Author: Trevor Jones

816: Noah Reitman on his path to the Vancouver Symphony

Noah Reitman has been assistant principal bass of the Vancouver Symphony since 2015 and is also currently the president of the Vancouver Musicians’ Association.  He also coaches bass and chamber music at Idyllwild Arts in California in the summers.  He is also on the faculty at the VSO School of Music where he teaches bass… Continue reading 816: Noah Reitman on his path to the Vancouver Symphony

815: Bram De Man on his luthier journey

Bram De Man is a double bass luthier in Brussels, Belgium.  After first studying as a bass player, at the age of 18, he was admitted to the Ghent Conservatory to study musical instrument making, graduating with a first-class distinction and receiving an honorary bequest for his research into D-violones and the early double bass. … Continue reading 815: Bram De Man on his luthier journey

814: Travis Harrison on the Canadian School of Double Bass

Travis Harrison is a freelance bassist in Toronto and a former member of the Winnipeg Symphony.  As a former student of Joel Quarrington, Travis worked with Joel for many years to develop and refine the Canadian School of Double Bass, which has has been recently updated and released in a new edition for both fourths… Continue reading 814: Travis Harrison on the Canadian School of Double Bass

813: Bass Players for Black Composers

Today’s episode features a conversation with Camellia Aftahi, Michael Martin, and Tyson Davis about Bass Players for Black Composers.  This organization commissions and publishes new works for double bass by Black composers, and it is celebrating its one year anniversary with an ambitious fundraising campaign for future projects. We talk about the founding of the… Continue reading 813: Bass Players for Black Composers