2022 Symposium Videos

About the 2022 Symposium

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Max Dimoff | View Recital | About Performance

Jeremy Kurtz-Harris | View Class | About Class

Jason Heath | View Panel Discussion | About Discussion

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Jeff Mangone | View Class | About Class

Tracy Rowell | View Class | About Class

PSO Bass Section | View Performance | About Performance

About the 2022 Symposium

The 2022 symposium featured classes with Jeremy Kurtz-Harris, Principal Bass of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra; Tracy Rowell, Double Bass Professor, Oberlin Conservatory and the Cleveland Institute of Music; and Jeff Mangone, Principal Bass of the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra, and performances by Max Dimoff, Principal Bass of the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Double Bass section with Carnegie Mellon University Double Bass faculty, Micah Howard and Peter Guild.

Sponsors included Shank’s Strings, Upton Bass, discoverdoublebass.com, Ottava Imports, and Bowed String Shop LLC.

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Max Dimoff Recital

Suite No. 1 for Unaccompanied Cello  in G major, BWV 1007 by J. S. Bach

Suite No. 2 for Unaccompanied Cello  in D minor, BWV 1008 by J. S. Bach

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Jeremy Kurtz-Harris Class

Mr. Kurtz-Harris will critiqued the following students of the Carnegie Mellon Double Bass Studio:

Nathan Graham, Master of Music: Bourrees from Bach’s 3rd Cello Suite; Mozart’s Symphony No. 35, Mvt.4, recap; Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, Movement 3; Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben, #9

Andrew Ballard, Master of Music: Prelude and Allemande from Bach’s 3rd Cello Suite

Drew Brunson, Advanced Music Studies: Bourrees from Bach’s 3rd Cello Suite; Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Mvt. 1, page 1; Strauss’ Don Juan, Letter A; Verdi’s Otello Solo

Hiroki Yuasa, Advanced Music Studies: Gigue from Bach’s 5th Cello Suite; Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, Movement 3; Mozart’s Symphony No. 39, Mvt.1 mm. 13 -98; Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben, #9

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Jason Heath Panel Discussion

Mr. Heath lead an impromptu panel discussion withTracy Rowell, Jeremy Kurtz-Harris, Jeff Mangone, Micah Howard, Andy Kohn, and Brandon McClean.

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Jeff Mangone Class

Mr. Mangone will critiqued the following students of the Carnegie Mellon Double Bass Studio:

Daniel Ryan, Master of Music: Rossini’s Barber of Seville Overture, Verdi’s Otello soli, Wagner’s Flying Dutchman Overture, and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Crypt Scene

Levee Stadel, Advanced Music Studies: Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro Overture, Verdi’s Rigoletto Duet , Wagner’s Der Meistersinger Prelude, and Tchaikovsky’s Trepak (Russian) from The Nutcracker

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Tracy Rowell Class

Ms. Rowell will critiqued the following students of the Carnegie Mellon Double Bass Studio:

Sruti Bapatla, Bachelor of Music: Minuets from Bach’s 1st Cello Suite

Blake Giesting, Advanced Music Studies: Bottesini’s Concerto No. 2, Mvt. 1; Stravinksy’s Pulcinella Suite, Mvt. VII; Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, Movement 3; Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony, Movement 1, Exposition

Daniel Ryan, Master of Music: Courante and Gigue from Bach’s 3rd Cello Suite

Levee Stadel, Advanced Music Studies: Bottesini’s Concerto No. 2, Mvt. 1; Milhaud’s “La Creation Du Monde”, bass solo, one measure before rehearsal 11; Mozart’s Symphony No. 35, Mvt. 1, page 1;  Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben, #40

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PSO Bass Section Performance

Pianist, Rodrigo Ojeda

Suite No. 5 for Violoncello in G minor by J.S. Bach, performed by John Moore    

Allegro, Concerto No. 2 for Double Bass and Piano by Giovanni Bottesini,  performed by Joe Campagna and Rodrigo Ojeda

“La Captive” for Double Bass and Piano by Amy Beach, edited by Lucas Drew, performed by Jeff Grubbs and Rodrigo Ojeda

“Nimrod” (from Enigma Variations, Op. 36) for Double Bass and Piano by Sir Edward Elgar, transcribed and edited by Lucas Drew, performed by Jeff Grubbs and Rodrigo Ojeda

Adagio from the ballet “Unforgettable 1919” by Dimitri Shostakovich, performed by Aaron White and Rodrigo Ojeda

“el Lagarto de Nazca” for Two Basses by Peter Guild, performed by Peter Guild and Micah Howard

Allegro and Andante, Concerto for Double Bass and Piano by Serge Koussevitsky, performed by Micah Howard and Rodrigo Ojeda

“Applebite” by Soundgarden, arranged by Peter Guild, performed by Peter Guild and Rodrigo Ojeda

“Chanson Triste” and “Valse Miniature” by Serge Koussevitsky, performed by Brandon McLean and Rodrigo Ojeda

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