Tim Dilenschneider is the latest addition to the Baltimore Symphony double bass section. Tim is a former student of Hal Robinson and Edgar Meyer at Curtis, and he studied with Ranaan Meyer while in high school.
We dig into:
- how everything outside of the audition can seem to go wrong and you still win the audition
- preparation for one audition carries through to the next one
…and much more!
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