News, Reviews & A Little Something on READ! Singapore 2008

READ! Singapore 2008 is just around the corner (starting 21 May 2008, to be exact) and if you haven’t heard the news, head on right over here to update yourself on the event!

Keeping in the mix, library@esplanade is helping to kick things off with our selections on films that share the official theme of this year’s campaign, “Home and Away”. The first pick is Bahram Beizai’s Bashu, the Little Stranger, and the nice folks over at High Browse Online have already put it up, so head on over to read the review.

On the topic of reviews, PY has done a neat one on one of the items available at the library@esplanade. It’s a score titled New Method for the Double Bass by F. Simandl, and a good read for those interested to learn more about pedagogical tools for the double bass.

And if the double bass is your instrument of choice, you might also wanna check out PY’s links to Jason Heath’s article comparing Francois Rabbath and Simandl’s teaching aids for the instrument. It’s an extensive look at the two books and Heath details their pros and cons, as well as evaluate their suitability as teaching aids for the double bass. A great resource for anyone having a hard time deciding which of the books to use.

Last but not least, if you recall, the Fritz Quartet was at the library@esplanade to perform their Tango Repertoire in February. Head on over to their blog to read about their thoughts and feelings after the show, and also to catch up on the latest happenings with the Quartet.

And that’s that for now, folks!