Today’s episode features jazz bassist and vocalist Katie Ernst. Katie was recently featured in the Chicago Reader, and Jason Moran describes her as “a great bassist, composer, and lyricist, she has an uncanny ability to mix traditions… following her voice is like reading a great novel.” She is one of Chicago’s most active young bassists, with two… Continue reading 223: Katie Ernst on Singing, Jazz Bass, and Creativity
Year: 2016
222: Lucy and the Count: Love Dreams from Transylvania
Today’s episode is a live performance of Jon Deak’s quirky quintet Lucy and the Count: Love Dreams from Transylvania. Written in 1981, this is a theater piece divided into three scenes featuring the solo bass in a dramatic, virtuoso role. In the first scene, you can hear the creaking of the ship morph into a… Continue reading 222: Lucy and the Count: Love Dreams from Transylvania
221: Brandon McLean on audition strategies
Today’s show features Brandon McLean, who just won the associate principal bass position for the Pittsburgh Symphony. Brandon has most recently served as principal bass of the Colorado Symphony, and prior to that he held positions in the Vancouver Symphony and the Florida Orchestra. Originally from Seattle, Brandon did his undergrad at the University of… Continue reading 221: Brandon McLean on audition strategies
220: Gabe Katz on switching from music performance to education
It is my pleasure to present this interview with Gabe Katz. Gabe and I have had so many commonalities in our career trajectory, and we have both ended up finding a really satisfying musical niche in the world of secondary school orchestral conducting. Now, by the time you’re listening to this, I will have moved… Continue reading 220: Gabe Katz on switching from music performance to education
219: Gjorgji Cincievski on arranging, multi-meter, and life in paradise
Today we’re chatting with Gjorgji Cincievski, who is the principal bass of the Malta Philharmonic and has been putting out some very cool arrangements for Hoffmeister, including an arrangement of Bach’s Goldberg Variations for violin, viola, and double bass. You’ll be hearing excerpts from this piece on Gjorgji’s new recording throughout the episode, and we have a… Continue reading 219: Gjorgji Cincievski on arranging, multi-meter, and life in paradise