Twin Cities Bass Camp is holding its Winter Weekend Workshop January 6 – 8, 2017

. The weekend will feature three faculty concerts that will get the year started properly. All three will take place at Walker West Music Academy in St. Paul, MN.

Friday January 6 – 7:00 pm

• Doan Roessler (St. Paul) performs his own compositions and improvisations alone and with Nathan Hanson, saxophone
• Etienne Lafrance (Quebec) will play a wide ranging set featuring his own compositions and pieces by Ravel, Fauré, Telemann and Rabbath. Etienne will be accompanied by Craig Randal Johnson on piano

Saturday January 7 – 7:00 pm

• Maggie Hasspacher (Ann Arbor, MI) will perform a program of old (J.S. Bach and Adolf Misek) and new (Rebecca Saunders and a piece of her own). Maggie will also be accompanied by Craig Randal Johnson
• Sandor Ostlund (Waco, TX) will knock you out with a top-secret set of music

Sunday January 8 – 3:30 pm

• Anthony Cox (Minneapolis) plays with his trio featuring Brandon Wozniak on saxophone and Dave King on drums.

Suggested donation of $15 for each concert.

I (Doan) and everyone who has helped make TCBC a reality for the last four years want to thank all of you for your help and support. In 2013 TCBC started with just 13 students and 4 faculty members. In 2016 we had about 85 bass players at TCBC. It’s been a highlight of my life to get to know and make music with so many amazing people, so it’s very difficult to write that there will be no TCBC in the summer of 2017. I have some other important things happening in my life between now and next summer which will make it impossible for me to dedicate the time and attention needed. We will be having a special Winter Weekend Workshop though – info just below!

Winter Weekend Workshop
January 6, 7, & 8 2017
Registration is quite limited so please sign up soon! The faculty is amazing, including some folks TCBC attendees are familiar with (Maggie Hasspacher, Doan Roessler) and some extraordinary people who haven’t been part of TCBC before (Etienne Lafrance, Anthony Cox, Sandor Ostlund) and possibly more! We will be holding the workshop at Walker West Music Academy who are very generously sponsoring the event by offering us the use of their facility.

Tentative general schedule:

• Friday evening concert
• Workshop Saturday morning and afternoon
• Saturday evening concert
• Workshop Sunday morning and afternoon
• Final concert late Sunday afternoon

There are three full scholarships available – one from Nick Lloyd Basses, one from All Strings Attached, and one from John and Lynne Bulger. To apply, send a short (2 minutes or less) video of you playing the bass and a short essay (2 pages or less) telling us how playing the bass has impacted your life, and why attending TCBC this summer is important for you. Deadline is June 1st. You can send your application to doan@tcbasscamp.com

There are also partial need-based scholarships available. Please get in touch with Doan through the contact form on the site or at doan@tcbasscamp.com for more information.

Over the last 3 years Twin Cities Bass Camp has inspired, educated, and created a community of hundreds of bassists around the country. To support TCBC’s mission this year and into the future we’re holding a fundraising event that you’ll never forget. This is a great opportunity to meet other bass and music lovers, connect with the TCBC community, and find out how you can get involved with the inspiring work we’re doing. Tickets are available online and only in advance – please help support our students and TCBC’s mission to educate, create community, and have fun!

Featuring:

• Billy McLaughlin
• Chris Bates
• quartet from the MN Orchestra bassists
• delectables from Khyber Pass
• wines from Chris Osgood
• other very special guests!

We are truly privileged to have Billy McLaughlin supporting TCBC in this way. He is an inspiration. For twenty years Billy McLaughlin astounded audiences around the world with his complex and rhythmic music. In 2001, he was diagnosed with Focal Dystonia, an incurable neuromuscular disorder that rendered him unable to play his own music. By 2002, Billy McLaughlin’s career was over. In 2006, he began a comeback doing the unthinkable – relearning his songs one note at a time with his opposite hand…  don’t miss this opportunity to encounter Billy and his music and to support Twin Cities Bass Camp!

I’m so excited about TCBC 2014 – our faculty’s incredible, just like last year except more. But unlike last year we’ve got FRANCOIS RABBATH joining us. He’s going to give daily masterclasses, lead a teacher training workshop, and give a concert that you will never forget with his son Sylvain accompanying him on piano. Placement in his masterclasses and the teacher training course are first-come first-served, so now’s the time. Head on over to the registration page and get ready for what will be the best week of summer!