As a non-profit organization that puts its revenues back to work for its membership, we rely on ISB members to help make the convention a great experience for everyone who attends. We are grateful for the many presenters over the years who have donated their time, travel and talent as a way of giving back to the worldwide bass community.
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The biennial ISB convention is an international gathering of bassists, collaborative musicians, family members, guests, luthiers and exhibitors. Learn more and make plans to join in the fun, learning and inspiration, June 2-7, 2025 at Florida State University's College of Music.
Monday, June 2, 2025 |
| Rufus Reid |
Rufus Reid Trio + String Quartet - CELEBRATION |
8:30 PM
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Tuesday, June 3, 2025 |
| Glenn Dewey |
All You Need Are Three Cool Licks - Using motivic development techniques to craft a cohesive improvised solo using just a few |
9:00 AM
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| George Fahlund |
Private Lessons: Private teaching as a profession things we wished someone had told us in music school. |
9:00 AM
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| David Spischak |
Karl Trautsch Complete Edition |
9:00 AM
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| Luis Cabrera |
Materclass: Solo Repertoire |
10:00 AM
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| Kieran Hanlon |
Building Community in your Collegiate Bass Studio |
10:00 AM
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| Marcos Machado |
Tao of Bass Volume 2: Innovative Approaches to Scales and Arpeggios |
10:00 AM
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| Olivier Holland |
The Personalization of Technique on Jazz Bass for the Left Hand |
11:00 AM
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| Samuel Zagnit |
Bass Players for Black Composers Turns 5 at ISB! |
1:00 PM
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| Andrew Brown |
Acoustic Measurement Techniques and the Double Bass |
2:00 PM
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| Miles Brown |
Bright Size Life |
2:00 PM
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| George Speed |
with Rodney Jordan: The Importance of Collaboration: Lessons from Two University Bass Colleagues |
2:00 PM
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| Masashi Yamamoto |
Masashi Yamamoto -The Bassologue Theatre- |
2:00 PM
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| Jamie Ousley |
Intersection: Where Classical and Jazz Meet--with Bill Mays |
3:00 PM
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| Barry Green |
48 years in 48 minutes of Barry's multi-media Green Machine concerts |
4:00 PM
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| Ben Thomas |
Joint Force Bass Quartet |
4:00 PM
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| Jack Unzicker |
Simandl's Trout?! Wonderful and underplayed chamber music |
4:00 PM
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| Shawn Conley |
G Major |
5:00 PM
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Wednesday, June 4, 2025 |
| Hagai Bilitzky |
Higher Fingerboard resolution: Bass and the Music of the Middle East |
9:00 AM
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| Caroline Emery |
40 years of the Yorke Mini Bass Project. |
9:00 AM
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| Kyle Motl |
Sound and Technique Considerations in Contemporary and Improvised Music |
9:00 AM
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| Thierry BARBE |
Masterclass with Thierry Barbe |
10:00 AM
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| Andrew Binder |
The New Standards Method: Simandl through Standards |
10:00 AM
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| Hector Tirado |
Reverie Resonance |
10:00 AM
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| Brian Casey |
George Morrow: Quiet Brilliance in the Shadow of Masters |
11:00 AM
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| Shanti Nachtergaele |
A History of Double Bass Humor |
11:00 AM
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| Frank Proto |
Masterclass with Frank Proto |
11:00 AM
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| Mark Dresser |
BARRE'S CODE: HOMAGE TO BARRE PHILLIPS |
12:30 PM
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| Dean Ferrell |
An Evening Wasted With Joe and Dean |
2:00 PM
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| Tracy Rowell |
A Rabbath Tribute Recital |
2:00 PM
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| Shane Allessio |
Shane Allessio Nonet |
3:00 PM
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| Yung-chiao Wei |
Yung-Chiao Wei and Friends Recital Featuring Bach Violin Partita #3 and Kawakami Quartet with Ju-fang Liu, Han-jui Chen, and Po-yu Fang |
3:00 PM
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| Chuck Bergeron |
Florida Jazz Bass Quartet |
4:00 PM
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| Christine Hoock |
Christine Hoock Voice of Double Bass |
4:00 PM
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| Brian Perry |
Orchestral Masterclass with Dallas Symphony bassist and SMU Professor, Brian Perry |
4:00 PM
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| Szymon Marciniak |
Young and Old Masters- some premieres and some masterworks |
5:00 PM
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| Martin Wind |
Remembering Prof. Wolfgang Güttler |
5:00 PM
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Thursday, June 5, 2025 |
| Sean Casey |
Teaching Orchestra Excerpts to High Schoolers: A Progressive Guide to Orchestral Excerpts |
9:00 AM
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| Brian Del Bianco |
Ears To Your Health! How hearing loss looms over the shoulder of every bassist, what to look for, and how to keep it from dropping the curtain on your career. |
9:00 AM
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| Bruce Gertz |
Harmony From The Bottom Up |
9:00 AM
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| Sarah Favinger |
Developing Professional Freelance Skills Through High School & Collegiate Ensembles |
10:00 AM
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| Andrew Kohn |
Planning a Recital Program |
10:00 AM
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| Robert Sabin |
Thelonious Monk - From the Bottom Up |
10:00 AM
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| Benjamin De Kock |
