ISB 2025 Convention Presenters

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.

The ISB Welcomes Our 2023 Headliners

Scroll down for the complete schedule.

Headliner concerts at Michigan Theater unless noted otherwise.

(Artists subject to change)

Time for Three Photo

Time for Three, featuring Ranaan Meyer

Monday, June 5 at 8 PM
Jason Henery Photo

Jason Henery, 2021 ISB Solo Competition Winner

Tuesday, June 6 at 8 PM
Vince Dupont Photo

Vincent Dupont, 2021 ISB Jazz Competition Winner

Tuesday, June 6 at 9 PM

Nina DeCesare Photo

Nina DeCesare

Wednesday, June 7 at 8 PM
Marion Hayden Photo

Marion Hayden

Wednesday, June 7 at 9 PM
Michigan Bass Evening Photo

Michigan Bass Evening

Thursday, June 8 at 8 PM

Bass Extremes Photo

Bass Extremes (Steve Bailey & Victor Wooten)

Friday, June 9 at 8 PM
Ali Yazdanfar Photo

Ali Yazdanfar

Saturday, June 10 at 5 PM
Recital On Campus
Julian Lage and Jorge Roeder Photo

Julian Lage (guitar) & Jorge Roeder (bass)

Saturday, June 10 at 8 PM



Full Schedule

The following is a tentative list of convention presenters, subject to change. Click on a Presentation Title to see more information about the presenter and their presentation.

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Name Presentation Title Time
Thierry BARBE Master class Thierry Barbe
Hagai Bilitzky Higher Fingerboard resolution: Bass and the Music of the Middle East
Andrew Binder The New Standards Method: Simandl through Standards
Fausto Borem The Theatrical Double Bass music of Afro-Brazilian Lino José Nunes (1789-1847)
Miles Brown Bright Size Life
Luis Cabrera Recital and Materclass: the influence of Bottesini in Spain and America.
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
Sean Casey Teaching Orchestra Excerpts to High Schoolers: A Progressive Guide to Orchestral Excerpts
Maggie Cox Focal Dystonia and the bass
Benjamin Crofut Fixing problems before the lesson/audition (resolving technical frustrations through creative left-hand practice)
Benjamin De Kock Motion Capture, Camera Tracking, Virtual Reality, and AI Tools: Exploring New and Emerging Technologies in Pedagogical Settings
Nina DeCesare Recital
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.
Glenn Dewey All You Need Are Three Cool Licks - Using motivic development techniques to craft a cohesive improvised solo using just a few
Peter Dominguez String Theory- the Richard Davis Method
Mark Dresser Bass Mapping: Adaptations, Extensions, Inventions
Caroline Emery 40 years of the Yorke Mini Bass Project.
George Fahlund Private Lessons: Private teaching as a profession things we wished someone had told us in music school.
Sarah Favinger Developing Professional Freelance Skills Through High School & Collegiate Ensembles
Karl Fenner Recital
Chris Fitzgerald Calibration: Designing a daily technical workout to meet your specific musical needs and goals
Robert Franenberg Johann Mathias Sperger, Life of an Extraordinary Court Musician
John Goldsby John Goldsby—Tribute to the Jazz Masters
Lloyd Goldstein My A Cappella Bass Sings Songs for the People
Jon Hamar Jeff Hamilton Trio
Kieran Hanlon Building Community in your Collegiate Bass Studio
Randall Kertz Common Injury Presentations in the Bassist and How To Avoid Them!
Robin Kesselman Recital
Kristin Korb Sweet Dreams: Celebrating The Eurythmics
Louis Levitt Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom
Marcos Machado Tao of Bass Volume 2: Innovative Approaches to Scales and Arpeggios
Szymon Marciniak Young and Old Masters- some premieres and some masterworks
Andres Martin ANDRES MARTIN RECITAL
Gaelen McCormick Discovering Our Pedagogical History
David Murray Bad Boys of Double Bass recital
Rob Nairn 'Ask' Duets for double bass and viola by female composers
Daniel Nix Daniel Nix and Artem Arutyunyan in Recital
Jacqueline Pickett League of Women Bassplayers: who we are/what we do
Sonia Ray Black Women Bass Players and Creative Processes: Performance and Beyond
Rufus Reid Rufus Reid Trio + String Quartet - CELEBRATION
Tracy Rowell A Rabbath Tribute Recital
John Shiu The Six Figure Musician: Navigating a Successful Freelance, Teaching, and Entrepreneurial Bass Career
George Speed The Importance of Collaboration: Lessons from Two University Bass Colleagues
Dan Styffe US and World premieres
Sam Suggs Sam Suggs
Jack Unzicker Simandl's Trout?! Wonderful and underplayed chamber music
Gary Upton The Art and Business of Building Your Dream with Gary Upton
Maggie Urquhart New music on early violones
Martin Wind Remembering Prof. Wolfgang Güttler
Masashi Yamamoto Masashi Yamamoto -The Bassologue Theatre-
Jiaying Zhang Exploring Pedagogical Approaches and Discussion for Young Beginner Double Bass Players