Mr. Dimoff critiques students of the Carnegie Mellon Double Bass Studio:
Ryan Basset, Advanced Music Studies: Exposition of the first movement of the Koussevitsky Double Bass Concerto; third movement from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5; Brahms’ Symphony No. 1, movement 1, Letter E; Don Juan by Richard Strauss, E to 4 before G
Joseph Gaskins, Advanced Music Studies: Bourrees from Bach’s Third Suite for Unaccompanied Cello transcribed for Double Bass in G Major; third movement from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5; Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, movement 1, measures 114-138; Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, movement 1, letter B
Riley Zimmermann, Advanced Music Studies: Exposition of the first movement of the Koussevitsky Double Bass Concerto; Double Bass solo from Mahler’s Symphony No.1; the trio from the third movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5; excerpts from the fourth movement of Mozart’s Symphony No. 35