One of my all-time top interview requests has been to chat with Gary Upton and Eric Roy of Upton Bass. As I was booking my trip to New York City, I knew that spending a day at the Upton barn in Mystic, Connecticut was a must-do. Eric, Gary, and I had a great conversation about… Continue reading 529: Upton Bass
Category: Podcast
528: Kieran Hanlon on Bach for the bass
Kieran Hanlon, bass professor at The State University of New York at Fredonia and also a past podcast guest, has been hard at work putting together a Bach project. Titled Practical Bach for the Double Bass, this project involves transcribing select movements of the Bach cello suites into the lower positions of the double bass.… Continue reading 528: Kieran Hanlon on Bach for the bass
527: Michel Taddei on balancing many roles
Michel Taddei likes to keep busy with a wide variety of musical roles. Michel is Principal Bassist of the Berkeley, Fremont, Symphony Napa Valley, and Pacific Chamber Symphonies, as well as the Mendocino Music Festival and San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, and serves as Assistant Principal Bassist of the California Symphony. That alone sounds like a… Continue reading 527: Michel Taddei on balancing many roles
526: Kristin Zoernig on early music
Kristin Zoernig is one of the country’s most in-demand early music double bassists. In addition to being the bassist for the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Kristin performs with the American Bach Soloists, Oregon Bach Festival, Cantata Collective, and a wide range of other ensembles. Kristin and I got together in person in Oakland, California to talk… Continue reading 526: Kristin Zoernig on early music
525: Geoff Chalmers and the future of technology
We did a panel discussion at the 2018 European Bass Congress in Lucca all about technology and the bass: what things looked like ten years ago, where we are now, and where we might be headed in the future. This session was co-hosted by my good friend Geoff Chalmers, the founder of the Discover Double… Continue reading 525: Geoff Chalmers and the future of technology