Rabbath’s 80th Birthday 3-12-11

Francois Rabbath, the revolutionary double bass pedagogue and performer, will be celebrating his 80th birthday this Saturday!  In recognition of this date,  Ball State University is going to reduce the price on the Art of thhe Left Hand DVD for a week to $80 (down...

ASTA Conference this month in Kansas City

I’ll be at the American String Teachers Association national conference this month in Kansas City, and event that I’ve been looking forward to for a while. Drop me a line if you’re attending (jasonheath -at- doublebassblog.org), and check out the...

find students with privatemusicteaching.org

I realized recently that I haven’t mentioned the site privatemusicteaching.org on the blog before (or if I have, it has been quite a while). Designed by Midwest Young Artists, this site is a great way for Chicago-area teachers to connect with students. All you...

Illinois Music Educators Association Clinic

I’m currently at the Illinois Music Educators Association (IMEA) clinic in Peoria, and I’ll be doing clinic tomorrow morning about bass tone. I think that my subtitle will be either “That Sounds Bad” or “Why That Sounds Bad” and...

Virginia Dixon – Suzuki Teaching Opportunities

From Virginia Dixon (former Contrabass Conversations guest): My most scenic course will be my Book 1 course at the Colorado Suzuki Institute at Beaver Creek, Colorado from June 18 through 26. This is resort condo living at its most reasonable and can be especially fun...