The International Society of Bassists holds a conference very two years. They run a tradeshow floor and a wide array of recitals during the day and evening concerts in, well, the evening.
It’s a bass mecca. If you do double bass stuff, then going to it in Fort Collins, Colorado on June 2-June 6 should be top of your list.
There will be a great number of performances of new works and old works by young bassists and not young bassists.
Below is a list of the recitals and concerts which will be presenting new music. There are many more recitals than this if you include all the jazz, older-than-1900, and recitals that have not yet published their programs.
ISB 2015 Recitals and Programs:
- The 21st Century British Double Bass, Leon Bosch Double Bass
- No Piano Attached: Insight into European Solo Bass Repertoire, Karol Kowal Double Bass
- OF VAMPIRES AND VEGAS : New Music Composed and Performed by P. Kellach Waddle
- Origins and Originals, Susan Cahill double bass
- Recital, Scott Dixon
- Little bit of everthing! Volkan Orhon
- Music of Stravinsky and Shostakovitch
- A Recital in Fifths, Matt Hare and Andrés Martín
- Johnterryl Plumeri Original Works for Double Bass and Piano
- SPACE : BASS Christine Hoock double bass
- Reinventing the Bass Duet: New Works and Different Arrangements; Kate Jones and Jessica Valls
- Solo Bass Concert, Alberto Bocini
- Music For Double Bass and Tape by Frank Proto, Jeremy Baguyos Double Bass
- SoundWorld, Simón García bass
- Music of Philip Glass and David Lang, Robert Black Double Bass
- ATOPIA (Jazz / New Music / Contemporary ) Solo Double bass
- Andres Martin Recital
- Post Crisis Reperoire for double bass, Vassilis Papavassiliou
- Nicholas Walker Compositions for Bass & Cello
- Inspiring the Bass Music of the Future, Emilio Guarino and Dan Merriman
- Recital including many US premieres, Dan Styffe double bass
- Two New String Quintets — Tod Leavitt, Contrabass
- Premieres for Double Bass and Piano, recital of new or rarely played compositions
- MINIMA COLLOQUIA, Daniele Roccato, Double Bass
- Sacred Solo Music for the Double Bass, Brett Shurtliffe
- Celebrating new works for the double bass and harp: Philip Alejo
- The Music of Krzysztof Penderecki, Matthew Kline, Double Bass
- Duos for Viola and Double Bass, Rob Nairn (Double Bass) and Heidi von Bernewitz (Viola)
- Recomenzar el Infinito: Irina-Kalina Goudeva