Beethoven / Speed / Williams- Bass Favorites & Transcription (CD)
Assistant Professor of Double Bass George Speed enjoys a career that combines teaching with solo, chamber, and orchestral performing. He joins the College of Music faculty after 14 years as Associate Professor of Double Bass at Oklahoma State University, where he received the 2009 Wise-Diggs-Berry Award for Teaching Excellence. For the past four summers, Mr. Speed has served on the artist faculty of the Brevard Music Center in Brevard, North Carolina. He joins with pianist Heidi Louise Williams for this new release, showcasing a program of Bass favorites and transcriptions, including works by Beethoven, Boccherini, Dragonetti, and Sperger.
Assistant Professor of Double Bass George Speed enjoys a career that combines teaching with solo, chamber, and orchestral performing. He joins the College of Music faculty after 14 years as Associate Professor of Double Bass at Oklahoma State University, where he received the 2009 Wise-Diggs-Berry Award for Teaching Excellence. For the past four summers, Mr. Speed has served on the artist faculty of the Brevard Music Center in Brevard, North Carolina. He joins with pianist Heidi Louise Williams for this new release, showcasing a program of Bass favorites and transcriptions, including works by Beethoven, Boccherini, Dragonetti, and Sperger.