Informationen zu "Douglas Johnson The Open Sea Double Bass Quartet"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM1087
EAN: 9990093814657
Beschreibung
The Open Sea for double bass quartet began as a rough sketch on a four-track
cassette recorder in the early 1990s. In 2007, the composer transcribed the
recording, developed the second half of the piece, and premiered the work on
November 7, 2007, at the Lincoln Park Cultural Center in Chicago, Illinois,
as a member of the Chicago Bass Ensemble. Although it is not an explicitly
programmatic work, it travels to many places in a short amount of time. It
draws much of its inspiration from down-home fiddlin', heavy metal, and the
innate lyrical nature of the double bass. After a few years playing the
piano and violin, Douglas Johnson (b.1966) switched to the double bass and
earned a bachelors? degree in music performance from Northwestern University
while studying with Jeff Bradetich. During his college years, Douglas was a
fellow at the Tanglewood Music Institute and the Bach Aria Festival. Upon
graduation, he became Associate Principal Bass with the Honolulu Symphony
and, after one season, returned to Chicago where he continued performing and
started composing. He has performed with the bass sections of three ?Big
Five? American orchestras (Boston, Chicago and Cleveland), as well as the
orchestras of Milwaukee, Elgin, and the Chicago Philharmonic. He is active in
chamber music as well, and regularly performs with Access Contemporary Music
in Chicago and the Bach Cantata Series at Grace Lutheran Church in River
Forest, IL. Douglas has written music for the River North Chicago Dance
Company and the Dutch National Ballet Project, is the bandleader of the ?free
rock? improvisational group, Gunnelpumpers, and is a member of both Origin of
Animal and The Growlers.
