Double Bass Universities/concervatories with German bow teachers

[Kcbass2]

Help!
I'm going to be a senior in high school next year and i switched to german bow and love it, my bow hold's more relaxed and there's no pain. But, since i haven't been playing it for years i'm wanting to know what schools have German bow teachers? or teachers that can probably teach it well. I will major in Double bass performance.

 

[basshog]

In a nutshell, everyone that I can think of except the Pennsylvania schools will have german bow teachers.

Wether they're good or not is for you decide after you visit and have your exploratory lessons.

 

[ouija]

In a nutshell, everyone that I can think of except the Pennsylvania schools will have german bow teachers.

I believe Rob Nairn at Penn State plays a good bit of German

 

[Dr Rod]

do a search in the archives because I think this subject has been visited before

Jack Budrow at Michigan State
Paul Ellison at Rice
Bruce Bransby at IU
Jeff Mangone at Duchesne?
Eugene Levinson, Orin O'brien at Juilliard
Joel Quarrington at Mc Gill

All the teachers in Germany and Austria with the added benefit of not having to pay tuition.

the LA phil guys that teach at USC -as I recall- are German

 

[ADissen]

Paul Johnson and Jeff Weisner at Peabody

 

[danv01]

Diana Gannett - Univ of Michigan
David Murray - Butler
Barry Green - UC Santa Cruz (has switched to to playing French now, but it still a top notch German teacher)

 

[Square Bear]

The two main teachers that I have studied with play/teach german very well. Tom Derthick (University of the Pacific, UC Davis, Sacramento State University) and Robert Black (The Hartt School). Both are GREAT teachers and musicians. FWIW, I am a french player. Both teachers (rightly) have encouraged me to think of the two bow holds as being more similar than they are different.

 

[NotACello]

David Moore at USC. Best German bow teacher out there.

 

[Dr Rod]

there are indeed many great german bow teachers, I would focus on those who are having successful students in the not too distant past

 

[basshog]

Like david moore!

 

[koricancowboy]

Greg Sarchet (Lyric Opera of Chicago) and Stephen Lester (CSO) at Roosevelt University and Rob Kassinger(CSO) at DePaul.

 

[Magneto_Man]

Greg Sarchet (Lyric Opera of Chicago) and Stephen Lester (CSO) at Roosevelt University and Rob Kassinger(CSO) at DePaul.

Kassinger plays French bow, too. I bet he could teach us all a thing or two about both... Also, he's teaching at Northwestern starting in the fall, fyi.

 

[koricancowboy]

Its only temporary

 

[Carlos2bass]

Don Palma at NEC and Yale and Todd Seeber at NEC and Boston university both play German.

 

[Don Higdon]

Linda McKnight, Manhattan School of Music, taught John Feeney, ([Invalid or Expired Link Removed]) principal of Orchestra of St Luke's, and David Grossman ([Invalid or Expired Link Removed]) of the New York Philharmonic.

 

[chicagodoubler]

The list of teachers placing people in major jobs is a very very short one. Search for the winners' list, and make your decisions from there. Those of us who have been blessed by time with these bass deities will nearly universally be happy to describe our experiences in their studios via PM.