High School Double Bass
High School Double Bass
As a high school double bass student at University of North Carolina School of the Arts, you will be part of a vibrant school of artists and musicians committed to the long-term development and mastery of your instrument.
High School Diploma
As a student in the high school double bass program at UNCSA, you will be able to focus on your passion for music while also studying traditional academic courses. You will engage in weekly private lessons with your teacher who will help you build the foundations of your craft. Of equal importance are your weekly studio master classes, where, through collaboration with your high school and college peers, you will perform and analyze performances, learning to see yourself through the work of your colleagues.
You will have weekly private lessons, group master classes, theory and sight reading lessons. You can be assigned to chamber and large ensembles as appropriate. The School of Music requires a weekly Performance Hour where music students and faculty perform a wide range of musical styles and genres.
The music intensive curriculum is balanced by the academic classroom – 9th and 10th graders are required to take at least four academic courses, 11th graders at least three academic courses and 12th graders at least two. There are no academic classes held on Wednesdays to allow for groups and large ensembles rehearsals, individual practice and lessons. High school musicians graduate with a diploma, with the option to work toward an additional “Concentration in Music” designation.
Careers
Graduates of the UNCSA string program perform in the New York Philharmonic, the National Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Dresden Philharmonic and the Orchestra of St. Luke's. They serve as associate concertmaster of the Cincinnati Symphony, assistant principal cellist of the Baltimore Symphony and as concertmaster of regional orchestras in Tulsa, OK, Fayetteville, AR, and Chattanooga, TN. They perform in the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, the Miami String Quartet, the Sofia String Quartet from Bulgaria, the Grammy-nominated Radamés Gnattali Quartetfrom Brazil and have performed throughout the world as members of the Miró Quartet and the Melos Quartet.
Our alumni also also teach at major conservatories and universities, including the University of Michigan, University of Northern Colorado, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, University of Virginia, the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf and the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz.
