My fellow podcasting cohort John Grillo recently put out a post on his blog ClassicalMusicNews.tv about the Princeton Symphony’s season finale. He also gives a little background on the orchestra and describes the current music director search the...
A recent article in the Chicago Tribune (Sunday, April 20, 2008 by Howard Reich) on the dramatic increase in music school funding caught my eye over the weekend. Several prominent music schools have new facilities either recently completed or in the planning stages,...
University of Chicago student Kirsten Paige recently completed a set of transcriptions for the double bass, and she has graciously offered to make these available to the double bass community. I just added them to the doublebassblog.org downloads page, and you...
I haven’t thrown this offer out in a while, but if anyone out there would like to record a bumper for the podcast on their computer, I’d be happy to put it between segments of an upcoming show. Examples of a bumper include: “Hi, this is __________,...
The following is a guest post from Double Bass Blog contributor Phillip W. Serna. Check out Phillip’s recitals and interviews on his Contrabass Conversations page, and visit him online at http://www.phillipwserna.com/. Enjoy! ___________ Our next guest in our...
