It was such a pleasure to sit down and chat with John Feeney for this episode. As principal double bass of the American Classical Orchestra and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John has created an extraordinary career for himself.
Author: Jason
An active double bass performer and teacher, Jason teaches double bass at DePaul University and served on the Board of Directors of the International Society of Bassists for many years. Jason is the current President of the Illinois chapter of the American String Teachers Association.
Jason has been a member of the Elgin Symphony since 2000 and has played with the Midsummer’s Music Festival in Door County for the past decade. He is a past member of the Milwaukee Ballet and IRIS Orchestra, and has performed with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Grant Park Symphony, and numerous other professional ensembles.
320: Weekly Update for 3/6/17 – Double Bass News
Stories covered: BASS2018 in Lucca July 30 – August 5, 2018 Gabrielle Raggianti and Alberto Bocini will organize International Society of Bassists Convention registration now open New video for Maverick – Simply Three’s first original song Ira Gold summer camps Paul Cannon video Thanks to our sponsors! This episode is brought to you by D’Addario… Continue reading 320: Weekly Update for 3/6/17 – Double Bass News
319: Andrew Hitz on hard work and blue ocean strategy
Andrew Hitz and I go way back. Not only did we both attend Northwestern University together, but we actually lived in the same arts dorm! In fact, I remember Andrew playing tuba in the great room for performance night. We reconnected last year when I discovered his wonderful podcast The Entrepreneurial Musician. He had me… Continue reading 319: Andrew Hitz on hard work and blue ocean strategy
318: Marcos Machado on the Tao of Bass
Marcos Machado is in the middle of launching his excellent and fascinating series Tao of Bass. I saw this book pop up in my Facebook feed in the fall, and I got in touch with Marcos to do an interview about this project. We dig into topics like: how 20 years of scratching his head about… Continue reading 318: Marcos Machado on the Tao of Bass
317: Concorso Bottesini Competition Overview
The 2017 Concorso Bottesini competition will take place April 18-24. Enrico Fagone and Francisco Donati chat with Jason about the details surrounding this event. The jury members for this event are: Salvatore Accardo Thierry Barbé (previous podcast guest) Jeff Bradetich (previous podcast guest) Enrico Fagone (previous podcast guest) Eugene Levinson Dorin Marc Franco Petracchi Be sure to… Continue reading 317: Concorso Bottesini Competition Overview