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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE ISB! Send your news and announcements for the ISB's E-Bass Line newsletter to info@ISBworldoffice.com.
NEWS OF NOTE
The 6th Biennial Hawaii Contrabass Festival will take place March 21-28, 2010 in Honolulu, Hawaii. An intensive week of major bassitude features group lessons, masterclasses, bass choir, lecture-demos and concerts. 2010 faculty includes François Rabbath, Paul Ellison, John Clayton, David Gage, Mark Dresser, Marc Marder, Kurt Muroki, Alexander Hanna, Shawn Conley, George Rubino, George Wellington, Jr., Randy Wong and Victor Wooten. Bass players of all ages and abilities are welcome. For information go to hawaiicbfest@gmail.com.
Robert Black will perform Paquito D'Rivera's double concerto, "Conversations with Cachao," with Paquito D'Rivera and the American Composer's Orchestra at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Friday, January 29, 2009 at 7:30 PM. The performance will be repeated on Saturday, January 30, 2009 at 7:30 at the Prince Theater, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
The 2010 Recital Music Composition Competition for Double Bass is open to composers of any age or nationality. The theme of the competition is the discovery of Jupiter's four largest moons in January 1610 by Galileo Galilei, now called the Galilean or 'Medician' satellites, in honor of their Florentine heritage. There are five categories and submitted works written in any style or idiom are acceptable. Composers may submit more than one entry, but each must be accompanied by the relevant entry fee. Works should be unpublished but may have been performed previously. Works written for 4-stringed basses, with the lowest note of E, and in any standard tuning are preferred. Recordings may also be submitted with each entry. For complete details of the divisions, and submission guidelines, go to http://www.recitalmusic.net/spweb/content.php?contentid=141.
U.S. Army Blues Band bassist and composer/arranger Regan Brough and his wife Rachel welcomed their new son, Ethan, on December 22nd. He arrived weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces, and is 20 inches tall. Mother and baby are doing well and they were able to bring Ethan home on Christmas Eve!
On Saturday, January 16, 2010, Butler University in Indianapolis will host the annual Butler-Midwest Bass Day. Host David Murray will be joined by Diana Gannett, Phillip Serna and others in a day filled with student performances, masterclasses, demonstrations, a mass bass All-Play, and a clinicians' concert. Events begin at 9am and conclude at 5pm in the recently renovated Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall in Robertson Hall, Butler University. Admission for the one-day event is free. For more information, contact host david Murray, dmurray@butler.edu or 317-940-8404.
Applications are now being accepted for Canada's National Arts Centre 2010 Young Artists Program as part of its Summer Music Institute, a program that develops exceptional music talent through intensive instruction led by artistic director Pinchas Zukerman and an internationally-renowned faculty. Deadline for applications is Monday, February 1, 2010. Go to http://www.nac-cna.ca/en/education/professionaltraining/youngartistsprogramme/index.cfm.
 The first and only biography to date of jazz bassist Scott LaFaro has been published by the University of North Texas Press. Written by his sister, Helene LaFaro Fernandez, Jade Visions tells the story of one of the 20th century's most influential jazz musicians. Best known for his recordings with Bill Evans, he played bass a mere seven years before his life and career were tragically cut short by an automobile accident at age 25. The book combines an intimate look at his family along with insights into LaFaro's music and career by Gene Lees, Don Thompson, Jeff Campbell, Phil Palombi, Barrie Kolstein, Chuck Ralston and many others. Hardback, 352 pages, including never before published photos. $25 plus shipping and handling at http://www.isbstore.com/miscellaneous.html.
 The perfect companion to the Scott LaFaro biography Jade Visions is the newly released CD, Pieces of Jade. Listen to some of LaFaro's earliest recordings with pianist Don Friedman and drummer Pete LaRoca, plus a 1966 interview with Bill Evans, over 20 minutes of an Evans and LaFaro rehearsal, and "Memories for Scotty," a solo piano tribute by Don Friedman. A must-have for fans of jazz and every bassist now available at the ISB Online Store, with a portion of proceeds from sales benefitting the ISB's Scott LaFaro Prize fund. $15 plus shipping and handling at http://www.isbstore.com/miscellaneous.html.
The George Vance Young Bassists Education Fund, established in honor and memory of the late George Vance, and will be dedicated to offering educational opportunities for young bassists. Send donations payable to the International Society of Bassists and addressed to the George Vance Young Bassists Education Fund, International Society of Bassists, 14070 Proton Rd., Suite 100, LB 9, Dallas, Texas 75244. The ISB is a 501(C)(3) organization and all donations are tax deductible as allowed by law.
FESTIVALS, COMPETITIONS, AUDITIONS
Go to www.isbworldoffice.com/competitions/composition.html to view and/or download guidelines for the 2010 ISB/David Walter Composition Competition. $1,000 grand prize in three categories, plus world premiere performances at the 2011 ISB Convention.
Mark your calendars for the XIX University of Georgia International Double Bass Symposium, February 5-7, 2010, with special guest artist Joel Quarrington. For more information contact director Milton Masciadri at mmasciad@uga.edu or 706/542-2779.
The Bradetich Foundation announces the inaugural International Double Bass Solo Competition, June 16-20, 2010, hosted by the University of North Texas College of Music in Denton, Texas, USA. The competition is open to anyone under the age of 35 as of the first day of the competition June 16, 2010, and who has not given a formal New York City debut concert. The International Double Bass Solo Competition endeavors to identify emerging international artists and to provide career advancement and leadership opportunities. First place includes a $10,000 cash prize. For competition rules or additional information on the Inaugural International Double Bass Competition, contact Maria Harman, 940-368-5395, mharman@bradetichfoundation.org or go to www.bradetichfoundation.org.
The next World Bass Festival in Wroclaw, Poland will take place 8-14 of August 8-14, 2010, with one-day competitions for both classical and jazz bassists. For more information email artistic director Irena Olkiewicz at olkiew3@poczta.onet.pl.
The International Johann Matthias Sperger Society, www.spergergesellschaft.de, announces the 6th International Sperger Competition for Double Bass, to be held September, 2010, in Germany (date and location TBA.) The competition will be limited to 50 participants. Deadline for applications is July 31, 2010. First prize is 5,000 Euros. Details on the program, jury and applications will be posted soon at www.spergerwettbewerb.de. For information contact artistic director Klaus Trumpf, Meistersingerstr.7, D-14471 Potsdam, Germany, tele/fax:+49-(0)331-512556, info@klaus-trumpf-sperger.de. Applications are now being accepted for Canada's National Arts Centre 2010 Young Artists Program as part of its Summer Music Institute, a program that develops exceptional music talent through intensive instruction led by artistic director Pinchas Zukerman and an internationally-renowned faculty. Deadline for applications is Monday, February 1, 2010. Go to http://www.nac-cna.ca/en/education/professionaltraining/youngartistsprogramme/index.cfm. After the success of Paris2008, next comes Berlin2010, an international double bass festival and competition, October 5-10, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. For more information go to www.bass2010.com.
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