Jazz isn’t the only music I play. Â Tomorrow, I’ll be playing Schubert’s Mass in G at First Presbyterian Church of Lakeland. Â We had a rehearsal today under the direction of Dr. Dan Gordon. Â It will be an excellent afternoon of music. Sunday, 22 February 3:30 pm ... Continue Reading
Unclutterer has a great series called Workspace of the Week, where various desks and other workspaces make their way onto this blog about how to simplify and organize. Â This week, they highlighted the studio of Brendan Burns, whose guitar-focused space is set up for instrument-musician- ... Continue Reading
 Arts @ thisisindexed.com Indexed is one of my favorite daily blogs.  Jessica’s insights are often so deceptively poignant that it may take all day for the gravity of her statements to set it. This is today’s post.  If you haven’t been able to tell, I’ve r ... Continue Reading
I’ll be playing with the Florida Wind Band tonight at Centro Asturiano in Tampa. Â You can purchase tickets here. Â Â A Christmas Festival —————– Leroy Anderson Russian Christmas Music ———– Alfred Reed Varian ... Continue Reading
Thanks, Jason, for hipping my to this very fine video. Â The entire project looks interesting. Â Please take a moment to be inspired by this: Continue Reading
 After taking a year off to devote myself to the completion of my degree, I have returned to the world of Orchestral playing.  I am on the roster of the Imperial Symphony Orchestra.  It’s a regional pickup (and primarily volunteer)  group, comprised of several ... Continue Reading
Jason Heath recently posted a video post about subbing out a steady gig for a more lucrative one. When Should You Sub Out of a Gig?Uploaded by doublebassblogger Jason’s post, while speaking specifically about classical playing, hits the nail on the head for jazzers of all ilk. What ... Continue Reading
I love when someone has vision for a tired old song or two: via Continue Reading
(I am posting this link as soon as I read it in order to beat Jason Heath to the punch. Jason is a wonderful, prolific blogger who posts things with such speed and regularity (at least way more than I can muster) that I find many things tagged toblog in my delicious on his blog long befor ... Continue Reading
Jason Heath offered an excellent addition to Drew McManus’ Post-a-Day series for Take a Friend to Orchestra (TAFTO). Jason makes an excellent point about the effectiveness of conductor rambling in drawing the audience into orchestral programs. I am young and inexperienced enough to ... Continue Reading
Oh, how I miss Cleveland right about now! Tonight I saw the Cleveland Orchestra for the first time since 2002. It’s been five years! Just four days ago, I heard that The Orchestra would be playing at St. Petersburg’s Mahaffey Theater this evening. Instead of writing a me ... Continue Reading
Most anyone who reads this and cares about classical music has probably already heard about this recent article in Cleveland’s weekly alt-newspaper, Scene. It addresses the lack of audition screens at Cleveland Orchestra auditions and the influence of concertmaster William Preucil on ... Continue Reading
Liveblogging from the USF Symphony Orchestra concert. We are in between dress and concert and hit in about 15 minutes. I had planned on doing some homework, but dinner took too long and there is no place to do the requisite listening here. I described the program here, so I won’t d ... Continue Reading
I achieved one goal for this year already: I am principal bass of the University of South Florida Symphony Orchestra. This is an absolutely excellent large ensemble under the direction of Dr. William Wiedrich. The ensemble’s next concert is February 15 at the Palladium Theatre in St ... Continue Reading
Come see my play my first Chamber Music gig at First Pres this afternoon at four pm. Continue Reading
The Orlando Philharmonic with Poncho Sanchez I had been waiting quite a while for Poncho to come to Orlando, since long before the season was announced. It is exciting to see the Orchestra branching out to reach a broader audience. (I should disclose at this point that I once worked in ... Continue Reading
