Contrabass Conversations

It was such a pleasure to sit down and chat with John Feeney for this episode. As principal double bass of the American Classical Orchestra and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John has created an extrao…

• BASS2018 in Lucca July 30 - August 5, 2018
  • Gabrielle Raggianti and Alberto Bocini will organize 
• International Society of Bassists Convention registration now open
• New video for …

Andrew Hitz and I go way back.  Not only did we both attend Northwestern University together, but we actually lived in the same arts dorm!  In fact, I remember Andrew playing tuba in the great room f…

Marcos Machado is in the middle of launching his excellent and fascinating series Tao of Bass.  I saw this book pop up in my Facebook feed in the fall, and I got in touch with Marcos to do an intervi…

The 2017 Concorso Bottesini competition will take place April 18-24.  Enrico Fagone and Francisco Donati chat with Jason about the details surrounding this event.

Enrico Fagone teaches and performs in Lugano, Switzerland near the Italian border. He’s also incredibly active as a soloist and master class teacher.

Enrico’s musical journey has continued to evolve …

I sat down with event organizer Will Timmons of mockauditions.com to chat about all the details.

Join former podcast guest …

I first met Patrick Neher when I was an 18-year-old student at Northwestern University, and I've followed along with his career ever since.  

Honestly, I can't believe that it has taken me this long …

Sometimes I get a guest recommendation repeatedly, which is a sure sign that I need to sit down with them and do an interview.

Tracy is an active perf…

Emilio Guarino has just launched a Kicksarter campaign for his chromatic.  Support has been great so far, but clock is ticking, so be sure to check out the campaign and pre-order or pledge your suppo…

Originally from Ireland, Bernard O'Neill has been a bassist, arranger, and educator for over 30 years. He works regularly with Sinead O’Connor and Rufus Wainwright, and he recently put out a project …

It was a ton of fun to sit down with Clarineat podcast host Sean Perrin!  Sean is a fellow music podcaster and just hit his one-year anniversary of podcasting, and we got a chance to sit down and dig…

Today's episode features Ted Botsford.  Ted is currently a bassist in the Seattle Symphony and just won a position in the Los Angeles Philharmonic.  Ted played in the Oregon Symphony prior to joining…

I had the chance to sit down with John Beder and Katie DeRoche to chat about their new documentary Composed, which tackles the topic of performance anxiety.

John and Katie are on a tour screening the…

Here’s the latest Weekly Update episode!  Check out all past episodes at contrabassconversations.com/news, and send me any stories you’d like shared at [email protected].

I had a wonderful time chatting with Detroit Symphony principal bassist Kevin Brown.  Kevin studied with Peter Lloyd, Paul Ellison, and David Allen Moore prior to his appointment with the Detroit Sym…

I have had a great time following along with Eric Steffens and his remarkable career over the years.

Starting off at Eastman studying with James VandeMark and then heading to Vienna to work with Aloi…

Here’s the latest Weekly Update episode!  Check out all past episodes at contrabassconversations.com/news, and send me any stories you’d like shared at [email protected].

Today's episode features a "turn-the-tables" interview with David Heyes of recitalmusic.net.  We dig into topics like:

• Jason's career trajectory
• teaching bass
• making a life in music through multiple…

The Galicia Graves International Festival and Competition will take place February 17-19, 2017.  Jason chats with Simón García, Diego Zecharies, and Gabriele Ragghianti about the upcoming event.  

Ch…