This past weekend we released a Contrabass Conversations episode featuring double bassist John Grillo that the major double bass excerpts requested on auditions. I strongly feel (and I know that John agrees) that this project will have a real and lasting impact on the...
This is our next installment of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Grant Park Symphony bassist Andy Anderson’s Virtual Lesson series. This episode gets more in-depth with the French bow hold, featuring many exercises and close-ups of Andy’s bow hand and arm in...
I was flabbergasted today during a discussion in one of my teacher certification courses when the course instructor suggested…well, actually, the instructor flat out told this class of music education students that it was unwise and unrealistic to expect to be...
Phillip W. Serna Doctoral Recital from 2002 at Northwestern UniversityAngel of Dusk, Concerto for Double Bass (1980/1993) by Einojuhani Rautavaara (b.1928)For Double Bass, Two Pianos and PercussionHis First AppearanceHis MonologueHis Last AppearanceDr. Phillip W....
In this series we have discussed the alternate mental circuitry developed by musicians, how addictive this art form can be once this circuitry is hard-wired, and how this addiction causes musicians to tolerate employment circumstances that appear untenable to...
