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Former International Society of Bassists Board Member INEZ WYRICK currently resides in Winchester, Virginia and teaches bassists at the Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy and throughout the Washington D.C. metro area.  Previous to moving to Virginia she innagurated the Double Bass studio of the Indiana University String Academy and is currently collobarating on a DVD project with Mimi Zweig and Brenda Brenner.  She is an internationally acclaimed pedagogue who speciallizes in pre-college string education with numerous publications to her credit.

Her arrangements and compositions for bass ensemble have been performed worldwide and her first CDROM of bass ensembles
entitled Music for Double Bass Ensemble, Vol. I:  30 Christmas Carols for "Same Level" and "Mixed Level" Double Bass Ensemble was released in 2005.  She is currently in the process of publishing over 100 works for bass ensemble.

An active lecturer, clinician and traveling "911 - bass teacher," she is a regular clinician at the Richard Davis Bass Weekend in Madison, WI and the Golden Gate Bass Camp in San Francisco, CA.  Previously, she has been on the faculties of Indiana University String Academy, Amarillo College, Odessa College and Texas Tech University Orchestra Camp and was founder of the Amarillo Bass Base, a bass ensemble which held an international reputation. 

As a performer she has been a jazz bassist her entire professional life and was a member of the Amarillo Symphony for 34 years, where she served as Assistant Principal for 25 years. As an Educator, Ms. Wyrick has given lectures and clinics for the International Society of Bassists, Texas Music Educators Association, the American String Teachers Association and the Manchester Bass Week.  She has also published several articles in the United States and abroad on her particular style and system of Double-Bass pedagogy.  Her students teach and hold professional positions in ensembles and educational institutions worldwide.  In 2001 she was the honored recipient of the "Young Bassists Ambassador" award from the International Society of Bassists

Vist her on the web at:
www.inezwyrick.com
www.myspace.com/inezwyrick



Last Updated
September 15, 2007


 
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