The next morning the band had found their van was broken into and three of their bass guitars were missing. “It’s never happened before, which is fortunate,” Bemand said.

The Fort Worth Symphony had just finished its traditional playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” when the Bass Hall crowd and the musicians began to settle in for what was going to be a concert ...

Van Dyck, 32, plays the double bass, ... the youngest of three brothers, played electric bass briefly in a garage ... The bass players even carry on their friendships outside of Symphony Hall, ...