Double Bass Double Bass Audition Winners

[MDEbass]

???

 

[dchan]

MDEBass is SO curious!

Wrong. MDEBass is BI-curious.

 

[¡bassballbill!]

todd lockwood won jacksonville, reopening chattanooga.

 

[Dr_Atomic]

wasn't there just a london symphony audition? i heard mike fuller won it?

 

[MDEbass]

i didnt know that LSO had an audition, but they could possible have, since i know that one of their long time bassists just retired recently.

 

[King Chris]

I know he played with them over the summer and they offered him the position. Not sure if there was a formal audition, though there probably was. He is going to finish his year long sub-contract with MnOrch this season and go to London next season. I thought it was the London Philharmonia but I'm not certain about that.

 

[Dr_Atomic]

Oh yeah, I think it's the London Philharmonic. I remember seeing an ad about auditions for that sometime in the spring... Good for him!

 

[btownbass]

Hadn't seen an update to this post in a while. If I left anyone out, I apologize:

-1997:
Minnesota Orchestra: no winner

-1998:
Cincinnati Symhpony: Boris Astafiev (Columbus Sym)
Oregon Symphony: Jason Schooler (Cincinnati Conservatory of Music)
Minnesota Orchestra: Matthew Frischman (Curtis Institute)
Utah Symphony, Asst. Principal: names, anyone? I think there were *two* openings....

-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)
San Antonio Symphony: Zlatan Redzic (I.U.)

-2000
Kansas City Symphony, 1-year spot: Ju-Fang Liu (I.U.)
President's Own Marine Band: Eric Sabo (Arizona State U.)
Seattle Symphony: Jonathan Burnstein (Rice, Colorado Sym.)
Buffalo Philharmonic: Edmond Gnekow (I.U.)
Tulsa Phil, principal: Dan Johnson (Iowa?)
Dallas Symphony, principal: no winner?
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!) grrr.
Florida Philharmonic, principal: Shigeru Ishikawa (member of section )
Louisville Orchestra: Karl Olsen (I.U.; U.Wisconsin)
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.)
San Francisco Sym., principal: Eric Harris (not retained?)

-2003
Indianapolis Sym., Principal: Ju-Fang Liu (I.U.)
Boston Symphony: Ben Levy (Rice U., New England Conservatory, NRO!)
Calgary Philharmonic: Jeff White (I.U.)
Grant Park Orchestra: Andy Anderson (I.U.)
Nashville Symphony, principal: Joel Reist (member of section)
resulting section spot was offered to runner-up, Ryan Kamm (I.U., Boston U.)
Louisiana Philharmonic: Colin Corner (I.U.)
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)
Vancouver Symphony, Associate: Colin Corner (IU, Louisiana Phil)
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 any finalists?
St Louis, 2 positions: Sarah Hogan (IU, Rice, SLSO 1-yr sub!) and David DeRiso (Rice)
Grand Rapids, Principal: Joe Conyers (Curtis)
Alabama: no winner....
Metropolitan Opera Association: Dan Krekler (IU, Minn.U., MSM)
Seattle: Joe Kauffman (UNT, NRO!)
National Symphony, 2 positions: Ira Gold! ...other position remains open
Calgary Philharmonic: Tom McGary (IU)
Florida Orchestra: Aaron White (SMU, Duquesne)
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Principal: Tom McGary (IU)
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)
Kansas City Symphony: Jeff Kail (IU)
Milwaukee Symphony: Principal: Zach appointed Principal, Andrew Raciti as Assistant Principal
Buffalo, Principal: no winner
National Symphony: Paul DeNola (IU, USC, Oregon Symphony)
Nashville Symphony: Kristen Bruya! (CCM, Rice)
Montreal: no winner
Toronto: Jeff Beecher (Silk Road Ensemble), Curtis
San Diego: Travis Gore (CCM, Rice, New World), Samuel Hager (IU, USC, Oregon Symphony)

2007
New York: No winner....
Cleveland: Scott Dixon
Montreal: Peter Rosenfeld ?
Detroit Symphony Principal x4: No winner again, even after two "semi-final" rounds.
Buffalo Principal: Daniel Pendley (CCM, ASPEN!), Principal; (Brett Shurtliffe Asst. Principal)

2008
Kitchner-Waterloo Principal: Ian Whittman (McGill, Yale, NEC)
Seattle Ass't. Principal: Joe Kauffman (section member) resulting vacancy goes to Travis Gore!
Louisiana Phil: Tony Perry (UNT, Boston) 1-year to Ben Wheeler
Montreal: Ali Yazdanfar (aka "The Winner" 6x)
New York Phil: Zilch, x2....
Detroit Principal x5: Alex Hanna (Curtis)
Rochester Phil, Principal: Colin Corner (aka "the Other Winner" x4)
Indianapolis: Brian Smith (Peabody)
Kansas City, Principal: Jeff Kail (section member), resulting vacancy goes to Ed Paulsen!
Atlanta: Joe Conyers (Curtis, Principal Grand Rapids)
Minnesota: Kate Nettleman (principal WI Chamber Orch; days earlier won HongKong Princ.!)
Pittsburgh: Aaron White, (Lou. Orch, Fla. Phil)
Boston: takes no one, everyone fuming.
San Antonio Symphony: Dave Milburn USC/IU

