Spring 2027

Doctoral Level Double Bass

Doctoral-level individual instruction in double bass focusing on performance artistry, technical proficiency, aural skills, and historical context.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Kathryn Schulmeister

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Communicate originality, artistry, and creativity through performance

  • Demonstrate ability to identify and strategically address performance deficiencies

  • Employ advanced aural skills in investigating sound and intonation

  • Show technical performance skills (arco and pizzicato) across a range of musical styles

  • Use holistic development of strength for stamina and physical longevity

  • Demonstrate knowledge of performance practices across a range of musical styles

  • Articulate attributes of past and current practitioners of double bass performance

  • Use historical resources in speaking and writing about double bass performance

  • Describe instruments and musical tone succinctly, both verbally and in writing

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Music: Performance DMA

  • Declared in Music: Performance DMA
MUSPERF 737

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  • Declared in Music: Performance DMA

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Student experience

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Individual instruction in double bass at the doctoral level.

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Topics

  • Double Bass Performance
  • Technical Skills: Arco and Pizzicato
  • Performance Practices Across Styles
  • History of Double Bass Performance

Skills

  • Advanced double bass performance technique (arco and pizzicato)
  • Aural investigation of sound and intonation
  • Physical conditioning for performance stamina and longevity
  • Historical knowledge of double bass practitioners

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MUSPERF 737 · Spring 2027

Doctoral Level Double Bass

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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