ISB 2025 Convention Schedule of 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.

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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.

(Artists subject to change)

Our 2023 Competition Winners

Evening Headliners

5 PM Headliners

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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Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Name	Presentation Title	Time
George Fahlund	Private Lessons: Private teaching as a profession things we wished someone had told us in music school.	9:00 AM
Ron Wasserman	EASY THINGS YOU CAN DO TO MAKE EVERYONE NOTICE HOW SENSITIVE AND GREAT A PLAYER YOU ARE. . .THAT THEY DON'T TEACH AT MUSIC SCHOOL?	9:00 AM
Andrew Binder	The New Standards Method: Simandl through Standards	10:00 AM
Andrew Kohn	2024 Research Competition Winners Presentation	11:00 AM
Andrew Brown	Acoustic Measurement Techniques and the Double Bass	2:00 PM
Kathy Reilly	Sustainable Tonewood Sourcing in the US	2:00 PM
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Name	Presentation Title	Time
Caroline Emery	40 years of the Yorke Mini Bass Project.	9:00 AM
Marcos Machado	Tao of Bass Volume 2: Innovative Approaches to Scales and Arpeggios	10:00 AM
Brian Casey	George Morrow: Quiet Brilliance in the Shadow of Masters	11:00 AM
Shanti Nachtergaele	A History of Double Bass Humor	11:00 AM
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Name	Presentation Title	Time
Sean Casey	Teaching Orchestra Excerpts to High Schoolers: A Progressive Guide to Orchestral Excerpts	9:00 AM
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
Sarah Favinger	Developing Professional Freelance Skills Through High School & Collegiate Ensembles	10:00 AM
Andrew Kohn	Planning a Recital Program	10:00 AM
Sam Morel	Double Bass Varnishing	10:00 AM
Robert Sabin	Thelonious Monk - From the Bottom Up	10:00 AM
Paul Nemeth	Bowings in the Manuscripts of Bach’s Cello Suites	11:00 AM
Gary Upton	The Art and Business of Building Your Dream with Gary Upton	2:00 PM
Dustin Williams	"Square Table" Meeting - Open to professional luthiers only	3:00 PM
Friday, June 6, 2025
Name	Presentation Title	Time
Chris Fitzgerald	Calibration: Designing a daily technical workout to meet your specific musical needs and goals	9:00 AM
Brianna Goldberg	From Tree to Tradition: The Craft, Compliance, & Care of Bows	10:00 AM
Gabriel Condon	An Analysis of Ron Carter's Performance of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3	11:00 AM
John Shiu	The Six Figure Musician: Navigating a Successful Freelance, Teaching, and Entrepreneurial Bass Career	11:00 AM
George Martin	English Double Basses	2:00 PM
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Name	Presentation Title	Time
David Baker	Ditch the Amp: Ways to Develop a Resonant Pizzicato Sound on Double Bass	9:00 AM
Gaelen McCormick	Discovering Our Pedagogical History	10:00 AM
Christie Echols	You've graduated, what's next? Building a music career and community	3:00 PM