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The Application Of Contemporary Double Bass Left Hand Techniques Applied In The Orchestra Repertoire, Eric Hilgenstieler
The Application Of Contemporary Double Bass Left Hand Techniques Applied In The Orchestra Repertoire, Eric Hilgenstieler
Dissertations
The uses of contemporary left hand techniques are related to solo playing in many ways. In fact, most of these techniques were arguably developed for this kind of repertoire. Generally the original solo repertoire is idiomatic for the double bass. The same cannot be said for the orchestral repertoire, which presents many technical problems too difficult to solve using the traditional technique. Historically, the double bass passed through several transformations in its shape, structure, and tuning system. Only in the late 19th century did the instrument begin to have its own standard pedagogy and experiments with the tuning system diminished. …
Sounds Of The Symphony Educational Orchestra Concert, Abigail Feder
Sounds Of The Symphony Educational Orchestra Concert, Abigail Feder
Honors Projects and Presentations: Undergraduate
During the 2013-2014 school year, Dr. Timothy Dixon and I partnered to program and realize an educational orchestra concert geared toward families and children. This process included researching several professional orchestras’ approach to programming and advertising for educational concerts, choosing a theme, programming the specific music for the concert, and advertising our concert. Once this had been done, the Messiah College Symphony Orchestra rehearsed weekly and performed the Sounds of the Symphony concert to an audience of community and faculty members on November 23, 2013.