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