Barry Green is an American orchestral and solo

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player and teacher. He was the principal bassist for the

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its primary concert venue is Music Hall. In addition to its symphony concerts, the orchestra gives pops concerts as the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. The Cincin ...

. A contemporary of people such as

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, he has developed and publicized his own method for double bass.

Works

He has published three instructional books, ''The Inner Game of Music'' (Doubleday, 1986-over 250,000 copies sold ), ''The Mastery of Music: Ten Pathways to True Artistry'' (Broadway Books 2003), and ''Bringing Music to Life'' (2009 GIA Music). Also, he has published a DVD on ''The Inner Game of Music'' (U. of Wisconsin-Clinics on cassette) and ''Bringing Music to Life'' (2009 GIA Music). In addition, he has released seven ''Inner Game of Music Workbooks'' for band, orchestra, small ensembles, keyboard, voice and all instruments in C and transposing keys plus a workbook for SEBSEQUA (Barber Shop and Sweet Adelines choruses). His bass methods include ''The Popular Bass Method'' (with Jeff Neighbor) and ''Advanced Techniques of Double Bass Playing.'' He has seven solo LPs and three solo CDs, including, most recently, ''Live from St. Croix with Barry Green and James Hart and Ole-Cool'' with accompanying colleagues from Spain and America, and ''Seat of the Pants'' (music of Lenny Carlson). He taught bass and music for the

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Education Department and still teaches at The

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, Santa Cruz. He is a former Executive Director of the

International Society of Bassists The International Society of Bassists (ISB) is a 501(C)(3) not-for-profit organization for anybody who enjoys the double bass. The society was founded in 1967 by Gary Karr as the International Institute for String Bass (IISB). After a two-year hiat ...

(1975-1981) and is the founder of the Northern California Bass Club. In San Diego, Green is active performing and directing unique concert programs for the public including a narrative story of Anna's Way with text by Alan Scofield with solo bass, piano, percussion, narrator and background visuals. He tours extensively with this uniquely powerful and emotional story of the

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Master and his apprentice-15-year-old female bass prodigy. He performs on Evanescence's ''

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'' and on numerous albums with

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and the

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is a pops orchestra based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, founded in 1977 out of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Its members are also the members of the Cincinnati Symphony, and the Pops is managed by the same ...

Personal life

Green is married to the Reverend Mary Tarbell-Green and currently living in

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. He has two sons, both married and living in Cincinnati; Zachary aged 40 with a 10-year-old son, and Adam aged 38 who has a six-year-old son and four-year-old daughter. Green also has a 38-year-old stepson Richard Trapp living in Venice, California.

References

External links

The Inner Game of Music - about Barry Green
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