I often wondered as I entered the classical music freelance world how one could possibly put together an income in this business. Some politically smart auditions I took my last year of graduate school helped me join the Chicago freelance scene fairly smoothly,...
My former student Tyler Bakken sent me this information about when and where double bassist Jeff Bradetich will be holding his summer master classes. It looks like he’s all over the globe with these activities this year.From Jeff:This summer, I will be teaching...
My friend and IRIS Chamber Orchestra pianist Josh Nemith just started a blog for pianists. So far he has a lot of information about local Cincinnati piano resources as well as a post about the New World Symphony. Josh was the New World Symphony pianist for two...
The 2007 Whitewater Winter Bassfest, an event that I started five years ago at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, just happened a couple of weekends ago. Scott Kreger, the new double bass instructor at UWW and a member of the Milwaukee Symphony, was teaching...
I have seen the excellent Chicago jazz bassist Kelly Sill in action recently, and I have to say that I am quite impressed. Seeing Kelly reminded me of my student days at Northwestern University. I remember many performances with Kelly and former Northwestern...
