Patrick
Neher, double bass player and professor, is recognized as one of the world's
leading virtuoso soloists and composers of music for bass.
He received his Master of Music Degree with Honors from the Juilliard
School of Music in 1981, under the esteemed tutelage of the late David Walter. In 1996 he received the coveted Diplôme from François Rabbath and the International Rabbath Institute, Paris, France.
He
has been with the faculty of the University
of Arizona since1984. He founded the Arizona Double Bass Symposium in1988, and the Arizona
Bass Players Festival in 2005. He is a former member of the
San Diego Symphony, the New Mexico Symphony, the American Philharmonic,
the New Orleans Symphony, the New 20th Century Players, and for ten
years he was Principal Bassist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra.
For almost two decades, Mr. Neher was Principal Bassist with the Santa
Fe Orchestra and the Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra.
Patrick
Neher gives clinics on bass performance and composition around
the world, has been one of the Directors of the International
Society of Bassists, and has been listed in International
Who's Who in Music since 1989. He has served twice as Head of
the Solo Competition Jury for the International Society of Bassists,
and for three years he was the Double Bass Forum Editor for American
String Teacher magazine. As an active member of ASCAP he is an avid composer, arranger, and editor with music and recordings
published by Liben Music and ISG Publications.
Prof. Neher's articles on double bass and its players, and reviews
of his compositions, have been published by Double
Bassist Magazine, American String Teacher, Strings
Magazine, and Bass World, the journal of the International
Society of Bassists. He is presently serving as a forum expert for"Ask
a Pro" on TalkBass.com.
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