Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra features something unusual Monday in the spotlight: the double bass. In this case, it’s played by Mercer University Concerto Competition 2024 student winner Eion Lyons.

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 ...

Catherine Michetti and her bass ready to play. (Photo Courtesy of Amy Michetti) Staten Island, N.Y. -- Sunnyside resdent Catherine Michetti, 18, has been given the opportunity to pursue her dream job: ...

One of the oldest double basses in the world has a rich musical history filled with ghost stories, international fame, an airplane accident and most recently, a six-week visit to BYU. Its previous ...

Education: DMA, Double Bass Performance and Pedagogy, University of Iowa; MA, Library Science, University of Iowa; MA, Double Bass Performance, University of Iowa; BA, Music, Luther College Andrea ...

The poor double-bass, it gets no respect as a solo instrument. “I ran out of music to play so I had to make it,” the 26-year-old Marietta, Georgia, native said last week, calling from home in New York ...

Rohwer comes to the College of Music from Edwards, Colorado, to pursue an undergraduate degree in double bass performance studying with Associate Professor of Double Bass Susan Cahill. “She’s ...

FAIRBANKS — When Avalon Lee felt the powerful, booming vibrations radiating through the floor from the double bass her fourth-grade teacher was playing, she knew it was the instrument for her. She was ...

Mr. Berg holds a Master of Arts in Theory and Composition from Montclair State University and a Bachelor of Music in Double Bass Performance from the Manhattan School of Music. He has enjoyed an ...

Legendary double bassist and improviser Barre Phillips writes what is billed as the final chapter in his storied history of solo bass recordings on the aptly titled End To End. He recorded what is ...

Mrs. Lauren McCombe is a native Georgian from Marietta. She has a Bachelor’s in Music Theory and Music Education from the University of Georgia and a Master’s Degree in Double Bass Performance from ...