ISB Center Stage

ISB Center Stage

ISB Center Stage is an online interview and performance series featuring some of the world's leading players and educators speaking about their careers and a wide variety of topics. Members receive invitations to attend ISB Center Stage events and submit their questions during the event, and can access recordings of past events.

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Now Available! Saturday, December 17, 2022 —
Getting Together with Gary Karr: The Handy Double Bassist by Arnold Schnitzer

Available to non-members until Tuesday, January 31, 2023!

To listen to and / or view the ISB Center Stage archive, click here to login or join now. If you're not already a member, check out these great interviews and performances that you're missing out on:

  • Saturday, October 15, 2022 — ISB Center Stage: Buster Williams Bass To Infinity
  • Saturday, August 6, 2022 — Mike Richmond's Modern Walking Bass Technique
  • Saturday, July 2, 2022 — ISB Center Stage: A Conversation with Barre Phillips
  • Saturday, May 28, 2022 — ISB CenterStage: Hans Sturm: 2022 Bass Fest Preview!
  • Saturday, May 7, 2022 — Gary Karr and Robert Black
  • Saturday, April 30, 2022 — Rufus Reid, The Evolving Bassist
  • Saturday, April 2, 2022 — Bach Meets Verse: The Career of Richard Hartshorne
  • Saturday, March 5, 2022 — Gary Karr and Steve Bailey
  • Saturday, February 26, 2022 — 2022 Sphinx Competition Laureate Kebra-Seyoun Charles and Patricia Weitzel
  • Saturday, February 5, 2022 — Gary Karr: All About Bass Ensembles
  • Saturday, January 15, 2022 — Susan Hagen Virtual Warmups Class
  • Saturday, December 11, 2021 — A New Biography of Francois Rabbath
  • Saturday, December 4, 2021 — Gary Karr with Tom Martin and Chris West
  • Saturday, November 13, 2021 — Susan Hagen, Bruce Gertz, and Claus Freudenstein
  • Saturday, November 6, 2021 — Gary Karr 80th Birthday Party
  • Saturday, October 16, 2021 — Szymon Marciniak and Robert Black
  • Saturday, October 2, 2021 — Gary Karr with Olivier Babaz, Peter Lloyd, and Scott Pingel
  • Saturday, September 18, 2021 — David McGill and Aaron Olguin
  • Saturday, September 4, 2021 — Gary Karr with Hector Tirado and John DeVore
  • Saturday, August 28, 2021 — Pippa Macmillan and Rob Nairn
  • Saturday, August 7, 2021 — Let's Talk About Body & Bass Part 2
  • Saturday, July 10, 2021 — Gary Karr and Dr. Randall Kertz
  • Saturday, May 8, 2021 — Paul Ellison, John Clayton, and Don Robertson
  • Saturday, May 1, 2021 — Linda May Han Oh and Stephan Crump
  • Saturday, April 24, 2021 — Valentina Ciardelli and Travis Harrison
  • Saturday, April 17, 2021 — DaXun Zhang and Tom Knific
  • Saturday, April 3, 2021 — Getting Together With Gary Karr: User Friendly Basses & Bows
  • Saturday, March 27, 2021 — Frank Proto and Tom Knific
  • Saturday, March 20, 2021 — 2021 Virtual ISB Convention Young Bassist Program Preview
  • Saturday, March 13, 2021 — Uxia Martinez-Botana and Travis Harrison
  • Saturday, March 6, 2021 — Getting Together with Gary Karr & Joseph Conyers
  • Saturday, February 27, 2021 — Bass Players for Black Composers Panel
  • Saturday, February 20, 2021 — A Conversation with Nico Abondolo and Tom Knific
  • Saturday, February 13, 2021 — Work in Progress: A Conversation with Future Leaders
  • Saturday, February 6, 2021 — Getting Together with Gary Karr & Rufus Reid
  • Saturday, January 23, 2021 — Ask A Luthier Panel II
  • Saturday, January 16, 2021 — Dave Holland and David Gage
  • Saturday, December 5, 2020 — Rick Stotijn and Joel Quarrington
  • Saturday, November 21, 2020 — Trevor Davis, Seth Kimmel, Joey Naeger, Mitch Moehring and Sam Morel
  • Saturday, November 14, 2020 — John Patitucci and Steve Bailey
  • Saturday, November 7, 2020 — Bert Turetzky and Mark Dresser
  • Saturday, October 31, 2020 — David Allen Moore and Scott Dixon
  • Saturday, October 24, 2020 — Paul Kowert and Alex Hanna
  • Saturday, October 17, 2020 — Tom Martin and Tim Cobb
  • Saturday, October 10, 2020 — Jorge Roeder and Shawn Conley
  • Saturday, October 3, 2020 — Chris Kosky and Mimi Jones
  • Saturday, September 26, 2020 — Victor Wooten
  • Saturday, September 19, 2020 — Lorraine Campet and Xavier Foley
  • Saturday, September 12, 2020 — Christian McBride
  • Saturday, September 5, 2020 — Louis Levitt of Sybarite5 & The Weeklies
  • Saturday, August 29, 2020 — The One and Only Gary Karr Returns!
  • Saturday, August 22, 2020 — Matt Baker and the String Quintets of George Onslow
  • Saturday, August 8, 2020 — Marcos Machado and the Tao of Bass
  • Saturday, August 1, 2020 — Panel: Getting to the Heart of Online Teaching
  • Saturday, July 25, 2020 — Legacy of Milt Hinton Panel
  • Saturday, July 18, 2020 — An Interview with Phoebe Russell
  • Saturday, June 20, 2020 — An Interview with Joel Quarrington
  • Saturday, June 13, 2020 — An Interview with ISB Founder Gary Karr