links for 2008-01-27

“People who couldn’t even spell classical are into it now” Here’s a thoughtful and interesting post from U.K. blogger Jessica Duchen. (tags: jessica duche n classical music blog) CBC 60: Lynn Seaton interview and music This week’s episode...

Opera excerpt breakdown just completed with John Grillo

Double bassist and classicalmusicnews.tv blogger John Grillo and I just wrapped up an opera excerpt breakdown for the Contrabass Conversations show. This is an extension of the orchestra excerpt breakdown that we began on episode 41 of the program. On this episode, we...

The Funk – post from Nicholas Hart

This is a post from double bassist from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music student Nicholas Hart. Nick will be contributing weekly posts to the bass blog about life as a music student in one of the nation’s most exclusive programs. I think readers will find this...

Lynn Seaton on Contrabass Conversations this weekend

We hope you all enjoyed the conclusion of our interview with Pittsburgh Symphony principal bassist Jeff Turner on the podcast last weekend. It was really great to get a chance to sit down and interview Jeff, and there is a wealth of valuable knowledge for the current...

Congrats to Andy and Rose Anderson…

…on the birth of Eli, their second son!  Andy plays bass for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, teaches at Roosevelt University, and is a regular contributor to the Contrabass Conversations podcast.  He also happens to be a dear friend, and I wish him and his...