Program Overview
Double Bass
Study of the double bass is centered on the broad experiences of our faculty, who provide students with rigorous instruction tailored to their needs and goals as a musician. Our goal is to develop students’ talents to the highest musical and professional levels through private lessons, coaching, instrumental technique, master classes, and a range of performance opportunities.

Double bass student performs in a chamber ensemble for the annual Orientation Recital in Finney Chapel.
Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko
Program Facts
- Program Type: Major
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- Bachelor of Music (BM)
- Division: Strings
Strings Division Director
Peter Slowik,Professor of Viola
Contact
- Cindy Shairba, Administrative Assistant
- 440-775-8198
- cindy.shairba@oberlin.edu
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Double Bass Faculty
Conservatory faculty maintain active performance schedules while remaining accessible and committed to their students. Individual instruction is paramount to helping students develop their mechanical, technical, stylistic, psychological, and musical skills.
Double Bass News
Persistence, Practice, and Determination
February 2, 2021
Instead of an alarm clock, the sounds of Sergei Prokofiev and Chaka Khan would waft through Caylen Bryant’s childhood home every Saturday morning. Those early days served as inspiration for the jazz bass performance and Africana Studies major. After graduating from Oberlin in 2017, Bryant went on to perfect her own sound, and head a music program handed down to her by author and musician James McBride ’79.
Different Strokes
January 12, 2021
Conservatory bassist Joshua Rhodes ’21 pools his efforts with the Oberlin swim team.
Oberlin Music Label Releases Debut Recording by Derek Zadinsky
August 30, 2019
Concept for Bach + Brahms grew out of conversations with double bass teacher's legendary mentor, Edgar Meyer.