2009
Vancouver Symphony - Dylan Palmer, NWS/UNT
San Diego Symphony - Jory Herman, Rice/NWS
Jacksonville Symphony - Todd Lockwood, IU/UC Boulder
Alabama Symphony - Joe McFadden, IU/CalState Northridge
Chatanooga Symphony - Todd Lockwood, IU/UC Boulder
goes to runner up?
Grand Rapids Principal - Ted Merritt, Rice
Quebec Symphony - Jon Rouse ?

2010
Grand Rapids Principal - Blake Hinson, Curtis/NWS
Utah Symphony - Jens Tenbroek, IU/Colburn
Louisiana Symphony - Matt Abramo, NWS, SUNY Purchase, Eastman
Toronto Symphony - Kristin Bruya, Nashville Symphony
Philadelphia Orchestra - Joe Conyers, Curtis
Colorado Symphony - Nick Recuber, USC/NWS/?
Kansas City Symphony - Brian Johnson, IU/Rice
Nashville Symphony - Kevin Jablonski, Rice

Coming soon: Atlanta Symphony, Chicago Symphony Principal, Oregon Symphony (2 positions)

 

[Magneto_Man]

Also soon will be HK Philharmonic

 

[x18karatharmony]

BBC Philharmonic - Max Zeugner, Juilliard/BU

 

[Bassman415]

I heard through the grapevine that Brendan Kane did officially win the principal chair in HK

 

[calibass]

That is inaccurate, trials are going on through February.

 

[PaulCannon]

-1997:
Minnesota Orchestra: no winner

-1998:
Cincinnati Symhpony: Boris Astafiev (Columbus Sym)
Oregon Symphony: Jason Schooler (Cincinnati Conservatory of Music)
Minnesota Orchestra: Matthew Frischman (Curtis Institute)
Utah Symphony, Asst. Principal: names, anyone? I think there were *two* openings....

-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)
San Antonio Symphony: Zlatan Redzic (I.U.)

-2000
Kansas City Symphony, 1-year spot: Ju-Fang Liu (I.U.)
President's Own Marine Band: Eric Sabo (Arizona State U.)
Seattle Symphony: Jonathan Burnstein (Rice, Colorado Sym.)
Buffalo Philharmonic: Edmond Gnekow (I.U.)
Tulsa Phil, principal: Dan Johnson (Iowa?)
Dallas Symphony, principal: no winner?
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!) grrr.
Florida Philharmonic, principal: Shigeru Ishikawa (member of section )
Louisville Orchestra: Karl Olsen (I.U.; U.Wisconsin)
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.)
San Francisco Sym., principal: Eric Harris (not retained?)

-2003
Indianapolis Sym., Principal: Ju-Fang Liu (I.U.)
Boston Symphony: Ben Levy (Rice U., New England Conservatory, NRO!)
Calgary Philharmonic: Jeff White (I.U.)
Grant Park Orchestra: Andy Anderson (I.U.)
Nashville Symphony, principal: Joel Reist (member of section)
resulting section spot was offered to runner-up, Ryan Kamm (I.U., Boston U.)
Louisiana Philharmonic: Colin Corner (I.U.)
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)
Vancouver Symphony, Associate: Colin Corner (IU, Louisiana Phil)
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 any finalists?
St Louis, 2 positions: Sarah Hogan (IU, Rice, SLSO 1-yr sub!) and David DeRiso (Rice)
Grand Rapids, Principal: Joe Conyers (Curtis)
Alabama: no winner....
Metropolitan Opera Association: Dan Krekler (IU, Minn.U., MSM)
Seattle: Joe Kauffman (UNT, NRO!)
National Symphony, 2 positions: Ira Gold! ...other position remains open
Calgary Philharmonic: Tom McGary (IU)
Florida Orchestra: Aaron White (SMU, Duquesne)
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Principal: Tom McGary (IU)
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)
Kansas City Symphony: Jeff Kail (IU)
Milwaukee Symphony: Principal: Zach appointed Principal, Andrew Raciti as Assistant Principal
Buffalo, Principal: no winner
National Symphony: Paul DeNola (IU, USC, Oregon Symphony)
Nashville Symphony: Kristen Bruya! (CCM, Rice)
Montreal: no winner
Toronto: Jeff Beecher (Silk Road Ensemble), Curtis
San Diego: Travis Gore (CCM, Rice, New World), Samuel Hager (IU, USC, Oregon Symphony)

