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NEWS OF NOTE
Send your news and announcements for the ISB's E-Bass Line newsletter to info@ISBworldoffice.com.
The 2009 ISB convention at Penn State University broke another attendance record, with an estimated 1,300 bassists, exhibitors, family members and guests enjoying more than 100 events over the course of the week.
If you couldn't be there in person or couldn't get to all the offerings, you can purchase and download many of the masterclasses presented at the 2009 ISB convention at Mike's Master Classes.
If you have a favorite memory, photos and/or reports from the recent ISB convention at Penn State University, please email to info@ISBworldoffice.com for possible posting on the ISB website and publication in the post-convention issue of Bass World magazine.
The USAF Heritage of America Band announces an immediate vacancy for String/Electric Bass. The audition will take place on Langley AFB in Hampton, VA on September 21, 2009. For consideration please send résumés to band.auditions@langley.af.mil by September 1, 2009. For more information please visit www.heritageofamericaband.af.mil/careers or call SSgt Jason Foster at (757) 225-3286. Starting pay rate is $33K per year.
Idyllwild Arts Academy is still accepting applications from talented high school age bassists for the 2009-10 academic year. Students study at an arts boarding schoool in the mountains of Southern California. http://www.idyllwildarts.org/academy/arts/music/music.html Double bass faculty includes Los Angeles Philharmonic principal bassist Christopher Hanulik and San Diego Symphony principal bassist Jeremy Kurtz. Students perform in the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra under the direction of music director and composer-in-residence Peter Askim. For more information or to apply for admission, go to http://www.idyllwildarts.org/academy/admission/application_procedures.html.
Hear a live performance of the John Patitucci Trio (with guitarist Larry Koonse and drummer Brian Blade) recorded at the Kennedy Center Jazz Club in November, 2007 on National Public Radio's "Jazz Set with DeeDee Bridgewater" show.
Jeff Bradetich will be the faculty of The Hong Kong Double Bass Camp 2009 (Asia), August 16-18. Applicants with ABRSM Grade 5 or above; or equivalents are welcome. Three days intensive training including Technique Classes, Master Classes, Bass Ensembles, Solo and Ensemble Performances. For more information, please email bassmen.hk@gmail.com or go to http://cmconcept.hk/bassmen090430.zip to download the application form.
FESTIVALS, COMPETITIONS, AUDITIONS
In collaboration with Istituzione Casa della Musica and the Traiettorie Festival 2009, Fondazione Prometeo will hold a Masterclass for Composers with Stefano Scodanibbio, September 21-22 at Casa della Musica - P.le S. Francesco 1, Parma. Composers should submit a piece (maximum 10 minutes) for solo double bass solo by July 31st to be studied and performed by Stefano Scodanibbio for the masterclasses. The classes are open to registered auditors. For information go to www.fondazioneprometeo.it/masterclass_scodanibbio_e.html.
The 2010 Stulberg Competition at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo will take place Saturday, February 27, 2010. Judges will be the members of the Juilliard Quartet. The application deadline is Dec 18, 2009. Top prize is $5,000 plus a performance with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. For information go to www.stulberg.org, call 269/343/2776 or email stulbergcomp@yahoo.com.
Duncan McTier will hold his annual summer masterclasses in Sion, Switzerland, July 18-25, 2009. For details and more information please visit www.amsion.ch. Students of all abilities welcome!
Arni Egilsson will hold a workshop for jazz bass during the Hollywood (Film) Music Workshop at the J.G. Albrechtsberger Musikschule in Klosterneuburg, Austria, July 7-9, 2009. Classes will be held in German and English, and class size will be limited to 10. Werner Fleischmann, on the faculties of the University of Vienna and the Hellmesberger Institute, will also be giving a double bass masterclass during the event. For course information, housing information and directions, go to www.filmmusik.co.at.
