After finishing my doctoral coursework in 2002, I moved out to the suburbs of Chicago, not knowing what I was getting into with building a private studio. Like many bassists, I planned on trying my hand at freelancing (in a bassist saturated city like Chicago). What...
This is very cool. Peabody Institute bass faculty members Jeffrey Weisner (National Symphony Orchestra), John Hood (Philadelphia Orchestra), and Paul Johnson (Baltimore Opera Company) have started a collaborative blog. This new site, which can be found at...
Taking a week-and-a-half off from blogging has been a really great thing for me. I didn’t get online once while in Kauai. No e-mail, no Facebook, no Flickr, no podcasts–no internet activity of any kind. I didn’t even attempt to check phone messages....
As I pack my bags and put the finishing touches on the next two week’s podcast episodes, I’d like to take a moment and let people know about several new projects we’re cooking up for the fall here on the blog and for the Contrabass Conversations...
Before I get started on the blog entries for this week (regarding private studio teaching), I wanted to make sure I invited anyone in the Chicago area who is interested to my upcoming recital:Dr. Phillip W. Serna – The Seventeenth-Century Lyra-Viol, a RecitalPhillip...