Motion Capture, Camera Tracking, Virtual Reality, and AI Tools: Exploring New and Emerging Technologies in Pedagogical Settings |
11:00 AM
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| Paul Nemeth |
Bowings in the Manuscripts of Bach’s Cello Suites |
11:00 AM
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| Jacqueline Pickett |
League of Women Bassplayers: who we are/what we do |
1:00 PM
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| Mark Dresser |
Bass Mapping: Adaptations, Extensions, Inventions |
2:00 PM
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| Indi Stivín |
Discovering Dvořák |
2:00 PM
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| Gary Upton |
The Art and Business of Building Your Dream with Gary Upton |
2:00 PM
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| Maggie Urquhart |
New music on early violones |
2:00 PM
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| Gregg August |
Premiers for Double Bass: Trios, Duos, Solos |
3:00 PM
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| Ed Barker |
Masterclass with Ed Barker |
3:00 PM
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| Valentina Scheldhofen Ciardelli |
Concerto N.1 Una Notte di Mezzo Stravinsky - Going forward in Bass History! First concerto ever composed by a female double bassist/composer. |
3:00 PM
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| Tianyang Liu |
Tianyang Liu ISB Double Bass Recital |
4:00 PM
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| franz Pillinger |
A BOW FOR 3 - variations on Austrias musical identity by PILLINGERMUSIC |
4:00 PM
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| Will Yager |
New Works for Double Bass |
4:00 PM
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| Jon Hamar |
Jeff Hamilton Trio |
5:00 PM
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| Louis Levitt |
Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom |
5:00 PM
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Friday, June 6, 2025 |
| Chris Fitzgerald |
Calibration: Designing a daily technical workout to meet your specific musical needs and goals |
9:00 AM
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| Randall Kertz |
Common Injury Presentations in the Bassist and How To Avoid Them! |
9:00 AM
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| ANDY MORITZ |
"Scale Skills: A Systematic Approach to Skills Development for the Double Bass" |
9:00 AM
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| Robert Franenberg |
Johann Mathias Sperger, Life of an Extraordinary Court Musician |
10:00 AM
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| Tyler Shepherd |
Dounis and the Double Bass |
10:00 AM
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| Gabriel Condon |
An Analysis of Ron Carter's Performance of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 |
11:00 AM
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| John Shiu |
The Six Figure Musician: Navigating a Successful Freelance, Teaching, and Entrepreneurial Bass Career |
11:00 AM
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| Jiaying Zhang |
Exploring Pedagogical Approaches and Discussion for Young Beginner Double Bass Players |
11:00 AM
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| Sonia Ray |
Black Women Bass Players and Creative Processes: Performance and Beyond |
1:00 PM
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| Karl Fenner |
Recital |
2:00 PM
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| Lloyd Goldstein |
My A Cappella Bass Sings Songs for the People |
2:00 PM
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| George Martin |
English Double Basses |
2:00 PM
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| Stefano Sciascia |
Frame |
2:00 PM
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| John Hamil |
Young Bassists Ensembles (Arrangments for all levels and ages) |
3:00 PM
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| Thomas Helton |
Piece for New Basses |
3:00 PM
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| Rob Nairn |
'Ask' Duets for double bass and viola by female composers |
3:00 PM
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| Isaline Leloup |
A Viennese Afternoon |
4:00 PM
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| Nilson Matta |
Brazilian Voyage |
4:00 PM
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| Scott Worthington |
Cassini: New work for double bass and computer |
4:00 PM
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| Daniel Nix |
Daniel Nix and Artem Arutyunyan in Recital |
5:00 PM
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| Sam Suggs |
Sam Suggs |
5:00 PM
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| Andres Martin |
ANDRES MARTIN RECITAL |
8:30 PM
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Saturday, June 7, 2025 |
| David Baker |
Ditch the Amp: Ways to Develop a Resonant Pizzicato Sound on Double Bass |
9:00 AM
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| Utah Hamrick |
Chordless Duo Playing |
9:00 AM
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| Rufus Reid |
Rufus Reid Etude Book Presentation with Samuel Suggs |
9:00 AM
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| Gaelen McCormick |
Discovering Our Pedagogical History |
10:00 AM
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| Oscar Stagnaro |
Latin American Trends |
10:00 AM
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| Dan Styffe |
US and World premieres |
10:00 AM
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| Susan Cahill |
A Recital of Firsts: The First Suite of Bach with a newly composed companion suite by Susan Cahill, as well as original works by Susan Cahill |
11:00 AM
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| Paul Ellison |
Masterclass with Paul Ellison |
11:00 AM
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| Ethan Jodziewicz |
An Introduction To Fiddle Bowings On The Bass |
11:00 AM
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| Orin O'Brien |
Lunchtime Series: Orin O'Brien Movie |
1:00 PM
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| Christie Echols |
You've graduated, what's next? Building a music career and community |
3:00 PM
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| Jay Leonhart |
Jay Leonhart Recital |
4:00 PM
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| Mariechen Meyer |
Basse Danze |
4:00 PM
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| Kristin Korb |
Sweet Dreams: Celebrating The Eurythmics |
5:00 PM
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