Archive for March, 2011
Great time at ASTA 2011 Conference
Yazan: Jason | 21 March 2011 | 2 Comments
Categories: Uncategorized
I spent the past several days attending clinics and performances at the 2011 American String Teachers Association Conference in Kansas City. I always get a lot out of these events. It’s a chance to meet with people who have my equivalent job in other areas of the country, and I always learn just about as [...]
New review of Art of the Left Hand
Yazan: Jason | 15 March 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass, education
The new DVD package Art of the Left Hand, conceived of as a follow-up piece to Art of the Bow and featuring Francois Rabbath, received a glowing and quite detailed review in the latest issue of Strings Magazine. Here’s a PDF of the excerpt in question for your perusal, just in case you aren’t a [...]
New chamber music camp for bassists this summer at BSU
Yazan: Jason | 14 March 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass, education
Past President of the ISB, Hans Sturm, will teach bass and coach chamber music at the Benefic Chamber Music Camp from July 31 – August 6 at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. The program is a unique week-long learning experience designed to enhance chamber music and collaborative skills for string and wind students ages [...]
Recital this weekend
Yazan: Jason | 11 March 2011 | No Comments
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From a fellow blogger (mainly for the ASTA site, but I’m at school and can’t post it there until later today).
Any Illinois String Events?
Yazan: Jason | 11 March 2011 | No Comments
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In addition to the venerable website which you are now viewing (grin), I also help keep the Illinois American String Teachers Association (ASTA) site up to date. If anyone has a string event in Illinois (bass or no), feel free to send them along to me. You can email jasonheath -at- doublebassblog.org.
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