776: James Barket on teaching and bass history

<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href= "http://www.jamesbarketweb.net/jbprof.html">James Barket</a> is Orchestra Director at Webb Bridge Middle School in Alpharetta, GA. He also teaches bass at Kennesaw State University, and he did the English translation for Alfred Planyavsky’s groundbreaking book <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Baroque-Double-Bass-Violone-ebook/dp/B00DBTMMDA"> The Baroque Double Bass Violone</a>.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">We start out by talking about the Midsummers Music Festival and Allyson Fleck, the Assistant Artistic Director.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> She used to teach at Kennesaw State University in suburban Atlanta along with her husband, who is a conductor.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">We dig into all kinds of topics around education and being an orchestra director, James’ path through the music world from bassist into the world of teaching, how he came to be the translator for Alfred Planyavsky’s book The Baroque Double Bass Violone, and much more.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> Enjoy!</span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p4"><span class="s2"><a href= "http://smarturl.it/cbcpodcast?ck_subscriber_id=90309136"><em>Subscribe to the podcast</em></a></span> <span class="s1"><em>to get these interviews delivered to you automatically!</em></span></p> <p class="p5"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><em>Check out our</em> <a href= "https://gumroad.com/dbbpublications?sort=newest"><em>Online Sheet Music Store</em></a> <em>with 80+ wide-ranging titles for bassists.</em></span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p6"><span class="s1"><a href= "http://contrabassconversations.com/app"><em>Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle</em></a><em>.</em></span><span class= "s4"><br /></span></p> <p class="p7"><span class="s1"><em>Check out my</em> <a href= "https://courses.discoverdoublebass.com/p/beginners-classical-bass"> <em>Beginner's Classical Bass cours