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ACE OF DOUBLE BASS: The McCallum orchestra had a rare opportunity on Monday when UT Butlersom double bass professor Joel Braun dropped in for a master class. “He’s a new professor at UT, so it was...
![ACE OF DOUBLE BASS: The McCallum orchestra had a rare opportunity on Monday when UT Butlersom double bass professor Joel Braun dropped in for a master class. “He’s a new professor at UT, so it was cool,” senior Jack Montesinos, who had the opportunity to perform for Braun during the session, said. "It was everyone’s first time meeting him.” While it was Braun’s first master class at McCallum, it added to a long list of places where he has taught them. According to UT’s Butler School of Music website, Braun has presented master classes at the Universidad Nacional de Música in Lima, Perú, the University of Iowa, the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Michigan State University, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the University of Oregon, and the Interlochen Center for the Arts. Montesinos told MacJournalism he was under the gun a bit because he did not know beforehand that Braun was coming to Mac so he had to scramble to figure out what to play. Despite this challenge, Montesinos said he learned a lot from Braun. “He taught me a lot about my bow control and my posture when I play. He [also] had a lot of funny analogies.” Photo by Steven Anzures.](https://macshieldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/49160575567_9aa435eb72_o-900x600.jpg)