Golden Gate Bass Camp

JAM - SCAT - MOVE - GROOVE TO THE BIGGEST AND MOST FUN BASS CAMP IN THE COUNTRY! Valley Center for the Performing Arts, Holy Names University, Oakland CA
2008 Faculty & Principal Artists

Principal Artists
		*David Murray* David Murray started studying bass in the Halifax, Nova Scotia, school system and soon was a private pupil of Gary Karr. He continued his college with Mr. Karr at the Hartt Music School. As a student, he was a fellow at Tanglewood and the Aspen Festival, where he studied with Stuart Sankey. He won the bass concerto competition at Aspen in 1980. In 1988, he won the International Society of Bassists (ISB) Solo Competition in 1988, the first prize being a Carnegie Hall debut in 1990. David has performed and given masterclasses and clinics throughout the USA, Canada, and in Brazil, South Korea, Israel, Scotland, and Holland. He has recorded two solo CD's and has recently completed a video of theater music. He is president of the ISB, having hosted the 2001 ISB convention at Butler University in Indianapolis, where he is an Associate Professor. He has previously taught at West Texas A&M University. He is currently principal bassist with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and Sinfonia da Camera. David appeared at the GGBC last year for the first time and also served as the Winter clinician for the Northern California Bass Club Bass Bash in 2002.
Activities Faculty About the Program What To Bring & Travel Details Photos From Previous Bass Camps		Diana Gannett is currently Professor of Double Bass at the Unversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Previous appointments include the faculties of Yale University School of Music and the Hartt School of Music in Connecticut, the Oberlin College Conservatory in Ohio and the University of Iowa where as President for the International Society of Bassists, she hosted the 1999 ISB convention As a native Iowan, she did her undergraduate training with Eldon Obrecht of the University of Iowa, where she earned her baccalaureate degree. She also studied with Stuart Sankey at Aspen Music Festival and with virtuoso Gary Karr at Yale. While at Yale, she earned both a masters and doctorate in musical arts, the first Yale doctorate awarded in doublebass. She co-taught with Karr for many years. As a chamber musician she has performed with the artists of the Guarneri, Emerson, Laurentian and Stanford Quartets and the Borodin Trio. Her solo appearances have included many contemporary premieres and solo improvisations as well as traditional repertoire. In the last year she performed in Israel, Poland and Brazil as well at regional and local events. She has a solo CD Ladybass.

		John Clayton Jr. "He's nothing short of amazing. Between composing, arranging, and conducting, as well as being a superb bass player in both the jazz and symphonic idioms, who knows where his talent ends? John Clayton can go just about anywhere from here." - Johnny Mandel Double bassist John Clayton has gained prominence as performer, composer, and arranger in both the jazz and classical fields. Leonard Feather of the L.A. Times has proclaimed him "a phenomenon" whose "intonation, musicianship and wealth of ideas reflect his broad experience. "John has directed the Ray Brown Memorial Jazz Camp since Ray Brown's passing in 2004 and been a colleague of Barry Green and his bass programs for over 35 years." After studying bass under the esteemed Ray Brown, John was bassist for the television series "The Mancini Generation" following which he toured and recorded across the world with jazz pianist Monty Alexander. He then began a two year association with Count Basie and his orchestra as a player, while developing his compositional and arranging skills. John relocated to Los Angeles in 1984 following five years as principal bassist with the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. He currently conducts, composes, and co-leads the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, receiving a 1991 Grammy nomination for his composition "Brush This" from "Groove Shop" (Capri), their debut recording. Enthusiastic popular and critical acclaim for "Heart and Soul" (Capri), the Orchestra's second release, continues to enhance John's sterling reputation as multi-faceted jazzman extraordanaire. 1991 also was the year that John's stirring arrangement of "The Star Spangled Banner" for Whitney Houston resulted in the fastest selling single in the history of Arista Records. In addition to establishing himself as a studio session player, performing with various small jazz groups, and conducting and arranging for notable performers such as Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson, Joe Williams, Ernestine Anderson, and the Tonight Show Band, John also teaches at USC and has been music director for several jazz festivals. Recently he highlighted his classical skills by composing for the Northwest Chamber Orchestra and conducting his own and other classical jazz works with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. The esteem in which his peers hold this multi-talented artist is evidenced by his recent election as president of the 1.500 member International Bassist Association. As Leonard Feather attests while recognizing John as "one of the six best possibilities to assume the mantle of Miles Davis," John Clayton Jr. is "rapidly becoming one of the most internationally respected bassists and composers, with good reason."
