Our bass students study in depth the art of solo, orchestral and chamber music double bass performance. During their time at the College of Music, students focus on rich, resonant and lyrical tone ...

As the principal bass of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Joel Quarrington is always looking for a musical challenge. That explains how he came to have a 15-minute piece of new Canadian music ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put ...

This musician realised that with the right bow, the Bach Cello Suite No.1 could come to life in a wonderful way on the double bass... Since Bach composed his Cello Suites in the early 1700s, they have ...

Stephen Bruner isn’t just a bass player – he’s a whole way of approaching life, built on a philosophy somehow espoused in the TV cartoon whose name he has adopted. Having spent his teens and 20s ...