Test Driving Life

Three bassists from our last concert. The Castro Valley Chamber Orchestra plays three or four concerts a year, and has done it for mor...

I just got back from an enjoyable evening of orchestral music--without a single stringed instrument on the stage. Instead, it was a wind s...

Last night was the final tech rehearsal for A Christmas Carol , and we took it very slowly. With all the stops, starts, changes and tweaks, ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the best known and most loved composers in the classical world. He wrote great, accessible music. It'...

Tonight I resumed playing with the Castro Valley Chamber Orchestra --my musical pals since the beginning of 2007. Each year, from September ...

It can get lonely in the back corner of the orchestra when you're the only bass player. Tonight, I got company, when Devon, a young woma...