		*Mary Knysh* Mary Knysh is a professional musician, multi instrumentalist, recording artist, innovative workshop facilitator and educator. Mary is a certified Orff Schulwerk clinician and has presented at Orff conferences throughout the United States, Europe and Australia. She is an artist on the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts roster, Young Audiences of New Jersey, New York BOCES. Over the past nine years, Mary’s drumming facilitation and work has been featured in NYC’s “Community Drumming” summer events held in Wagner Park, Battery Park City, every July and August. Mary has worked with cellist David Darling and the Music for People organization for the past fifteen years and serves as both a facilitator, professional development specialist and trainer within the organization. She travels throughout the United States and Internationally offering performances, workshops, and artist in residencies. Mary is the author of the book, "BoomDoPA" that serves as a guidebook for facilitating music improvisation activities with groups of any age and experience. Over the past twenty five years Mary has worked with a wide range of communities including educational, health care, and varied community groups. Mary’s resource materials include “Drumming and Storytelling” DVD 2007, “BoomDoPa: A guide to Ethnic Influenced Music Improvisation” and “Rhythms All Around” CD/activity book combination. Mary’s CD’s include “WalkAbout” 2004, “Rhythms All Around” 2005, “Sussurus” 2000, and “Heart Like A Feather”.
		*Barry Green* a native Californian, served as Principal Bassist of the Cincinnati Symphony for 28 years. As former Executive Director of the International Society of Bassists, he is currently directing a young bassist program for the San Francisco Symphony Education Department, teaches privately at Stanley Intermediate in Lafayette and at the U. of Calif. Santa Cruz, has founded the Northern California Bass Club and the Golden Gate Bass Camp now in its 9th consecutive year. Principal Bassist with the California Symphony and the Sun Valley Summer Symphony and active as a bass soloist and teacher. Green wrote "The Popular Bass Method" in three volumes in collaboration with Bay Area jazz bassist Jeff Neighbor. He is also author of The Inner Game of Music, which deals with musicians reaching their potential in performance and learning. Barry's newest book is called The Mastery of Music/Ten Pathways to True Artistry and is based on over 120 interviews of world famous musicians on topics of excellence dealing with qualities of the human spirit like creativity, passion, courage, confidence and communication.
*Faculty for Golden Gate Bass Camp:*
		*Kristin Korb* was born and raised in Montana, grew up in a musical family. She completed her B .M. in music education and in 1992 came to University of California, San Diego to earn a M.M. degree under Bertram Turetzky. Kristin has taught at Central Washington University and has moved to Los Angeles to pursue her playing career. Ms. Korb has been guest clinician at Boise State University Vocal Jazz Festival, Soundstation Jazz Festival in Lynnwood Washington and Frank DeMiero Jazz Camp. She keeps a very busy schedule balancing her playing and singing with teaching and clinician work. Kristin is celebrating the release of her new CD Where You'll Find Me featuring drummer Jeff Hamilton and pianist Mike Wofford. Her debut CD for the Telarc label with the Ray Brown Trio Introducing Kristin Korb features her main influence on bass, Ray Brown, pianist Benny Green and drummer Gregory Hutchinson with guest artist Conte Candoli, Plas Johnson and Oscar Castro-Neves. Kristin returns to the GGBC for the FOURTH consecutive year. She is A MEMBER OF the Board of Trustees of the International Society of Bassists.
