937: Joel Braun on Unaccompanied

<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://music.utexas.edu/about/people/joel-braun">University of Texas at Austin</a> double bass professor <a href= "http://www.joelbraunbass.com/">Joel Braun</a> just released a solo album.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> Titled Unaccompanied, it contains his own transcription of the Bach Flute Partita, premiere recordings of works by Lera Auerbach, Caleb Burhans and Olga Magidenko, and his own composition "Awake,” which received an honorable mention from the ISB David Walter composition competition.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">We talk about the story behind this album, performing works by women composers, life events since <a href= "https://contrabassconversations.com/2019/07/08/joel-braun-and-jeremy-kurtz-harris/"> our last chat at ISB 2019</a>, and much more.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Enjoy, and check out the following links to hear recital performances from Joel featuring women composers:</span></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1"><a href="https://youtu.be/D4czfMLy94w">Olga Magidenko *Sonata*</a></li> <li class="li1"><a href="https://youtu.be/_RTc7MzbSic">Chen Yi *3 Bagatelles*</a></li> <li class="li1"><a href="https://youtu.be/FsFFCYu--eE">Hadas Goldschmidt-Halfon *Bass Drums*</a></li> <li class="li1"><a href="https://youtu.be/ZHtRNhrlfkM">Rain Worthington *Steps in the Night*</a></li> </ul> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p3"><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="p4"> </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 100+ wide-ranging titles for bassists.</em></span></p> <p class="p5"> </p> <p class="p6"><span class="s1"><a href= "http://co