http://www.artofthebow.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:45:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A First Peek... Here are three 5 second samples of the animation work in progress. Rabbath is demonstrating a large descending shift - notice the left hand preparation and how the elbow leads the shift. Eventually audio will be added, ripped from the live video that was shot during the motion ... http://www.artofthebow.com/2008/04/15/art-of-the-left-hand-animation-update/ [flv]/flash/finalrabbath.flv[/flv] http://www.artofthebow.com/2007/10/15/art-of-the-left-hand/ If you would like to be contacted when the Art of the Left Hand with François Rabbath DVD is finally completed, please email me from the contact form on this page. As of the end of September much progress has been made on the Art of the Left Hand. Forty-five ... http://www.artofthebow.com/2007/09/21/art-of-the-left-hand-progress/ Ball State University Professor and President-Elect of the International Society of Bassists, Hans Sturm, has been awarded the Ball State University Creative Endeavor Award. Awarded in part for his work on the Art of the Bow DVD, Sturm was cited for being "the model faculty member who blends creativity ... http://www.artofthebow.com/2007/04/12/hans-sturm-wins-creative-endeavor-award/ Michael Fanelli wrote an in-depth enthusiastic review of the Art of the Bow in the November, 2006 issue of the American String Teacher (Vl. 56, No. 4, pg. 112). He concludes: "The Art of the Bow is one of the most important treatises and state-of-the-art instructional audiovisual tools we have available ... http://www.artofthebow.com/2007/04/12/american-string-teacher-review-2/ Michael Fanelli contributed an article in the August, 2006 ASTA Journal reviewing the bass sessions at the 2006 ASTA National Conference entitled "Bass is Up to Date in Kansas City." He writes: Hans Sturm, Professor of Double Bass at Ball State University, began the conference bass sessions with a lecture/demonstration of ... http://www.artofthebow.com/2006/08/29/asta-journal-article/ The Strad, the most highly respected magazine for the string community since 1890, ran an announcement about the new Art of the Left Hand with François Rabbath DVD in the May, 2006 issue: BASSIST GETS ANIMATED Syrian-French bassist François Rabbath is using state-of-the-art electronics to preserve his fingering technique for the next ... http://www.artofthebow.com/2006/07/29/art-of-the-left-hand-dvd-in-the-news/ This warm overview of his life and work features interviews with some of his closest collaborators and former students including Frank Proto, Paul Ellison, and Patrick Neher. Here is an excerpt: So now Rabbath is up to the fourth volume in his own series of bass method books, and he is ... http://www.artofthebow.com/2006/07/20/francois-rabbath-featured-in-strings-magazine/ The Art of the Bow and the Art of the Left Hand projects have recently received attention from national news sources. Christian Science Monitor USA Today http://www.artofthebow.com/2006/06/12/dvd-is-national-news/ François Rabbath received the Issac Stern International Lifetime Acheivement Award at the American String Teacher's Association 2006 Conference in Kansas City. This award has only been given 9 times in the organizations 55 year history and Rabbath is the first bassist to be so honored. Others to have won this ... http://www.artofthebow.com/2006/05/12/rabbath-to-accept-asta-lifetime-acheivement-award/