Colorado State University Double Bass Studio

04/07/2023

Attention CSU Bass alums! Check your email inbox, and potentially your spam filters, for an email about a CSU bass alumni reunion/hang. If we are friends here and you didn't receive an invite, that means I couldn't find a current email address and also likely don't have your current phone number, so please DM me a current email and I'll send the invite along. Also, since many folks aren't on the socials these days, if you are friends with me here and in contact with other alums who aren't on FB, please share the info with them or ask them to email me at my CSU address.

Hope to see you all in May!

03/09/2023

03/09/2023

Two fantastic bass recitals at CSU this week!

Today, Thursday March 9th, at 5pm in the ORH Zachary Niswender will play his senior recital. Music by Gliere, Brahms, Hindemith, and Anderson.

Tomorrow, Friday March 10th, at 4pm in the ORH, Cristian Mazo will play his first (of two) Master's recitals. Music by Rabbath, J.C. Bach, Tabakov, and Bottesini.

Here's a little sneak peek 😀

02/16/2023

Tonight at 7:30 pm in Griffin hall Cristian Mazo will be playing Bottesini No. 2 as a finalist in CSU's open concerto competition! He's sounding absolutely fantastic and you don't want to miss this performance!

https://music.colostate.edu/events/sinfonia-concerto-competition-concert-an-eventful-ending/

09/23/2022

Attention bass alums!

Dear CSU Symphony, Sinfonia and Opera Orchestra alumni, It is my hope that you have continued to use the skills learned through the repertoire and ensemble playing you experienced at CSU. When I began my tenure at CSU’s School of Music, Theater, and Dance twenty years ago, it was my hope that we c...

09/23/2022

CSU Symphony bass section getting ready to rock the first concert of the season! If you miss tonight, they are doing a repeat tomorrow 😀

05/07/2022

The CSU symphony basses celebrating the last concerts of the semester! Bravo on an excellent year and a really spectacular last concert (s) of the semester!

05/06/2022

Tonight and tomorrow night! CSU symphony, featuring Barbara Thiem in her last solo performance at CSU before retirement!

With guests Wesley Ferreira, Clarinet, and Barbara Thiem, Cello Presented In-person with Livestream The University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Wes Kenney, performs two grand pieces for orchestra with large percussion section: La noche de los Mayas by Silvestre Revueltas, composed in 1939 for a....

04/13/2022

Big thanks to Dr. Ben (Benjamin de K**k) from Illinois State University for stopping by the CSU bass studio last week and sharing some excellent weight centering and articulation exercises with the studio! Dr. Ben was in Colorado playing a concert set with Dr. Greenough 😀

03/11/2022

Sneak preview of Zack's recital today at 5 😀