Double Bass German bow teachers-Grad school

[.matthew e wengerd.]

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[Jeff Guevin]

Hurrah!

Less beer, more bass.

 

[kpo]

let's just say he's the highest paid member of his orchestra- MORE then the concertmaster... what orchestra do you know looks at the principal bass to lead the group???

Domenico Dragonetti, anyone?

 

[mxr255]

Wow what a thread. I read a lot but got tired. I am not sure if you found a place or not. Rob Nairn at Penn State is a great player and a monster German player. He has played with Baltimore and Pittsburgh while in the States. He has only been in the States for 6 years so he is not as well known as other guys but he is a great player. He is also a bit on the younger side and really is down to earth with his students. Here is his faculty bio. Invalid Link Removed.

PSU gives great money too....you should contact Rob. Great guy. If you have any questions please contact me. I studied with him for 2 years.

Matt

 

[Jake]

Wow, thanks Matt. Rob Nairn sounds like a great guy. I would like to take a lesson with him.

 

[bierbass]

Hurrah!

Less beer, more bass.

I must pronounce my indignation that someone chose a user name sounding so close to mine, but "I'll rise above it, I'm a professional."

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

I must pronounce my indignation that someone chose a user name sounding so close to mine, but "I'll rise above it, I'm a professional."

bier |bi(?)r| noun a movable frame on which a coffin or a corpse is placed before burial or cremation or on which it is carried to the grave: his remains were laid out on the bier.

beer |bi(?)r| noun an alcoholic drink made from yeast-fermented malt flavored with hops : a pint of beer | I'm dying for a beer.


So you're "CorpseCoasterBass", and he's "IronCityBass"? Got it. Make a note, kids.

 

[bierbass]

bier |bi(?)r| noun a movable frame on which a coffin or a corpse is placed before burial or cremation or on which it is carried to the grave: his remains were laid out on the bier.

beer |bi(?)r| noun an alcoholic drink made from yeast-fermented malt flavored with hops : a pint of beer | I'm dying for a beer.


So you're "CorpseCoasterBass", and he's "IronCityBass"? Got it. Make a note, kids.

Oof...well...I'm speechless. Serves me right for practicing and not reading dictionaries . You see kids, you are never to old to learn. I was using the German spelling of beer. Now I'm a "CorpseCoasterBass". I thought I was a "Contrabass of Beer". I'm having an identity crisis. Maybe I'll switch to German bow(der Monkeybogen).

 

[Bobby King]

Let me offer the highest praise for Joel Reist, Principal Bassist for the Nashville Symphony. Joel plays German bow and is an excellent teacher.

 

[bierbass]

Joel studied with Tony Bianco for undergrad at Carnegie Mellon and Paul Ellison at Rice for Master's.

 

[Snakewood]

All this is really odd to me. When I went to Juilliard in 1992, Levinson and O'brien were best buddies. O'Brien almost acted as Levinson assistant. After a couple of years of work, she would tell her students that it was time for them to study with Levinson because he had more to offer than she. They were a real team, and it was great for the students.
I am sad to see that things have changed for the worse.

As far as Levinson goes, I agree that he is an incredible professional, but if you have small hands or a tendency for tendinitis I would not recommend going to him. His scale fingerings were brutal to my hands, lots of 3rd finger in the lower positions (with extensions).

Back to the teacher recommendation, Horst-Dieter Wenkel in Weimar-Germany. Free tuition, cheap cost of living, and the best teacher in Germany. His students are:
-Principal in NDR Hamburg
-Both principals and one section player in Gewandhaus-Leipzig
-Both principals in the Dresden Staatskapelle (the best opera house in Germany)
-the list goes on and on

Warning, he is a psychopath. None of this nice north-american sweet/polite/understanding stuff. I had to leave after a year because of this, but I am a softie.

lol!!! I'm glad you left the psychopath bit till the end and how you had to leave due to it, I was getting my bags packed for germany.

 

[Dr Rod]

lol!!! I'm glad you left the psychopath bit till the end and how you had to leave due to it, I was getting my bags packed for germany.

If you can go there, by all means go. This man will change your ears and your playing. Even if you can only stand him for a year, it would be worth it. I went to Juilliard, but I still think I got the best education in Weimar.

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[Cosmos]

Todd Seeber. When it comes to German bow, he's the best. Great teacher, wonderful guy, and always has a lot to say about your playing.

 

[Stan Haskins]

How about Robert Black at Hartt School (CT) - I just started taking some lessons with him while trying to polish up my playing, and he's a fine player - good German technique (I think he used to study with Streicher?)