Michael Kurth: The Monster Never Tires for solo double bass

About the Composition The Monster Never Tires explores many bluesy and dark double stops. Hal Robinson played it and suggest swinging the 16th notes. About the Composer About Michael Kurth Kurth has been a member of the Atlanta Symphony bass section since 1994.  Michael Kurth thinks most artist biographies are pretentious and boring, and feels a welcome sense of liberation, not to mention mischief, when writing about himself in the third person. He further believes that all artist biographies should include whether the artist prefers cats or dogs, or is ambivalent. He allows that there is room for ambivalence on this issue. Kurth prefers dogs. He also enjoys shrimp burritos, dive bars, road trips, thrift stores, found art, shiny pants, folk plumbing, collecting odd musical instruments, neologism, and bourbon. Kurth was born in 1971 in Virginia and grew up near Baltimore. He started playing the bass in fourth grade, went to public schools, and got his Bachelor’s Degree at Peabody Conse