Bassists: Your time to shine! Monster Bass Ensemble is the large bass orchestra that features all participants (need to be able to read music) and is the central focus of the festival. As with the ...

The double bass is a standard member of the orchestra's string section, as well as the concert band, and is featured in concertos, solo and chamber music in Western classical music. The bass is used ...

RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump catches up with NZ double bass player Louis van der Mespel on a trip home from the Netherlands.

Fretted, fretless, double bass, eight-string – Sting was unstoppable ... the only ways out were things like sports, education, and music. We were working class, and breaking out was not easy.

There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put together, and they are very often at the heart of the music. The double bass is the biggest string instrument in the ...

Bottesini International Double Bass Competition Ryu Si-heon, a 19-year-old double bassist, fell ill for nearly a month after ...