Faculty for the 9th International Double Bass Convention in Brno, Czech Republic, September 20-26, 2009, Miloslav Jelinek, director, will include Petia Bagovska, Bulgaria, Thierry Barbe, France, Ekkehard Beringer, Germany, Carlos Del Pino, Cuba/USA, Gottfried Engels, Germany, Miloslav Gajdos, Czech Republic, Pavel Horak, Czech Republic, Petr Korinek, Czech Republic, Thomas Martin, United Kingdom, Irena Olkiewicz, Poland, Miloslav Raisigl, Czech Republic, Catalin Rotaru, Romania/USA, Radoslav Sasina, Slovakia, Martin Sranko, Czech Republic, Jiri Valenta, Czech Republic, and Jakub Waldmann, Czech Republic. The convention features recitals, lectures and performances of solo, jazz, chamber and orchestral music, competitions, and exhibitors. Deadline to register is July 10, 2009. For information and an application, go to http://hf.jamu.cz or www.volny.cz/spol-kontrabas. Questions? Email jelinekmilos@volny.cz or konarkova@jamu.cz.
Make plans to attend an international double bass masterclass with Christine Hoock, August 20-27, 2009, in Gorizia in northeastern Italy at the foot of the Alps and bordering Slovenia. All lessons, rehearsals, accommodations and meals will be held in the charming and historic Palazzo Lantieri in the center of Gorizia. Christine and Tomoko Takahashi will give a concert to open the week. Participants will give public concerts in the Palazzo and around town. Application deadline is June 30th, go to www.christinehoock.de for more information and to register.
Enjoy the beaches of southwest France at the 19th annual International classical (August 15-23, 2009)and jazz (August 17-23) double bass masterclasses in Saubrigues-Capbreton. Faculty includes Jean Ané, Thierry Barbé, Alberto Boccini, Jean-Marc Faucher, Rusten Gabdullin, Mario Maurano, Christophe Picot, Bernard Salles, for classical and mini bass classes for kids, and Hein Van de Geyn, Peter Washington, Julien Duthu for jazz. Options for accommodations and borrowing instruments. For information or to register at www.paysjazz.com, or contact Fabienne.cambayou@cc-macs.org, +33 5 58 77 23 23, mobile +33 6 33 54 36 92.
The 2009 Texas Double Bass Symposium will be held October 24-25, 2009 at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. Special guest artists are François Rabbath and Joel Quarrington. The faculty, subject to change, includes George Amorim (UT Pan-Am), Jeff Bradetich (UNT), Paul Ellison (Rice), Kip Green (TCU, jazz), Yuan Xiong Lu (TCU), Mark Morton (Texas Tech), David Neubert (UT Austin), Sandor Ostlund (Baylor University), Tim Pitts (Rice and Houston Symphony), John Schimek (Oklahoma City University), Lynn Seaton (UNT, jazz), Anthony Stoops (Oklahoma University), Dennis Whittaker (Univ. of Houston) and Da Xun Zhang (UT Austin). Bing Luo (Shanghai Conservatory) and Tian Rui Zhao (Shenyang Conservatory) will give masterclasses. In addition to lectures, recitals, masterclasses and exhibits, the symposium will feature a student recital, an All-State Workshop for high school students, and an Orchestra Mock Audition with $500 first prize. Advance registration is $30 for participants (due by October 15), $15 for auditors/$20 at the door. Make checks payable to Texas Christian University, Double Bass Symposium. To register or for more information, please contact Charlene Smith, School of Music, Texas Christian University, TCU Box 297500, Fort Worth, TX 76129, (817) 257-7232, fax (817) 257-5818, c.smith3@tcu.edu. Questions? Call Yuan Xiong Lu, (817) 257-4465.
The 16th Oklahoma City University Summer Bass Camp will be held July 12-16, 2009 in the Wanda L. Bass Music Center at Oklahoma City University, site of the 2007 ISB Convention. The week-long camp for ages high school and up of all abilities features training in all aspects of bassdom. The camp concludes with a Bass Blast! concert featuring music for bass choir. For
more information contact camp director and professor of double bass at OCU, John Schimek, at jschimek@okcu.edu.
The Suzuki Bass Teacher Training Book 3 course will be held at the American Suzuki Institute at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, August 3-7. The full gamut of Suzuki education, from the earliest fun and games through an advanced chamber music program. Go to www.uwsp.edu/cofac/suzuki or call (715) 346-3033.
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