Bass Boot Camp 2025

Dates: Monday 24–Wednesday 26 November 2025
Time: Monday and Tuesday 9.00am–6.00pm, Wednesday 9.00am–7.00pm
Venue: Bishop Hall, Elder Hall Building (Lower Ground)
Tickets: Free, but registration is essential as places are limited.

Join the Elder Conservatorium of Music's double bass staff for an incredibly intensive three-day experience, filled with warp-ups, technique classes, scale classes, studies classes, excerpts and repertoire classes, solo masterclasses, ensemble playing, and concluding with a final public concert!

Aimed at senior students and young professionals looking for a boost and a chance to refocus.

Typical Daily Schedule: Last Updated 12 June 2025.

9.00–10.00am: Individual practice
10.00–10.45am: Group warm-ups and scales
10.45–11.15am: Studies 2 / Technique class
11.30–12.30pm: Excerpts – Mozart 40, Beethoven recit, Mahler 1
12.30–1.30pm: Lunch break
1.30–2.30pm: Ensemble rehearsal
2.45–3.45pm: Repertoire class
4.00–5.00pm: Masterclass

Wednesday only:
6.00–7.00pm: Bass Boot Camp recital


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