What made you decide to return to your native California?īG: I loved my time playing in the CSO! Best seat in the house for all those amazing concerts. So they flew me in as a “guest artist!” I made it to Carnegie Hall playing the accordion solo with the Cincinnati Symphony, but I wasn’t allowed to play my accordion in my junior high school band or orchestra! Our music education system missed the mark there!įBPO: You spent so many years in Cincinnati. My ultimate achievement was being flown in by the Cincinnati Symphony from Paris, France, to play the accordion solo on Victor Victoria at Carnegie Hall! Yes, that’s right! While serving as Principal Bassist with the orchestra, I was on leave of absence studying with François Rabbath and Kunzel insisted that I play the Carnegie Hall tour concert. It was ironic that I couldn’t play the accordion in the school groups, but later, after being the Principal Bassist of the Cincinnati Symphony, I also became the “official” accordionist of the CSO! So that’s me playing on our Pops recordings with Erich Kunzel, the Mancini albums, Western themes, movie themes, etc. My parents said: “The accordion stays at home! If you want to play something at school, then choose something BIG like the bass or the tuba so it stays at school and doesn’t come into the house!!! Your room already has too much junk!” So I chose the tuba first and then went to the bass after a year so I could play in all the school groups. A professional accordion player lived across the street and I loved hearing him practice! While in junior high school, I was recruited by the music teacher because I had seven years of musical experience, but didn’t play anything that was used in the school band or orchestra. He also teaches at the University of California-Santa Cruz and remains active as a soloist, educator and clinician in the Bay Area, as well as on tour.įBPO: It appears you have made the bass your life’s work – performing, teaching, arranging… What prompted you to take up the instrument in the first place? Was it your first choice?īG: My first instrument was accordion when I was 7 years old. In addition to serving as principal bassist with the California Symphony and the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, Green currently directs a Young Bassist Program for the San Francisco Symphony Education Department. Croix, with Cincinnati pianist-arranger James Hart, percussionist-son Adam Green plus the Spanish Quartet de Barcelone. Green’s solo recordings include The Baroque Bass, The Romantic Bass, Contemporary Music for the Double Bass, The Sound of the Bass, Bass Evolution and two recent CDs, Ole-Cool and Live From St. Green recently authored a unique series of books, The Popular Bass Method (five volumes) with jazz bassist Jeff Neighbor. He is the author of the extremely popular The Inner Game of Music, as well as seven “Inner Game” workbooks and a video with W. Green was also executive director of the International Society of Bassists from 1975 to 1981. Sheet Music Plus reserves the right to cancel or change this offer at any time.Symphony player, composer and educator shares insights on orchestral playing, programs for young bassists and his mega-popular “Inner Game” seriesĮxclusive interview with FBPO’s Jon Liebmanīarry Green, a native Californian, served as principal bassist of the Cincinnati Symphony for 28 years and professor of bass at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.Offer ends at 11:59pm PDT on July 25, 2022.Minimum order amounts are listed in USD.Does not apply to the purchase of Gift Certificates, hymnals, showkits, or products from these manufacturers: Acoustica, AirTurn, Alpine Hearing Protection, Antares, Apogee, Aquarius, Audient, Augustine Guitar Strings, Avid, Axe Heaven, Band Industries, Blue Microphones, ChordBuddy, Cloud Microphones, Cordial Cables, Danelectro, Flight, G7th, Gator Cases, GeerFab Acoustics, Gibraltar, Gretsch Drums, Griffin Technology, Grundorf, Hamilton Stands, Hartke Equipment, iConnectivity, IK Multimedia, iZotope, KAT Percussion, Korg, Levy's Leathers, Line 6, Loog Guitars, Michael Kelly Guitar Co., Mighty Bright, Morley Pedals, MXL, NMR Distribution, PG Music, PreSonus, Pro Tools, Propellerhead, Red Panda, Samson Audio, Singer's Mask, Singular Sound, Snark Tuners, Solomon Mics, Sonuus, Summit Audio, TASCAM, Vater Percussion, Vertex Effects, Warm Audio, and Woodrow.Taxes and shipping are not included when determining the minimum order amount.Cannot be combined with other coupon or promo codes.Cannot be applied to previous or pending purchases.Customer must enter coupon code during Checkout to receive discount.Simply enter the code TREBLE in the Promo Code field on the shopping cart page and click Apply to receive your discount.
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