Colin Corner, principal bass of the Oregon Symphony, performs Beethoven’s Cello Sonata # 1 and select pieces by Bottesini. He then leads a master class with students of Barry Lieberman, featuring works by Bizet, Bottesini, Koussevitzky and Dragonetti. With pianist Megan McElroy.
Note: Performance is at 12 p.m. Master class begins at 1 p.m.
Artist Bio
Colin Corner, double bass
Colin Corner was appointed principal bass of the Oregon Symphony in 2017 after serving two seasons in the same capacity with the Atlanta Symphony. Currently principal bass of the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago, he has also served as principal of the Rochester Philharmonic, and has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, Vancouver (BC) Symphony, and the Louisiana Philharmonic.
Colin won the 2003 ISB Orchestral Competition, which led to a one-week internship with the Detroit Symphony, and placed third in that competition in 2001. He was also a recipient of the Interlochen Double Bass Class Studio Award in 1997, which has since been renamed The Colin Corner Award in his honor.
A graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy, he received his training at Indiana University as a student of Lawrence Hurst. An avid teacher himself, Colin has served on the faculty of Morehouse College, and has been a Visiting Artist at the University of Texas at Austin. Additionally, he was a founding faculty member at the NorCal Orchestra Studies Academy of the Golden Gate Bass Camp in San Francisco. Proud of his instruments, he plays on a bass made by Joseph Hill, c. 1780, and a bass made by Albert Jakstadt in 2001.