The line-up for the 2018 TCU International Double Bass Festival (March 3-4, 2018)  is like a who's who in the double bass world! Founded and organized by Artistic Director and TCU Professor of Double Bass Yuan Lu, this fifth bi-annual festival is the largest such event for double bassists in North America. Learn more about this event on their website, and be sure to like TCU on Facebook to follow along with their live coverage! Featuring recitals, lectures, masterclasses, and clinics by the following renowned double bass artists and teachers (past podcast guests are linked to below): Gary Karr, World-Renowned Double Bass Virtuoso George Amorim, UT-Rio Grande Valley Jeff Bradetich, North Texas Michael Cameron, U. Illinois/Urbana-Champ. Timothy Cobb, Juilliard, NY Phil. Igor Eliseev, Stavanger Sym. Norway/Russia Paul Ellison, Rice University Blaise Ferrandino, TCU, composer & bassist William Gowen, Dallas Opera Orchestra Kyp Green, TCU, Jazz Shaoshi Jiang, Sichuan Conservatory Michael Klinghoffer, Jerusalem, Israel Yuan Xiong Lu, TCU Bing Luo, Shanghai Conservatory Szymon Marciniak, Polish Virtuoso/Germany Leigh Mesh, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Mark Morton, Texas Tech University David Murray, Butler University David Neubert, Austin Symphony Sandor Ostlund, Baylor University Brian Perry, Dallas Symphony, SMU Tim Pitts, Rice University Frank Proto, Bassist & Composer Nicholas Scales, West Texas A&M University John Schimek, Oklahoma City University Dan Styffe, Oslo Philharmonic, Norway Jack Unzicker, UT Arlington Jessica Valls, Southwestern University Shun Hua Zhu, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra