Kieran Hanlon is Assistant Professor of String Bass and Jazz at The State University of New York at Fredonia. In addition to his teaching, Kieran is a first call performer in both the classical and jazz idioms, and enjoys a diverse performing career in both genres across Upstate New York and Pennsylvania.
We dig into all kinds of topics, including:
- what it was like starting college as a violin and jazz bass student
- Kieran’s varied career path
- going to Eastman for orchestral studies with James VanDemark
- studying wth Steve Molina and Colin Corner
- nuts & bolts teaching techniques for students in music education methods classes coming to the bass