| Biography | Barry Green is a U.S. orchestral and solo double bass player and teacher. He was the principal bassist for the Cincinnati Symphony. A contemporary of people such as Gary Karr, he has developed and publicized his own method for double bass.
He has published three instructional books, "The Inner Game of Music" (Doubleday, 1986-over 250,000 copies sold ) and "The Mastery of Music: Ten Pathways to True Artistry" (Broadway Books 2003) and 'Bringing Music to Life' (2009 GIA Music). 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). He has also published 7 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 LP's and 3 Solo CD's 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 currently lives in Oakland California, teaches bass and music for the San Francisco Symphony Education Department and at University of California Santa Cruz.
He was former Executive Director of the International Society of Bassists from 19751981 and currently founder of the Northern California Bass Club.
Green is married to the Reverend Mary Tarbell-Green and has two sons. |