Contrabass Conversations guest and bass blog contributor John Grillo is playing principal bass for The Princeton Festival, a summer music festival that opens this Saturday(6/23/07) with a performance of Bizet’s Carmen. John has mentioned that the singers and...
I just did a great interview with Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Bassist Jeff Turner yesterday for Contrabass Conversations. I think that folks will really get a lot of this interview, and I really enjoyed the opportunity to get to sit down wit Jeff and learn his...
Just a quick note to readers and listeners regarding upcoming guests for the next couple of weeks on Contrabass Conversations:This weekend I will be putting out the next segment of our interview with Indiana University double bass professor Lawrence Hurst. John Grillo...
The 5th annual Boston Bass Bash will be happening this summer from June 29 through July 9. Here is more information from Artistic Director Pascale Delache-Feldman:Dear Bassists,I am very excited to invite you to the 5th annual Boston Bass Bash! The BBB 2007 will be...
The next episode of Contrabass Conversations will feature the second (and final) part of our interview with double bass virtuoso François Rabbath. As in episode 16 (our first part of this interview), you will hear Rabbath’s interview interspersed with clips of...