		*Donovan Stokes* currently teaches bass in the Department of Music at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, GA and assists with South Georgia String Project. Equally fluent on electric bass and double bass, Mr. Stokes is currently principal bass of the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, principal bass of the Central Florida Symphony Orchestra, a member of the Valdosta Chamber Players and a member of the VSU faculty jazz ensemble. Previous to his appointment at VSU he served on the faculties of Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana University String Academy in Bloomington, Amarillo College, and Eastern New Mexico University. Additionally, Mr. Stokes has previously been Director of Jazz Programs for the Southern Indiana Youth Symphony Orchestra. ?? Currently a doctoral candidate at Indiana University, he holds a M.M from Indiana University School of Music and a B.M. from Vanderbilt University. Mr. Stokes was nominated for, and honored by inclusion in, the 2005-2006 edition of The Chancellor's List. His varied musical studies have led him to teachers as diverse as noted pedagogue Lawrence Hurst, recording artist Edgar Meyer, former president of the International Society of Bassist's David Murray, noted cellist and pedagogue Dr. Helga Winold, Young Bassist specialist Inez Wyrick, noted violin pedagoge Mimi Zweig and fiddler Mark O'Connor. An active soloist, composer, clinician and adjudicator, and a specialist in the use of amplified and electronically manipulated double bass, Mr. Stokes has been a lecturer/presenter for several International Society of Bassists Conventions, has been a featured performer/composer at "Unity through Diversity," a semi-annual event sponsored by the Brian Deneke Memorial Fund and is a regular clinician at the Richard Davis Bass Weekend in Madison Wisconsin. Additionally, Mr. Stokes is dedicated to preserving the work of Russian bass virtuoso and pioneer Rodion Azarkhin and is married to fellow bassist, and International Society of Bassists Young Bass Ambassador for 2001, Inez Wyrick. Visit him on the web at: www.donovanstokes.com
		*Inez Wyrick* Former International Society of Bassists Board Member Inez Wyrick currently teaches and resides in Valdosta, Georgia where she moved after inaugurating the Double Bass studio of the Indiana University String Academy. She is a noted children's pedagogue and is currently developing numerous works for publication. An active lecturer, clinician and traveling "911 - bass teacher," she is also a regular clinician at the Richard Davis Bass Weekend. Previously, she has been on the faculties of Amarillo College, Odessa College and Texas Tech University Orchestra Camp and was founder of the Amarillo Bass Base, a bass ensemble which held an international reputation. As a performer she has been a jazz bassist her entire professional life and was a member of the Amarillo Symphony for 34 years, where she served as Assistant Principal for 25 years. As an Educator, Ms. Wyrick has given lectures and clinics for the International Society of Bassists, Texas Music Educators Association, the American String Teachers Association and the Manchester Bass Week. She has also published several articles in the United States and abroad on her particular style and system of Double-Bass pedagogy. Her students teach and hold professional positions in ensembles and educational institutions worldwide. In 2001 she was the honored recipient of the "Young Bassists Ambassador" award from the International Society of Bassists. As a Composer/Arranger she has had works performed throughout the world and continues to specialize in works for double-bass ensemble. Visit her on the web at: www.InezWyrick.com
		*Richard Duke* is an active freelance bassist in the Bay Area. Originally from Alaska, he now resides in San Francisco and performs with orchestras, chamber groups, jazz ensembles and theatre groups throughout the area. He received his bachelors degree from UC Santa Cruz in l995 and his masters from Northwestern University in l998. While at Northwestern, Mr. Duke was also a member of the Chicago Civic Orchestra. He is currently a member of the Monterey, Napa, and Sun Valley Summer Symphony Orchestras.
		*John Kennedy* is nationally recognized as a clinician teaching the Young Bassist. This is his fifth year at the Golden Gate Bass Camp, and he is also a clinician at the Richard Davis Workshop in Madison, Wisconsin, the Troy Bass Workshop in Michigan, and the Elgin Suzuki Workshop in Illinois. He is on the Board of Directors of the International Society of Bassists and directs the Young Bassists Program at their International Conventions. Mr. Kennedy is Principal Bass of the Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra, and was formerly Associate Principal Bass of the Honolulu Symphony and the Santa Fe Symphony. He is orchestra director at Fisher Middle School in the Detroit Public Schools, and has an active private studio. He holds his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in String Bass Performance from the University of Michigan, and studied with Larry Hurst, Robert Gladstone, and Diana Gannett.
		*Pat Klobas* is active as a classical and jazz bassist in the Bay Area. Since completing his Bachalor of Music at San Francisco State University and Masters Of Music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Pat has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, Opera and Ballet. He is a member of the Marin Symphony and Sun Valley Summer Sym. As a rhythm section player Pat has backed up renowned performers including Rosemary Clooney, Christin Chenowith and Michael Feinstein. San Francisco Broadway productions include the world premier of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", Mel Brooks's "The Producers" and many others. Pat has produced and performed on three CD's Fix'n a Hole with Page III, Left Coast Local Time with Gini Wilson and Standard Deviation with Michael Udelson. Other recording credits include Linda Ronstadt's Winter Light, Star Wars with John Williams conducting just to name a few. Pat is a founding officer in the Golden Gate Bass Club and currently holds the position of bass lecturer at California State University Hayward. Pat has an active private studio in the East Bay and is looking forward to his tenth year at the Golden Gate Bass Camp.
