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.

2025 ISB Convention Headliners Preview

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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

Jacob Warren Photo

Jacob Warren
2023 Solo Competition Winner

Tuesday, June 3
Jared Beckstead-Craan Photo

Jared Beckstead-Craan
2023 Jazz Competition Winner

Monday, June 2

Evening Headliners

Rufus Reid Photo

Rufus Reid

Monday, June 2
Nina Bernat Photo

Nina Bernat

Tuesday, June 3
Brian Bromberg Photo

Brian Bromberg

Wednesday, June 4

Lorraine Campet Photo

Lorraine Campet

Thursday, June 5
Andres Martin Photo

Andres Martin

Friday, June 6
Ron Carter Photo

Ron Carter

Saturday, June 7

5 PM Headliners

Shawn Conley Photo

Shawn Conley

Tuesday, June 3
Szymon Marciniak Photo

Szymon Marciniak

Wednesday, June 4
Martin Wind and Friends Photo

Martin Wind & Friends

Wednesday, June 4

Jon Hamar with the Jeff Hamilton Trio Photo

Jon Hamar with the Jeff Hamilton Trio

Thursday, June 5
Sybarite5 Photo

Sybarite5

Thursday, June 5
Daniel Nix Photo

Daniel Nix

Friday, June 6 (4 PM)

