Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

Lynn from Lynnspace.com pointed me to some excellent music blogs recently. I will be checking them out and adding them to my blogroll here. Check out her links page for some great music (and non-music) blogs.

There is a recent post on oboeinsight about now music may help to improve the health of the elderly. Check it out here.
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The HAMS Competition will be held this year in Chicago, Illinois on Dec. 3rd at 3 pm in the DePaul Concert Hall. Admission is free for this concert.
Their recent announcement states:
The HAMS Competition draws top string talent ages 16 through 26 from around the world. Glimpse tomorrow’s musical stars in Chicago’s own DePaul [...]

Boston’s WGBH Radio recently put out this announcement. Click the image to the left to visit their website:
Highlights from the 2006 International Keyboard Institute & FestivalEvery Tuesday Morning in November and December at 10amStreaming worldwide at www.wgbh.org/listenBroadcasting in New England on 89.7 FM
This July, award winning pianist and WGBH’s Classics in the Morning host [...]

I recently discovered a great classical music blog. Jessica Duchen is a London, UK writer who regularly contributes to The Independent, BBC Music Magazine, and The Strad as well as other publications. Her blog is well-written and insightful and definitely worth checking out. Click the picture to check it out. I’ve [...]

My good friend Jeff Yang sent this announcement to me recently regarding a benefit for Chicago’s venerable Jazz Showcase. I wrote a post a few weeks ago about this topic that you can read here.
The announcement reads:

Many of you may have heard the Jazz Showcase downtown did not get [...]

Here is a recent press release sent to me regarding Art of the States, a project from Boston’s WGBH radio devoted to contemporary American music. Check out their website by clicking on the image in this post:

Art of the States now an independent project International new music radio service will continue its association [...]

The Lyric Opera of Chicago musicians have just reached a new three year agreement. According to the most recent issue of the Intermezzo from the Chicago Federation of Musicians, the agreement will provide significant wage, benefit, and working condition improvements during the length of this contract. This is great news for the [...]

Drew McManus recently wrote in his blog Adaptistration about the best (and worst) websites of 2006. Check out his complete list of the worst websites here. Check it out–it is a fascinating read. It is amazing to see some of the problems that many orchestra websites have, such as the inability [...]

This is a very interesting post from Ars Technica about file sharing (illegal music downloading). Is it bad for the industry? The post cites a recent study on this matter:
The data used was from 1995 through 2003. Michel wanted to see if there’s a link between owning a computer and decreased CD buying [...]