		Ed Williams is a Bay Area freelance bassist and computer consultant. Ed teaches music composition, arranging and computer technology at the San Francisco School Of The Arts and performs in his jazz trio with his trumpet playing son Devon throughout the area. Ed is editor of the Northern California Bass Club Newsletter. Formerly bassist with Chuck Mangione, Ed is returning for his fourth year coaching ensembles at the GGBC and presents sessions on jazz and computer technology.
		*David H. Young* double bass, earned a B.M. in Music Education with a Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School and M.M. and D.M.A. degrees from the University of Southern California. He has studied with Oscar Zimmerman, Peter Mercurio, and Dennis Trembly, and he is a former member of the Rochester Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. He is currently principal bass with Los Angeles Opera and the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, and his faculty positions include the Colburn School of Performing Arts and California State University at Long Beach. He has wide experience developing concerts for children and performing chamber music with the String Family Players string quintet. Currently he concentrates upon teaching bass students and leading bass ensemble class at the Colburn School as well as playing in the opera pit. To all this he recently added a new undertaking at Cal State Long Beach – a bass orchestra repertoire class.
		*Scott Pingel* is the newly appointed principal bassist of the San Francisco Symphony, and the former principal bassist of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. He has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, the St. Lawrence String Quartet, two years with the New World Symphony, and served as guest principal of the National Arts Center Orchestra in Canada. Additionally, he has participated in the Bellingham,Tanglewood, Spoleto, Verbier, and Salzburg festivals. Outside of classical music, Mr. Pingel has worked with jazz greats such as Michael Brecker, Geoff Keezer and the late James Williams, performed with pop icon Madonna, and played in an opening act for Tito Puente. It all began back in Madison, WI at about the age of seventeen when Scott, the youngest child of Jack and Carole Pingel, two music teachers, was drawn to the electric-bass and the double-bass out of a strong interest in Latin, jazz, and classical music. At the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where he studied with James Clute of the Minnesota Orchestra, he was heavily involved in both jazz and classical studies. After graduation in 1996 he continued his studies privately with Peter Lloyd, principal bassist of the Minnesota Orchestra, while performing throughout the Midwest both as a free-lance musician and as a member of the Latin/jazz/funk band, Urban World. In 1997 he moved to New York to study with Timothy Cobb, principal bassist of the Metropolitan Opera, on a fellowship at the Manhattan School of Music, and received a Master's Degree in Orchestral Performance in 1999. In addition to music, Mr. Pingel spent many years studying the ancient Korean martial art of Hwa Rang Do, in which he holds a black-belt. He was an instructor at the Madison Academy of Hwa Rang Do and founded the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Hwa Rang Do/Tae Soo Do program, which continues to this day. Mr. Pingel lives in San Francisco with his loving wife, Iris, and his very silly cat, Zoe.
