Doug Murphy Bass Studio

Nothing quite says "Chamber Orchestra" like 7 folks in the bass section. 🥸

Ottawa Chamber Orchestra

If you can sound like Christian, then that's already enough!

If I never get to be on Sesame Street, I’ll take this! 😂😂😂 Thanks, ! 😂😂

We're into the home stretch for planning the 2022-23 school year!

Tonight I taught for the first time using a combination of Jamulus (for sound) and Zoom (video only), due to our latest lockdown.

The Jamulus platform doesn't filter, so the rich sound of bass E string came through clearly, and we had negligible lag, so could play together.

However, my student heard quite a pronounced echo on his end because he was on a wifi connection.

Clearly more refining needed, but much better than straight Zoom.

Happy Diwali and best wishes for the new year to my friends and family that are celebrating. Wishing you prosperity and wealth of knowledge in life. 🌸

SOSI will be back in person next August! Save the dates!

SOSI welcomes you back to Laurier this August!

Student Institute August 7-12 | Teacher Development August 6-13, 2022

Canada’s largest Suzuki Institute returns to Wilfrid Laurier University this summer. Although we had a fabulous online institute in 2021, the SOSI team can’t wait to see you again in person. All the great things you love about summer institutes are coming back again, although we will also offer some things online. Details to be announced.

An unusual violin, certainly.

A Giant Violin Floats Down Venice’s Grand Canal This 39-foot-long instrument, built by local artisans and carrying musicians performing a live concert, sets a course for the future.

This past week saw me back in class, doing Suzuki Bass book 5 teacher training. The only problem was that I didn't learn that I'd have the week off from teaching until after the audition desdline had passed. This means that I can't officially register the course with Suzuki Association of the Americas.
It was well worth it!

This applies to all creative fields.

Fear not mistakes friends. It is a vital part of the process.

This is good news. So now, go and practise 15 minutes :-)

Study says music takes 13 minutes to ‘release sadness’ and 9 to make you happy The fascinating new research proves that music heals and suggests that in future, music could be prescribed to help us focus, feel happier, relax and overcome sadness.

Normally this recit would be a solo, but we do learn to play nicely together.

Recitative 9th Symphony Beethoven - 30 Double Bass Players Recitative 9th Symphony Beethoven - 30 Double Bass Players Em 2020 comemoramos os 250 anos do nascimento de Ludwig van Beethoven, um dos maiores compositores...