Andrew Kohn: A Simple Melody. Bass and Theory Student

About the Composition  A theatrical piece featuring a High-maintenance Aural Theory Student (HATS) and a bass-playing Professor Of Theory (POT). A dramatic scene between an ear-training professor, giving a make-up dictation exam on the bass, and a high-maintenance student who keeps interrupting. “The tension was palpable.” About the Composer Andrew Kohn teaches string bass, music theory, and Music in World Cultures at West Virginia University. He holds his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and received the only AD in double bass awarded by the Peabody Conservatory. His principal teachers included Eric Moe, Pablo Ortiz, Eugene Levinson, Eldon Obrecht, and Barry Green. The former principal bassist of the National Chamber Orchestra and Harrisburg Symphonies, he is a member of the Pittsburgh Opera and Ballet Theatre Orchestras and an active soloist. His publications have appeared in the book On the Music of Stefan Wolpe (ed. Austin Clarkson) and the journals American String Teacher,