“Clinicians in the Wings”

Russel Blake, Michael Klinghoffer, Barry Green, Eva Brauninger, John Clayton, Rolf Erdahl, Ross Gilliland, Merideth Lewis, Evan Premo, Christian McBride, Jacqueline Pickett, Helen Stevenson, Kristen Korb, Barry Green, Michael Klinghoffer, Jerry Fuller, Victor Miranda, Jerry Jemmott, Betsy Soukup, Chris Maxwell, Christine Riotto, Brian Melk, Blake Hinson, Emma Dayhuff, Kenny Jones, Chuck Rainey,  Hans Sturm, Tine Asmundsen, Gillian Martwick, Jeff Spaniola.

Clinicians + Board Members in Memorial 

Milt Hinton

Gunther Schuller

Inez Wyrick

Inez Wyrick resided in Virginia and taught bassists at the Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy and throughout the Washington D.C. metro area.  Previous to moving to Virginia she inaugurated the Double Bass studio of the Indiana University String Academy and is currently collaborating on a DVD project with Mimi Zweig and Brenda Brenner.  She is an internationally acclaimed pedagogue who specializes 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 published  over 100 works for bass ensemble, and was an active lecturer, clinician and traveling “911 – bass teacher.” She was 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. Inez Wyrick 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