International Society of Bassists: E-Bass Line May 2015 Convention Countdown

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MAY
2015

ISB E-BASS LINE
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2015 ISB CONVENTION 
It’s the final countdown!

There is still time to make your plans to meet everyone in Fort Collins!  Our 2015 Convention is being held June 1-6, 2015. We’re planning a packed week of workshops, masterclasses, recitals, lectures, and exhibits, with views of the Rocky Mountains. Our last convention attracted over 1,200 attendees from over 30 countries. Click here to view a schedule of presenters and register for the convention and on-campus housing.

 

THERE WILL BE AN APP FOR THAT 
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ISB2015 App coming soon!

We got an overwhelmingly positive response from attendees at our 2013 convention in Rochester about our first convention app.  It was the most up-to-date and extensive tool for the week.

With the support of Upton Bass and the hard work of our own Allegra Hale, we’re doing it again.  It will be coming out soon, so be ready to customize your convention plans!

ISBconnect… New Name, Same Goal

 

Back in 2012, we started the isbconvention.com site to feature convention highlights and news items from around our bass community.  Over time, your ISB board realized that we needed to change the site address to more accurately reflect our larger mission to be the place where the bass world connects to be inspired and educated.

Come and visit ISBconnect.org for the latest news, member event calendar, bass travel updates, body & bass videos, college corner,  feature articles on our members and more.  We love it when you comment on articles and give us your feedback.  This is where we can learn from each other and encourage each other along the way.

We have a special “unveiling” at the convention that you don’t want to miss.  We can’t wait to share it with you!

By the way, our home office site (isbworldoffice.com) is still in place.  Go there for all your membership details, membership access areas and archival info.

ISB MEMBERS & BASSES IN THE NEWS:

 

Scott Pingel Joins University of Michigan Faculty

With Diana Gannett retiring, U of M had some hard shoes to fill.  Big congrats go out to Scott on his new appointment!

Read more 

 

Jeff Beecher’s Giovanni Battista Rogeri Bass 

Jeffrey Beecher is 32, and was born outside New York. The magnificent instrument he hauls on stage each week as principal double bassist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra is approximately…

Read more or  Hear the sound for yourself   

 

Karr-Koussevitsky Bass on Tour

Our beloved Karr-Koussevitsky bass is on the road right now, currently hanging out with Principal Bass Ian Whitman and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in Kitchener, Ontario (Canada).   

Read more

 

Scott LaFaro’s Bass Returns to the Village Vanguard

ISB member Phil Palombi will be playing Scott LaFaro’s bass with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra on two nights in May at the fabled Village Vanguard (May 11).  The instrument’s return marks 54 years since the legendary… 

Find out more 

 

CALLOUT FOR RESEARCH ASSISTANCE: Australian bassist and ISB member Greg Gottlieb is undertaking Masters research into the life and music of jazz legend Earl May, who (like Greg) played a right-handed bass left-handed. Greg will be attending this June’s ISB Convention and is putting out a call for interviews with friends/colleagues of Earl, left-handed musicians, bass makers and Alexander Technique practitioners. Find out more  

 

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