double bass
Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Double Bass. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Professor Palma studied with Frederick Zimmermann, Robert Brennand, Orin O’Brien, and Homer Mensch. A former member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, he has also been principal bass of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and the American Composers Orchestra.
He is currently solo bassist of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with which he has toured Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States, and recorded over fifty compact discs for Deutsche Grammophon. Professor Palma has performed with the Juilliard Quartet, the Nash Ensemble, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Da Camera Society of Houston, and in recital with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jean-Pierre Rampal, and Jan DeGaetani.
He was music director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and is currently bassist and conductor of Speculum Musicae. Mr. Palma records extensively for CRI, Bridge, New World, Nonesuch, Sony, and Koch International.He has given master classes at the Toho School, the Juilliard School, Rice University, the San Francisco Conservatory, and the Manhattan School of Music. Mr. Palma joined the Yale faculty in 1992.