Orchestra concerts will start in...
All of the IRIS bass section substitutes have gone on to have great full-time orchestra jobs:Charles Carlton – Cleveland OrchestraMatt Medlock – Naples PhilharmonicIra Gold – National SymphonyJeff Kail – Kansas City SymphonyMy stand partner...
I recently discovered that some IRIS Chamber Orchestra recordings are available on iTunes. Search the iTunes Store for the Gliere Horn Concerto and you will find a recording that we did a few years ago with Eric Ruske.There are four great audio clips of IRIS that you...