Sam Suggs Photo

Sam Suggs

Friday, June 6
Kristin Korb Photo

Kristin Korb

Saturday, June 7
Catalin Rotaru Photo

Catalin Rotaru

Saturday, June 7

Jay Leonhart Photo

Jay Leonhart

Saturday, June 7 (4 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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Shane Allessio Shane Allessio Nonet Wednesday, June 4, 2025
3:00 PM
Gregg August Premiers for Double Bass: Trios, Duos, Solos Thursday, June 5, 2025
3:00 PM
David Baker Ditch the Amp: Ways to Develop a Resonant Pizzicato Sound on Double Bass Saturday, June 7, 2025
9:00 AM
Thierry BARBE Masterclass with Thierry Barbe Wednesday, June 4, 2025
10:00 AM
Ed Barker Masterclass with Ed Barker Thursday, June 5, 2025
3:00 PM
Jared Beckstead-Craan 2023 ISB Jazz Competition Winners Recital Monday, June 2, 2025
7:30 PM
Chuck Bergeron Florida Jazz Bass Quartet Wednesday, June 4, 2025
4:00 PM
Nina Bernat Evening Recital Tuesday, June 3, 2025
8:30 PM
Hagai Bilitzky Higher Fingerboard resolution: Bass and the Music of the Middle East Wednesday, June 4, 2025
9:00 AM
Andrew Binder The New Standards Method: Simandl through Standards Tuesday, June 3, 2025
10:00 AM
Brian Bromberg Masterclass with Brian Bromberg Thursday, June 5, 2025
11:00 AM
Brian Bromberg Evening Recital Wednesday, June 4, 2025
8:00 PM
Andrew Brown Acoustic Measurement Techniques and the Double Bass Tuesday, June 3, 2025
2:00 PM
Miles Brown Bright Size Life Tuesday, June 3, 2025
2:00 PM
Luis Cabrera Materclass: Solo Repertoire Tuesday, June 3, 2025
10:00 AM
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 Wednesday, June 4, 2025
3:00 PM
Lorraine Campet Evening Recital Thursday, June 5, 2025
8:00 PM
Ron Carter Evening Recital Saturday, June 7, 2025
8:00 PM
Brian Casey George Morrow: Quiet Brilliance in the Shadow of Masters Wednesday, June 4, 2025
11:00 AM
Sean Casey Teaching Orchestra Excerpts to High Schoolers: A Progressive Guide to Orchestral Excerpts Thursday, June 5, 2025
9:00 AM
Gabriel Condon An Analysis of Ron Carter's Performance of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Friday, June 6, 2025
11:00 AM
Shawn Conley G Major Tuesday, June 3, 2025
5:00 PM
Joseph Conyers Masterclass with Joseph Conyers Tuesday, June 3, 2025
11:00 AM
Benjamin De Kock Motion Capture, Camera Tracking, Virtual Reality, and AI Tools: Exploring New and Emerging Technologies in Pedagogical Settings Thursday, June 5, 2025
11:00 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. Thursday, June 5, 2025
9:00 AM
Glenn Dewey All You Need Are Three Cool Licks - Using motivic development techniques to craft a cohesive improvised solo using just a few Tuesday, June 3, 2025
9:00 AM
Mark Dresser BARRE'S CODE: HOMAGE TO BARRE PHILLIPS Wednesday, June 4, 2025
12:30 PM
Mark Dresser Bass Mapping: Adaptations, Extensions, Inventions Thursday, June 5, 2025
2:00 PM
Christie Echols You've graduated, what's next? Building a music career and community Saturday, June 7, 2025
3:00 PM
Paul Ellison Masterclass with Paul Ellison Saturday, June 7, 2025
11:00 AM
Caroline Emery 40 years of the Yorke Mini Bass Project. Wednesday, June 4, 2025
9:00 AM
George Fahlund Private Lessons: Private teaching as a profession things we wished someone had told us in music school. Tuesday, June 3, 2025
9:00 AM
Sarah Favinger Developing Professional Freelance Skills Through High School & Collegiate Ensembles Thursday, June 5, 2025
10:00 AM
Chris Fitzgerald Calibration: Designing a daily technical workout to meet your specific musical needs and goals Friday, June 6, 2025
9:00 AM
Bruce Gertz Harmony From The Bottom Up Thursday, June 5, 2025
9:00 AM
Brianna Goldberg From Tree to Tradition: The Craft, Compliance, & Care of Bows Friday, June 6, 2025
10:00 AM
Lloyd Goldstein My A Cappella Bass Sings Songs for the People Friday, June 6, 2025
2:00 PM
Barry Green 48 years in 48 minutes of Barry's multi-media Green Machine concerts Tuesday, June 3, 2025
4:00 PM
Jon Hamar Jeff Hamilton Trio Thursday, June 5, 2025
5:00 PM
John Hamil Young Bassists Ensembles (Arrangments for all levels and ages) Friday, June 6, 2025
3:00 PM
Utah Hamrick Chordless Duo Playing Saturday, June 7, 2025
9:00 AM
Kieran Hanlon Building Community in your Collegiate Bass Studio Tuesday, June 3, 2025
10:00 AM
Thomas Helton Piece for New Basses Friday, June 6, 2025
3:00 PM
Olivier Holland The Personalization of Technique on Jazz Bass for the Left Hand Tuesday, June 3, 2025
11:00 AM
Christine Hoock Christine Hoock Voice of Double Bass Wednesday, June 4, 2025
4:00 PM
Ethan Jodziewicz An Introduction To Fiddle Bowings On The Bass Saturday, June 7, 2025
11:00 AM
Randall Kertz Common Injury Presentations in the Bassist and How To Avoid Them! Friday, June 6, 2025
9:00 AM
Andrew Kohn Planning a Recital Program Thursday, June 5, 2025
10:00 AM
Andrew Kohn 2024 Research Competition Winners Presentation Tuesday, June 3, 2025
11:00 AM
Kristin Korb Sweet Dreams: Celebrating The Eurythmics Saturday, June 7, 2025
5:00 PM
Isaline Leloup A Viennese Afternoon Friday, June 6, 2025
4:00 PM
Jay Leonhart Jay Leonhart Recital Saturday, June 7, 2025
4:00 PM
Louis Levitt Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom Thursday, June 5, 2025
5:00 PM
Tianyang Liu Tianyang Liu ISB Double Bass Recital Thursday, June 5, 2025
4:00 PM
Marcos Machado Tao of Bass Volume 2: Innovative Approaches to Scales and Arpeggios Wednesday, June 4, 2025
10:00 AM
Szymon Marciniak 2024 ISB Composition Competition Winners Recital Saturday, June 7, 2025
11:00 AM
Szymon Marciniak Young and Old Masters- some premieres and some masterworks Wednesday, June 4, 2025
5:00 PM
Andres Martin ANDRES MARTIN RECITAL Friday, June 6, 2025
8:30 PM
George Martin English Double Basses Friday, June 6, 2025
2:00 PM
Nilson Matta Brazilian Voyage Friday, June 6, 2025
5:00 PM
Gaelen McCormick Discovering Our Pedagogical History Saturday, June 7, 2025
10:00 AM
Mariechen Meyer Basse Danze Saturday, June 7, 2025
4:00 PM
Sam Morel Double Bass Varnishing Thursday, June 5, 2025
10:00 AM
ANDY MORITZ "Scale Skills: A Systematic Approach to Skills Development for the Double Bass" Friday, June 6, 2025
9:00 AM
Kyle Motl Sound and Technique Considerations in Contemporary and Improvised Music Wednesday, June 4, 2025
9:00 AM
Shanti Nachtergaele A History of Double Bass Humor Wednesday, June 4, 2025
11:00 AM
Rob Nairn 'Ask' Duets for double bass and viola by female composers Friday, June 6, 2025
3:00 PM
Paul Nemeth Bowings in the Manuscripts of Bach’s Cello Suites Thursday, June 5, 2025
11:00 AM
Daniel Nix Daniel Nix and Artem Arutyunyan in Recital Friday, June 6, 2025
4:00 PM
Sandor Ostlund Lunchtime Series: Orin O'Brien Movie: The Only Girl in the Orchestra Saturday, June 7, 2025
1:00 PM
Brian Perry Orchestral Masterclass with Dallas Symphony bassist and SMU Professor, Brian Perry Wednesday, June 4, 2025
4:00 PM
Jacqueline Pickett League of Women Bassplayers: who we are/what we do Thursday, June 5, 2025
1:00 PM
Frank Proto Masterclass with Frank Proto Wednesday, June 4, 2025
11:00 AM
Sonia Ray Black Women Bass Players and Creative Processes: Performance and Beyond Friday, June 6, 2025
1:00 PM
Rufus Reid with Sam Suggs: Etude Book Presentation Saturday, June 7, 2025
9:00 AM
Rufus Reid Rufus Reid Trio + String Quartet - CELEBRATION Monday, June 2, 2025
8:30 PM
Kathy Reilly Sustainable Tonewood Sourcing in the US Tuesday, June 3, 2025
2:00 PM
Catalin Rotaru Recital Saturday, June 7, 2025
5:00 PM
Tracy Rowell A Rabbath Tribute Recital Wednesday, June 4, 2025
2:00 PM
Tracy Rowell Young Bassists Concert Saturday, June 7, 2025
2:00 PM
Tracy Rowell Young Bassists College Fair Saturday, June 7, 2025
8:30 AM
Robert Sabin Thelonious Monk - From the Bottom Up Thursday, June 5, 2025
10:00 AM
Stefano Sciascia Frame Friday, June 6, 2025
2:00 PM
Tyler Shepherd Dounis and the Double Bass Friday, June 6, 2025
10:00 AM
John Shiu The Six Figure Musician: Navigating a Successful Freelance, Teaching, and Entrepreneurial Bass Career Friday, June 6, 2025
11:00 AM
George Speed with Rodney Jordan: The Importance of Collaboration: Lessons from Two University Bass Colleagues Tuesday, June 3, 2025
2:00 PM
Oscar Stagnaro Latin American Trends Saturday, June 7, 2025
10:00 AM
Indi Stivín Discovering Dvořák Thursday, June 5, 2025
2:00 PM
Hans Sturm Retirement Recital Tuesday, June 3, 2025
3:00 PM
Dan Styffe US and World premieres Saturday, June 7, 2025
10:00 AM
Sam Suggs Sam Suggs Friday, June 6, 2025
5:00 PM
Ben Thomas Joint Force Bass Quartet Tuesday, June 3, 2025
4:00 PM
Hector Tirado Reverie Resonance Wednesday, June 4, 2025
10:00 AM
Jack Unzicker Simandl's Trout?! Wonderful and underplayed chamber music Tuesday, June 3, 2025
4:00 PM
Gary Upton The Art and Business of Building Your Dream with Gary Upton Thursday, June 5, 2025
2:00 PM
Maggie Urquhart New music on early violones Thursday, June 5, 2025
2:00 PM
Jacob Warren 2023 ISB Solo Competition Winner's Recital Tuesday, June 3, 2025
7:30 PM
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? Tuesday, June 3, 2025
9:00 AM
Yung-chiao Wei Yung-Chiao Wei and Friends Recital Featuring Bach Violin Partita #3 and Kawakami Quartet with Ju-fang Liu, Han-jui Chen, and Po-yu Fang Wednesday, June 4, 2025
3:00 PM
Dustin Williams "Square Table" Meeting - Open to professional luthiers only Thursday, June 5, 2025
3:00 PM
Martin Wind Remembering Prof. Wolfgang Güttler Wednesday, June 4, 2025
5:00 PM
Will Yager New Works for Double Bass Thursday, June 5, 2025
4:00 PM
Masashi Yamamoto Masashi Yamamoto -The Bassologue Theatre- Tuesday, June 3, 2025
3:00 PM
Samuel Zagnit Bass Players for Black Composers Turns 5 at ISB! Tuesday, June 3, 2025
1:00 PM
Jiaying Zhang Exploring Pedagogical Approaches and Discussion for Young Beginner Double Bass Players Friday, June 6, 2025
11:00 AM