When San Diego Symphony principal bassist Jeremy Kurtz-Harris performs Double Bass Concerto No. 1 this week, it will fulfill a longtime goal and symbolize a 16-year binational friendship. The concerto ...

Call it a string bass, a double bass, a contrabass or a bull fiddle, it’s downright rare to see a solo for it on a classical program. But Barron Weir, the Arkansas Symphony’s principal bass player, ...

If you’ve never heard of a bass trombone, you’re probably not alone. It usually makes its home in the back row of the orchestra with the other low brass instruments, rarely getting any solo time. “The ...

The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra will continue its Symphonic Series with an evening featuring a classical music standard as well as a concerto from what may be the first double-bass soloist to perform ...

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