2007
New York: No winner....
Cleveland: Scott Dixon (Oberlin, NWS, Rice)
Montreal: Peter Rosenfeld ?
Detroit Symphony Principal x4: No winner again, even after two "semi-final" rounds.
Buffalo Principal: Daniel Pendley (CCM, ASPEN!), Principal; (Brett Shurtliffe Asst. Principal)

2008
Kitchner-Waterloo Principal: Ian Whittman (McGill, Yale, NEC)
Seattle Ass't. Principal: Joe Kauffman (section member) resulting vacancy goes to Travis Gore!
Louisiana Phil: Tony Perry (UNT, Boston) 1-year to Ben Wheeler
Montreal: Ali Yazdanfar (aka "The Winner" 6x)
New York Phil: Zilch, x2....
Detroit Principal x5: Alex Hanna (Curtis)
Rochester Phil, Principal: Colin Corner (aka "the Other Winner" x4)
Indianapolis: Brian Smith (Peabody)
Kansas City, Principal: Jeff Kail (section member), resulting vacancy goes to Ed Paulsen!
Atlanta: Joe Conyers (Curtis, Principal Grand Rapids)
Minnesota: Kate Nettleman (principal WI Chamber Orch; days earlier won HongKong Princ.!)
Pittsburgh: Aaron White, (Lou. Orch, Fla. Phil)
Boston: takes no one, everyone fuming.
San Antonio Symphony: Dave Milburn USC/IU

2009
Vancouver Symphony - Dylan Palmer, NWS/UNT
San Diego Symphony - Jory Herman, Rice/NWS
Jacksonville Symphony - Todd Lockwood, IU/UC Boulder
Alabama Symphony - Joe McFadden, IU/CalState Northridge
Chatanooga Symphony - Todd Lockwood, IU/UC Boulder
goes to runner up?
Grand Rapids Principal - Ted Merritt, Rice
Quebec Symphony - Jon Rouse, MSM?

2010
Oregon Symphony - Assistant: Ted Botsford (Rice), Section: Brian Johnson (IU, Rice)
BBC Philharmonic - Max Zeugner, Juilliard/BU
Grand Rapids Principal - Blake Hinson, Curtis/NWS
Utah Symphony - Jens Tenbroek, IU/Colburn
Louisiana Symphony - Matt Abramo, NWS, SUNY Purchase, Eastman
Toronto Symphony - Kristin Bruya, Nashville Symphony
Philadelphia Orchestra - Joe Conyers, Curtis
Colorado Symphony - Nick Recuber, USC/NWS/?
Kansas City Symphony - Brian Johnson, IU/Rice
Nashville Symphony - Kevin Jablonski, Rice

 

[¡bassballbill!]

Rad! I can't wait to show Michael Stern how much I have learned!

 

[PaulCannon]

There have been a few auditions this year. It's probably time to update the list.

Alabama Principal: Ted Merritt (Rice)
Grand Rapids: Chris Hamlen
Cleveland: No hire
Kansas City: Todd Lockwood (IU, UC Boulder)
Berlin: Gunnars Upatnieks
Winnipeg: Patrick Staples (Colburn, Rice)
Chicago principal (2010): No hire

Are there any others? Does anybody know what schools/orchestras Chris and Gunnars attended/played in?

 

[mattgray]

There have been a few auditions this year. It's probably time to update the list.

Alabama Principal: Ted Merritt (Rice)
Grand Rapids: Chris Hamlen
Cleveland: No hire
Kansas City: Todd Lockwood (IU, UC Boulder)
Berlin: Gunnars Upatnieks
Winnipeg: Patrick Staples (Colburn, Rice)
Chicago principal (2010): No hire

Are there any others? Does anybody know what schools/orchestras Chris and Gunnars attended/played in?

Gunnars won the ARD competition, right? And I want to say that Chris was in the Syracuse Symphony before Grand Rapids.

 

[pedro]

There have been a few auditions this year. It's probably time to update the list.

Alabama Principal: Ted Merritt (Rice)
Grand Rapids: Chris Hamlen
Cleveland: No hire
Kansas City: Todd Lockwood (IU, UC Boulder)
Berlin: Gunnars Upatnieks
Winnipeg: Patrick Staples (Colburn, Rice)
Chicago principal (2010): No hire

Are there any others? Does anybody know what schools/orchestras Chris and Gunnars attended/played in?

The CSO should simply promote Rob Kassinger, assuming he wants the job.

 

[Yayyemen]

the obvious solution to filling the cso principal vacancy is tim cobb. we could build a high speed rail line between nyc and chicago so that he could fulfill his duties as both principal of the ny phil and cso. and of course the MET too once his sabbatical is up

 

[pedro]

I like my solution better.

 

[Blakewdm]

Joe campagna got section of new jersey!