Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

Podcast for Teachers recently celebrated their 50th episode. This podcast is produced out of Fordham University’s Regional Educational Technology Center in New York City and co-hosted by Mark Gura and Kathy King. It offers a witty and [...]

Google recently announced that they are making out-of-copyright books available as free PDF downloads via Google Book Search. See this Technorati post for more information. Here are some of the books curently available:
Ferriar’s The BibliomaniaA futurist from 1881’s 1931: A Glance at the Twentieth CenturyAesop’s FablesShakespeare’s HamletAbbott’s FlatlandHugo’s Marion De [...]

I have mentioned this before on my blog, but double bassist Peter Tambroni’s excellent new work An Introduction to Double Bass playing is now available. I highly recommend this book. It is a well-crafted and intelligently conceived resource for beginners, experienced players, teachers, and parents.
Peter has been a clinician for many years [...]

I just added a really excellent music education blog to my Blogroll. It is called Catalysts & Connections, and it covers all sorts of topics in the field of music education. Check out a recent post here. Evan Tobias is the author of the blog, and he also maintains an excellent Blogroll. [...]

I just discovered a great educational resource for jazz musicians–I am surprised that I haven’t seen this site before. PlayJazzNow.com distributes play-along MP3 files for jazz practicing. They have tracks for drummers, bassists, vocalists, horn players, pianists, and vibraphonists. Here is the page for bass materials, and here [...]

Scott Bakshis of the Chicago Youth Symphony recently compiled a list of what the requirements for all the top bass schools are. This is a meta list derived from the requirements of Indiana University, Boston University, Rice University, Curtis, Juilliard, Eastman, and many others. If bass students can have this repertoire under their [...]

Finale RecitalThe finale recital is a short concert played by all the faculty of the Bassfest. We combine in all sorts of fun groupings–solos, duets, trios, quartets, and quintets–to bring the Bassfest to a close.Parents
All parents are welcome to stay for the whole day and sit in on any classes they like (no charge–just [...]

Applied Double Bass for Majors and Non-Majors, Spring - 2006
Professor Heath, CA 2003
Phone: 773-612-3597 / E-mail: jsh177@yahoo.com

SCHEDULING: All lesson times can be arranged with me during the first week of
each semester. If you have a conflict with your lesson time, you can switch with
someone else in the studio for that week. [...]

Practice Tracks (MP3)
We have hundreds of MP3 files available for students to work with online or to download. Visit any of the following links for some practice tracks.

Double Bass MP3 Sonatas, Concertos, and Solos - Practice Tracks and Downloads

Double Bass MP3 Orchestral Excerpts - Practice Tracks and Downloads

Double Bass MP3 Scales - Practice Tracks [...]