I was talking with my friend Una from Detroit and we were discussing the OSO’s recent bass trombone auditions to replace our retiring bass trombone player Alan Pierce. The person who was selected (and I can’t name them until they are officially offered employment) had a resume full of impressive wins in various trombone competitions.

This led us to think of what might take place at a bass trombone competition, more specifically, in the decathlon! I have been inspired to make up a decathlon competition for every orchestral instrument. [Read more →]

Doublebassist Jason Heath has a great blog, and part of what makes it great are his stories from the front lines of freelancing - here is a great story about the demise of his car: [Read more →]