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.

George Speed of the TSO shows us how the double bass works and its role in a performance. Violetta "Vi" Vibrato meets George Speed who plays the double bass for Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. Vi ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...