San Diego Symphony Principal Bass Jeremy Kurtz recently passed this announcement along to me. Joel is a phenomenal player, and I would highly recommend checking it out.Joel writes:The Toronto Summer Music Festival and Academy is a new program taking place this year at...
Recently Posted Double Bass Auditions for July 2007Allentown Symphony OrchestraDOUBLE BASS – Double Bass (Section)Resume Date – September 4, 2007Audition Date – September 16, 2007Starting Date – ImmediateSalary/Benefits – $81.50 per...
DePaul University student Brandon Mitchell is seen here performing the first movement to the Bottesini Concerto. I have several videos of Brandon in the blog queue, and most of them don’t have the unfortunate stand placement that this one does. Great job,...
Grant Park Symphony bassist and blogger John Floeter put out a recent post on his blog about organizing practice time. He writes:I divide practice into two large categories, technique and repertoire. Within these two categories are many subcategories.Technique Goals:...
This is my first real week of vacation in over six months, and it is a humongous relief to finally have come time to kick back and relax. As a result of all this discretionary time, I have made some big behind-the-scenes changes to the blog and the podcast–the...
