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Department:
Strings
Area of Study
Double Bass
  • Professor of Music (Double Bass), Jacobs School of Music
  • Chair, Department of Strings

Education:

  • M.M. , University of Michigan, 1965
  • B.M. , University of Michigan, 1959

Background:

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Lawrence Hurst is the former principal double bass for the Dallas Symphony. He is a former faculty member of Southern Methodist and Eastern Michigan Universities and former faculty member, associate dean, and chair of the string department at University of Michigan School of Music. He was honored with the Alumni Award from the University of Michigan School of Music in 1998.

Professor Hurst is former director of the University Division of the National Music Camp and is a summer faculty member of the Interlochen Arts Camp.

He is past chair of the American String Teachers Association National Solo Competition, and past president of the International Society of Bassists.

His former students can be found in many prestigious orchestras, including Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Indianapolis, and Atlanta.


Contact Information:
(812) 855-3328
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Music Addition, Room MA157


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