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ISB 2025 Convention Presenter — Shanti Nachtergaele

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Name:	Shanti Nachtergaele
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Presentation Date:	Wednesday, June 4, 2025 11:00 AM
Presentation Venue:	KMU 240 Choir Room
Presentation Title:	A History of Double Bass Humor
Presented / Performed Previous ISB Convention?	Yes
Type of Presentation:	Lecture
Genre:	Other
Bio:	Based in Montreal, Shanti Nachtergaele specializes in historically informed performances of music from the 16th through 19th centuries, playing double bass and violone. She is a member of Rosa Barocca (Calgary) and has performed with ensembles including Montreal's Les Temps Perdus, Arion Orchestre Baroque, and Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal, the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto), American Bach Soloists (San Francisco), and Accordes! (Oxford), as well as teaching at the Pass Early Music Festival (Alberta, Canada), Festival de Música de Santa Catarina (Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil) and Bass Coalition Summer Workshop (Winchester, VA, USA). She studied with Donovan Stokes, Maggie Urquhart, and Rob Nairn, and hold degrees from Shenandoah Conservatory, the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, The Pennsylvania State University, and McGill University. Having completed a PhD in musicology, her research focuses on the history of the double bass and its techniques and performance practices. She was the recipient of the 2021 International Society of Bassists Special Recognition Award for Scholarship, has published articles in Early Music and The Online Journal of Bass Research, and contributed a chapter on Domenico Dragonetti's arrangement strategies to the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Arrangement Studies.
Program (if available):	Not Provided