Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra features something unusual Monday in the spotlight: the double bass. In this case, it’s played by Mercer University Concerto Competition 2024 student winner Eion Lyons.

Education: DMA, Double Bass Performance and Pedagogy, University of Iowa; MA, Library Science, University of Iowa; MA, Double Bass Performance, University of Iowa; BA, Music, Luther College Andrea ...

The poor double-bass, it gets no respect as a solo instrument. “I ran out of music to play so I had to make it,” the 26-year-old Marietta, Georgia, native said last week, calling from home in New York ...

One of the oldest double basses in the world has a rich musical history filled with ghost stories, international fame, an airplane accident and most recently, a six-week visit to BYU. Its previous ...

FAIRBANKS — When Avalon Lee felt the powerful, booming vibrations radiating through the floor from the double bass her fourth-grade teacher was playing, she knew it was the instrument for her. She was ...

Mrs. Lauren McCombe is a native Georgian from Marietta. She has a Bachelor’s in Music Theory and Music Education from the University of Georgia and a Master’s Degree in Double Bass Performance from ...