Gallery

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Ohio State Double Bass Ensemble Halloween Concert

The Ohio State University Double Bass Ensemble's 2011 Halloween Concert — I do believe in bass, I do believe in bass, I do, I do, I do, I do . . . .
(Photo credit: Bill Tijerina)


It's a Skywalking bass!

I've Found the Rebel Bass

Chinese Music School

Has anyone seen the music school in China pictured in this photo? That's what we call an Octobass!


Bass Sculpture in Beijing, China

05/11/2011 — ISB member Dan Pliskow shared this photo taken by his friend at a museum in Beijing, China. Click on the photo to see in high resolution.


Ohio State University Double Bass Ensemble

The Ohio State University Double Bass Ensemble, Paul Robinson, director, enact their tribute to zombie movies, "Walking Bass," for the 2010 OSU HalleBOOia Concert. Mmmmmm. . . baaaaaaaasssssssss!
(Photo credit: Bill Tijerina)


1941-42 bass section of the New York Philharmonic

The 1941-42 bass section of the New York Philharmonic, l to r: Anselme Fortier, Joseph De Angelis, Fred Zimmerman, Robert Brennand, Emmanuel Tivin, C. Raviola, Homer Mensch, Max Schlossberg and D. Rybb.


Double Bass Recital - Alberta College

Double Bass Recital, June 2009 at Alberta College, Edmonton, Canada. Ioan Tetel, Double Bass Instructor


Ohio State University Bass Studio

There are 7 guys and one gal in The Ohio State University bass studio of Paul Robinson, so what better way to celebrate Halloween and the 75th anniversary of the classic Disney film "Snow White and Seven Dwarfs" than to ? Paul, a true film buff, even matched all the colors to the original character color grid from the Disney production office.  Can you name them all?


Talk about low notes!

Here are bassists with the Gloucestershire (England) Symphony playing 100 feet down in Clearwell Caves on June 9, 2009, temperature a brisk 50 degrees Farenheit! (L to r) Tony Veazey, ISB member Catherine Side and Pauline Jones.

Gloucestershire (England) Symphony in Clearwell Caves

Tuomo Haapala in Concert: flying in the air and by the sea

Tuomo Haapala
Tuomo Haapala

Petya Bagovska

Petya Bagovska (left) and her students recently performed at the Czech Culture Center in Sofia, Bulgaria. They played works by Bottesini, Koussevitzky, Hofmeister, Ravel, Grieg, Dvorak, Tony Obsorne and Bulgarian composers.


Paul Robinson's Bass Studio

Who needs the Sopranos when you have the Bassos? The guys and dolls from Paul Robinson's bass studio at The Ohio State University celebrated Halloween '08 with a concert


Fall 2008 West Texas Bass Clinic

15 middle school and high school students attended the Fall 2008 West Texas Bass Clinic in Lubbock.



Joel Schimek and Rufus Reid

Young bassist Joel Schimek with his and everyone's hero, Rufus Reid. Joel's dad, John, professor of bass at the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University, hosted the 2007 ISB convention.


Bass Clef
Can you find the bass clef in this photo?

Bass Garden

Taken by Robert Oppelt in Bourbon Lancy, France, Summer, 2006.


Noah Sund, Sweet Pea, and Diana Gannett

Noah Sund, son of the ISB's favorite double bass cartoonist Scott Sund, and his bass Sweet Pea with Diana Gannett at the 2007 Richard Davis workshop in Madison, WI.


Dallas Symphony Orchestra Bass Section

Edgar Meyer, fourth from left, and members of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra bass section and their friends and students, enjoying social time after Edgar's terrific performance of his Concerto No. 2 for Double Bass and Percussion with the DSO.


Paul Robinson
Paul Robinson - 1994 ISB International Portrait Calendar

Toto' and Macario

Toto' and Macario playing the bass! Toto' and Macario were 2 very famous comic actors in Italy in the 1950-1960s.


Neon Bass
Neon Bass

Basses in the Hall
Basses in the Hall

Gary Karr
Gary Karr in Recital at the 2001 ISB Convention at Butler University

Bassiona Amorosa
The Bassiona Amorosa Ensemble

Young Bassists Orchestra
Young Bassists Orchestra at the 2005 ISB Convention at
Western Michigan University

Ron Carter
Ron Carter at the 2005 ISB Convention at
Western Michigan University

Linkola Concerto

Evan Premo gave the world premiere performance of a new concerto by Jukka Linkola, who conducted the Finn Fest orchestra in August 2005. (Photo credit: George Wanska)