Contrabass Conversations

Contrabass Conversations

double bass podcast

1000: Live in San Francisco with Chuck Israels, Charles Chandler, Amos Yang, and Andres Martin

We celebrate the 1000th episode of Contrabass Conversations live at the 2023 Golden Gate Bass Camp!

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Carnegie Mellon University Double Bass Studio – CMU is dedicated to helping each student achieve their goals as a musician. Every week each student receives private lessons and participates in a solo class with Micah Howard. Peter Guild, another member of the PSO, teaches Orchestral Literature and Repertoire weekly. They encourage students to reach out to the great bassists in their area for lessons and direction. Many of the bassists from all of the city’s ensembles are more than willing to lend a hand. Every year members of the Symphony, the Opera and the Ballet give classes and offer our students individual attention. Click here to visit Micah’s website and to sign up for a free online trial lesson.

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779: Charles Chandler, Amos Yang, and Shinji Eshima on 2LOW

We are talking about the release of Bariolage – Duets for Violoncello and Double Bass by 2LOW, a cello and bass duo made up of San Francisco Symphony members Charles Chandler and Amos Yang.  We are also joined by composer and San Francisco Opera and Ballet bassist Shinji Eshima, who composed the title track for this release from 2LOW.

We talk about how Charles and Amos got started in music, Charles working with Shinji as his very first student, details about the album, how this project balances out their work in the symphony, and much more.

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410: Charles Chandler on auditions, excerpts, and chamber music

It has been such a pleasure getting to know Charles Chandler since moving to San Francisco!  In addition to playing in the San Francisco Symphony, Charles teaches at the San Francisco Academy Orchestra and is an active soloist and chamber musician.

Charles is actively involved with the Golden Gate Bass Camp and other Bay Area double bass events and is a champion of new and previously undiscovered works for the double bass.

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