		*Alan Scofield* Channel 50 called Alan Scofield “The Danny Kaye of the North Bay”. For twenty five years he has touched the lives of a generation of public school children with his programs that involve creative energy, stories and movement for the stage. As an educator with Young Imaginations, he is opening the way for classroom teachers, teachers in training and parents to experience the joy and wonder of creative expression. 2004 marks Alan Scofield's twenty fifth year as a professional educator, master teacher, choreographer and performer. He has performed and choreographed with many local and national modern ballet companies, and was featured as a soloist with The American Dance Machine in New York City. After his stage career in New York, he became nationally known as a master teacher in prominent arts centers, helping communities place the arts in the educational experience of the public schools. In response to this need expressed by so many parents and educators, Scofield co-founded Young Imaginations in 1987 and has been apart of creating a variety of model arts education projects in Northern California public schools. He is a graduate from the American Conservatory Theater Training Congress in San Francisco and studied at San Francisco State University in the teachers’ college, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Humanities. Further study at the Library for Performing Arts in New York, as well as mentorship with master teachers of the New York City Ballet, resulted in Scofield’s nationally acclaimed Musicality for Dancers, an inspirational course in the art of performing. Alan was also selected to be a teacher trainer for the Canadian National Arts Council at Les Ballets Jazz du Montreal in Canada, addressing the need to create a sustainable curriculum for the arts. In 1994 Alan Scofield was invited to St. Marks School to be a storyteller as part of their Faith in Values program, an ongoing series in which moral values are promoted through presentations by community leaders. Each year he has created and presented a story which uniquely portrays the essence of timeless values for young people. As his storytelling legacy grew, he employed stories and life lessons in many of his teaching residencies, such as the "Dance Through the Decades" program in the Mill Valley Schools. His program for kindergarteners taught in rhyming couplets, movement and storytelling narratives successfully teaches children to become fully engaged with what they are learning. Scofield states: “I have seen the power of a story transform a room a thousand times. The true teacher is a storyteller, and a good story teaches.” Click Here for Alan Scofield's Homepage
		*Danielle Woerman* Danielle Woermann is a Black Belt Nia Teacher who has been practicing Nia since 1999 and teaching since 2002. She is delighted by Nia's first principle The Joy of Movement and strives to share this with each and every student she encounters. is delighted by the beauty of Nia's first principle, the Joy of Movement. She brings to class a love of movement where students are encouraged to find pleasure through moving in their Body's Way. She shares with students the science, craft and art of Nia in a well-rounded program of classes providing space for self-revelation and self-healing. Taught in a non-judgmental environment, Danielle's classes are appropriate for students of all ages and levels of experience.
		*Harvey Benstein* Harvey Benstein has been music director and conductor of the Walnut Creek Concert Band since 1998. Well versed in the wind and orchestral repertoire, Benstien brings to the podium a wealth of experience and artistry, leading the Walnut Creek Concert Band to increasing heights of musicianship through a program of varied repertoire. His musical interpretations have won the praises of many conductors and composers, Ensembles under his direction demonstrate sensitive musicianship, clarity and a wide range of musical styles. Benstien served as Professor of Conducting and ensemble director a Bulter University, Indiana; McNeese State University, Louisiana; and The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He is in demand as a guest conductor and clinician throught out the Unitied States and has conducted at such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, Sydney (Australia) Town Hall and the Sydney Opera House. Ensembles under his direction have toured Europe, Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. He is active in the East Bay as a conductor and music educator and is the director of instrumental music a Campolindo High School (Moraga), where he guides all aspects of the schools instrumental music program.
		*Robert Wallace* TOTAL RHYTHM Robert Wallace has studied Ghanian dance at the Unversity of Ghana, Afro-Cuban Dance in Havana Cuba, and Afro Brazilian Dance in Rio diJanerio. His musical experience includes performing and/or recorded internationally with world music superstars Bonnie Raitt (USA), Airto Moreira (Brazil), Starlift Steel Orchestra (Trinidad), Margareth Menezes (Brazil), David Rudder (Trinidad), Jovinos Santos Neto (Brazil), Mike Marshall (USA). He returns for this third year to the GGBC presenting his dynamic exercise and drumming sessions integrating musical drum rhythms, dance, movement with enthusiastic energy! His sessions are one of the highlights of our bass camp!
		*Curt Moore* "The drums as played by Curt Moore were always driving and dynamic ... he keeps a fire burning under the groove." Dave Roberts - www.allaboutjazz.com Curt has over 100 recordings to his credit and has shared the recording studio stage with a wide variety of artists. Some of these include: Francisco Aguabella, Count Baise Orchestra, Chuck Berry, Ray Brown, Joyce Cooling, John Clayton, Richard Davis, Ian Dogole, The Different Drums, Pete Escovedo, Bruce Forman, Lola Falana, Vic Firth, Mimi Fox, Jimmy Haslip, Jimmy Heath, Jackie and Roy, Andy Narell, Patrick Palomo, Bernadette Peters, Rufus Reed, Francios Rabatth, San Jose Jazz Orchestra, Turtle Island String Quartet, The Zone, Wild Mango. Curt’s abilities in all music styles provide an impecable backbone for all types of bands from Big Bands to Rock, Pop, Fusion, Latin Jazz and Jazz Trios.