2015 Chicago Bass Festival at Ravinia - Clinicians Announced

The annual Chicago Bass Festival takes place Sunday, February 1, 2015 at Bennett Gordon Hall in Ravinia Festival.

If you are one of the following:

A. High School Bassist

B. College-Age Bassist

C. Middle School Bassist

D. Professional Bassist

E. Bass Teacher

F. Amateur Bassist

G. Music Educator

H. General Bass Enthusiast

...then the Chicago Bass Festival is perfect for you!

The Chicago Bass Festival is an event for the Chicago-area double bass community that highlights the talents of the bassists in our major performing organizations and teachers at our academic institutions while creating a learning event for the next generation of double bassists. Come learn, share, and explore the vibrant Chicago double bass scene and work with some of the United States’ most talented and acclaimed double bass clinicians. Visit http://bassfest.mya.org/ to register for the festival.

The Chicago Bass Festival takes place at the wonderful Bennett Gordon Hall at Ravinia in Highland Park, Illinois, 30 minutes north of Chicago!

There are master classes for classical and jazz performers, sessions for young bassists, performances, and much more. Visit http://bassfest.mya.org/ to register for the festival and see the full schedule.

The following clinicians will be in attendance at the 2015 Chicago Bass Festival!

George Amorim - faculty, University of Texas Pan-American
Andrew Anderson - faculty, Roosevelt University, Wheaton Conservatory
Michael Cameron - faculty, University of Illinois
Chicago Bass Ensemble
John Floeter - Chicago Sinfonietta; faculty, Northern Illinois University
Eric Hochberg - bandleader, producer, composer, teacher
Trevor Jones - faculty, DePaul University, Illinois Wesleyan University, Midwest Young Artists
David Murray - faculty, Butler University
Joe Policastro - faculty, DePaul University, Midwest Young Artists
Beau Sample - The Fat Babies Jazz Band, The Modern Sounds
Andrew Raciti - faculty, Northwestern University
Phillip Serna - faculty, Valparaiso University
Eric Snoza - Fifth House Ensemble
Alan Steiner - Chicago Sinfonietta; Lake Forest Symphony; faculty, Birch Creek Music Festival

For more information, please contact the festival coordinator, Ben Rusch (BenRusch@mya.org) or call (847) 926-9898. Visit http://bassfest.mya.org/ for more info.

About MYA: Midwest Young Artists is a top rated youth music ensemble programs in the Midwest and represents some of the best young musicians in the country. The program offers exceptional training in jazz, choral, chamber and orchestral instruction. MYA currently reaches more than 1,000 students from 74 communities in the metropolitan Chicago area with eight youth orchestras, more than 65 chamber music ensembles, four choral ensembles, an all-inclusive jazz program, early childhood education, and classes in music theory and history. Students have the opportunity to travel abroad and to perform in major venues throughout Chicago and around the world. MYA graduates are accepted at the most selective conservatories, universities and colleges in the country.

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