Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. A double bass, which plays the lowest notes of a string orchestra, stands more ...

To understand the joyful life that Erik Dyke led, consider his commute to work at the NC Symphony — a chore he performed by bicycle, zipping through downtown Raleigh with his beloved, 20-pound double ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- Joseph Conyers, principal double bassist of the Grand Rapids Symphony, is leaving Michigan to take a post with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Georgia. Conyers' final concerts with ...

In the world of classical music, the vast majority of concertos are written for violin and piano. Concertos for other instruments have increased over the years, but it is very rare to hear a concerto ...

Our bass students study in depth the art of solo, orchestral and chamber music double bass performance. During their time at the College of Music, students focus on rich, resonant and lyrical tone ...

ATLANTA — When Jane Little first saw the double bass in her teens, she was horrified. "I thought now why would any girl want to play that big thing," she said. But the double bass is the instrument ...

University of Washington School of Music artist-in-residence Barry Lieberman, the moving force behind the American String Project, kicks off his “Barry Lieberman & Friends” recital series with a ...

The Seattle Chamber Music Festival, which opens its 23rd season Monday night at Lakeside School, may be based in Seattle, but the three dozen or so musicians who appear there every summer are rarely ...

When an orchestra features a concerto for a stringed instrument a violinist or cellist usually gets the attention. Once in a while it's a violist. But a double bassist rarely gets to step forward and ...

Acclaimed double bassist Gary Karr is 77 years old, but his nearly life-long love affair with the musical instrument is as strong as ever. “I think I’m sexually attracted to it,” Karr said during a ...