Monster Bass Ensemble is the large bass orchestra that features all participants (need to be able to read music) and is the central focus of the festival. As with the 2016 orchestra of 80 bassists, ...

and the double bass is its beating heart… We need to perform as an ensemble in so many arenas right now, especially." The Only Girl in the Orchestra is directed and produced by Molly O'Brien and ...

Chineke! Foundation’s founder and artistic and executive Director, Chi-chi Nwanoku, is an ex-sprinter and a founder member of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – where she held the position of ...

The double bass or simply the bass (and numerous other names) is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. It is a transposing instrument and is ...

There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put together, and they are very often at the heart of the music. The double bass is the biggest string instrument in the ...

20-pound double bass strapped to his back. For almost 50 years, Dyke served as the symphony’s most enthusiastic ambassador, stepping into the lobby during intermissions with his big bass in tow ...

Whitaker is one of the leading performers and teachers of jazz double bass in the United States. He is a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and received national recognition performing with ...

Today, she is 17 and plays the double bass in the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO). “I started out playing one of the smallest instruments, but then I wanted to play the biggest one!” ...