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Double Bass Double Bass Audition Winners

#243
sybarite said:
Anybody know who got the 2 spots in Hong Kong?
and... Travis Gore went to CCM, Rice & N.W.
geez... Karl your [sic] slackin'!
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Yeah, yeah, been too busy trying to cover my many jobs to even *think* about taking any of these auditions, much less chronicle the results here.

...and... the site won't let me go back and edit the list, so Travis and Matt's info won't show up until the next "update", alas.

My renewed presence here is due to the blank gap in the Lou. Orch.'s schedule... "dark" for a few weeks, for better or worse. Happily, we even had time to assemble a "Victory BBQ" for Daniel! Supersweet.
 
#246
My understanding was that when he took the job the first time, there were serious organizational issues within the symphony that were up in the air. For a while the players were on strike. It was a bad situation to walk into, so he left. Things have settled down, and they still haven't found a replacement for him, so he took it again.
 
#255
June 2007 update

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-1997:
Minnesota Orchestra: no winner

-1998:
Cincinntai Symhpony: Boris Astafiev (Columbus Sym)
Oregon Symphony: Jason Schooler (Cincinnati Conservatory of Music)
Minnesota Orchestra: Matthew Frischman (Curtis Institute)
Utah Symphony, Asst. Principal and section: ?

-1999
Los Angeles Philharmonic: David Moore (Houston Sym)
Louisville Orchestra: Kingsley Wood (Peabody Conservatory)
Houston Symphony: Ali Yazdanfar (Peabody, Rice)
New York Philharmonic: David Grossman (Juiliard)
Colorado Symphony: Jonathan Burnstein (Rice U.)
Charleston Symphony, Principal: Charles Barr (Curtis)
National Symphony: Ali Yazdanfar (Houston sym.)
New Mexico Symphony: Kathy Olszowka (Indiana University):bassist:
San Antonio Symphony: Zlatan Redzic (I.U.) :bassist:

-2000
Kansas City Symphony, 1-year spot: Ju-Fang Liu (I.U.) :bassist:
President's Own Marine Band: Eric Sabo (Arizona State U.)
Seattle Symphony: Jonathan Burnstein (Rice, Colorado Sym.)
Buffalo Philharmonic: Edmond Gnekow (I.U.) :bassist:
Tulsa Phil, principal: Dan Johnson (Iowa?)
Dallas Symphony, principal: ????
Columbus Symphony: Jena Huebner (Peabody)
Houston Symphony: Burke Shaw
Cleveland Orchestra: Charles Carleton (Juilliard/Curtis)
San Francisco Sym., principal: Ali Yazdanfar (not retained?)

-2001
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra: Kingsley Wood (Peabody, Louisville Orchestra)
Alabama Symphony: Long Luo (Juilliard)
Oregon Symphony: no winner (for 2 spots!)
Florida Philharmonic, principal: Shigeru Ishikawa (member of section )
Louisville Orchestra: Karl Olsen (I.U., U-Wisconsin) :bassist:
Cleveland Orchestra: Eric Harris (principal St Louis) won, then left for SanFran;
...the runnerup Charles Barr (Curtis), got the job.
Montreal Sym., principal: Ali Yazdanfar (now going back to National)

-2002
Charleston Symphony, principal: Scott Pingle (Manhattan)
National Symphony: cancelled; they welcome Ali Yazdanfar back
Baltimore Symphony: Mark Huang (Nashville Symphony)
Oregon Symphony: Paul DeNola (I.U., U.S.C.) :bassist:
San Francisco Sym., principal: Eric Harris (not retained?)

-2003
Indianapolis Sym., principal: Ju-Fang Liu (I.U.) :bassist:
Boston Symphony: Ben Levy (Rice U., New England Conservatory, NRO!)
Calgary Philharmonic: Jeff White (I.U.) :bassist:
Grant Park Orchestra: Andy Anderson (I.U.) :bassist:
Nashville Symphony, principal: Joel Reist (member of section)
resulting section spot was offered to runner-up, Ryan Kamm (I.U., Boston) :bassist:
Louisianna Philharmonic: Colin Corner (I.U.) :bassist:
Naples Philharmonic: Matt Medlock (Boston, Rice)
New York Philharmonic: Satoshi Okamoto (San Antonio, Juilliard; student of principal)
Louisville Orchestra, principal: postponed
San Francisco Sym., principal: no winner, again.
San Diego, Principal and Asst.Principal: Jeremy Kurtz, principal(Curtis, Rice, New World), Susan Wulff, Asst. (member of section, USC)

-2004:
San Fransisco, Principal, x4: Scott Pingel (Manhatten, New World, Charleston)
Chicago Lyric Opera: Andy Anderson (I.U., Grant Park) :bassist:
Vancouver Symphony, associate: Colin Corner (IU, Louisiana Phil) :bassist:
Detroit Symphony, Principal: No Hire....
San Antonio Symphony, Asst. Principal: Doug Balliet (Harvard)
Louisville Orchestra, Principal: Burt Witzel (Curtis Institute)
St Louis Symphony: (2 positions) audition delayed until May 2005
Winnipeg, Principal: Merideth "Bob" Johnson (New World)

-2005
Ottawa: National Arts Center, Principal: no winner
Milwaukee Symphony: Principal AND Ass't Principal: Zach (Juilliard) = assistant?
Detroit Symphony, Principal x2: not even a final round
St Louis, 2 positions: Sarah Hogan (IU, Rice):bassist: and David DeRiso (Rice)
Grand Rapids, Principal: Joe Conyers (Curtis)
Alabama: no winner...
Metropolitan Opera Association: Dan Krekler (IU, U.Minn., MSM) :bassist:
Seattle: Joe Kauffman (UNT, NRO!)
National Symphony, 2 positions: Ira Gold! ...other position remains open
Calgary Philharmonic: Tom McGary (IU) :bassist:
Florida Orchestra: Aaron White (SMU, Duquesne. Louisville Orch.)
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Principal: Tom McGary (IU):bassist:
Ottawa N.A.C... Joel Quarrington appointed principal.
Detroit Principal x3: no winner

2006
Minnesota Orchestra: Ass't: Fora Baltacigil(Curtis), Section: Colin Corner (IU, New Orleans, Vancouver) :bassist:
Kansas City Symphony: Jeff Kail (IU) :bassist:
Milwaukee Symphony: Zach appointed Principal, Andrew Raciti as Assistant Principal
Buffalo, Principal: no winner
National Symphony: Paul DeNola (IU, USC, Oregon Symphony):bassist:
Nashville Symphony: Kristen Bruya! (CCM, Rice, New World)
Montreal: no winner
Toronto: Jeff Beecher (Silk Road Ensemble, Curtis)
San Diego: Travis Gore (CCM, Rice, New World), Sam Hager (IU, USC, Oregon Symphony):bassist:

2007
New York: No winner....
Cleveland: Scott Dixon
Montreal: ?
Detroit Symphony Principal x4: No winner again
Buffalo Principal: Daniel Pendley, Principal (CCM, ASPEN!, Louisville Orch.); Brett Shurtliffe Asst. Principal
Montreal Principal: Ali Yazdanfar again?
Calgary Phil: Matt Heller
Colorado Symphony: Karl Fenner (CCM, Rice, New World)
Louisville Ass't Principal: Richard Ryan (IU):bassist:

COMING SOON:
Seattle (2nd try) Assistant Principal
N.Y. Philharmonic (2nd try) Section Bass
...and did Alabama ever fill that spot from 2005?
 

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