Rochester Bass Retreat

01/23/2024

Honored and just can't believe my luck to get to have recorded an album with my favorite bass player Christian McBride.

Pre-order at https://lnk.to/but-whoar

11/16/2023

A new documentary tells the story of Orin O’Brien, a double bassist who became the only woman in the New York Philharmonic when she joined in 1966 and helped open doors for others.

11/02/2023

RBR founder Gaelen McCormick's chapters on double bass pedagogy (historical, modern, teaching for beginners and intermediate players) is available for pre-order starting ....
TODAY!!
this book was 3 years in the making, with an intense research schedule, oodles of translating original materials, and connecting with pedagogues all over the world. It was a good use of the pandemic lockdown times and might have saved her sanity some weeks.
https://www.routledge.com/Teaching-Violin-Viola-Cello-and-Double-Bass-Historical-and-Modern-Pedagogical/Ihas-Wilson-McCormick/p/book/9780367724757
Reserve your copy now, and think of your favorite string teachers and players for a holiday present!

Teaching Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass summarizes three centuries of string pedagogy treatises to create a comprehensive resource on methods and approaches to teaching all four bowed string instruments. Co-written by three performance and pedagogy experts, each specializing in different stri...

11/01/2023

OMG - a must see! Streaming from 11/8-11/26 for only $15

10/21/2023

Cannot stop wondering how on earth they know what note is which. And isn’t that the same questions we bass players get asked ‘How do you find the notes?”