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Thanks for the replies, everyone. To be clear, these are traditional worship services to which I'm referring and it's double bass that is being cut. The churches who do contemporary services with a band always use bass guitar.

Hi All! Like most of you, I’ve just finished a busy Christmas gig season. One of the things I used to enjoy about ‘Gigmas’ is working with a variety of groups — community choruses, churches, etc. in addition to the symphony holiday pops concerts. In the last few years, even going back before...

Who left the orchestra, creating all of those openings in the section?

Thanks everyone! I did prepare the Koussevitzky, but it was all for naught. All of the current contract players of the orchestra were automatically advanced to the final round, as is customary, and the conductor decided that he didn't want to hear any concertos in that round. They skipped...

I'm taking an audition for the assistant principal bass position in a regional (per service) orchestra next month and on the audition list they are asking for a "concerto of your choice." I usually play the Koussevitzky for auditions, but have recently performed Per Questa Bella Mano for a...