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Catalin Rotaru has just released a new album titled The Lord of The Basses. This album features Catalin performing on Bottesini’s famous 300-year-old Testore bass. Catalin has also released another project this fall titled Sonic Bridges Vol. 2.Continue Reading …
Jack Unzicker and Jason Heath chat about all kinds of topics in today’s episode. This was recorded live at East Side Denton in Denton, Texas in September, 2017.Continue Reading …
Hans Sturm and Jackie Allen have recently released Rose Fingered Dawn, an album of original compositions written by Hans. Today’s episode is a conversation with Hans about this new album along with excerpts of several selections.Continue Reading …
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It was a pleasure to sit down with bassist, composer, and University of California San Diego professor Mark Dresser for this wide-ranging conversation about bi-tones, fingerboard amplification, telematic music performance, and much more!Continue Reading …
Today, we take a look at the remarkable impact that Paul Ellison has had on the double bass world as a teacher.
This episode includes our original interview with Paul from 2016 as well as thoughts on Paul as a teacher from five former students:
Performing solo and ensemble concerts as well as giving master classes on the double bass and period instruments on four continents, Paul Ellison is the Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Double Bass and chair of strings at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, Visiting Artist-Faculty University of Southern California and guest tutor at the Yehudi Menuhin School, the Royal College of Music, and Bass Club, England.
Current summer positions include principal bass at the Grand Teton Music Festival, faculty/performer at the Sarasota Music Festival and faculty/performer at Festival Domaine Forget, Quebec. Former students hold titled positions in major ensembles and institutions of higher learning on five continents.
Previous positions include principal bass of Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Aspen Festival Orchestras (also faculty), professor of double bass and chair of strings at the University of Southern California, and president of the International Society of Bassists. Ellison was the first to receive both the diploma and teaching certificate from Institut International Rabbath, Paris.
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