This week I was invited to appear on a local radio station: http://www.radioverulam.com/?q=content/parents-show. At some point you ought to be able to listen to my “words of wisdom”! The topic was – how do we help children with their music lessons? My theory is that we first have to understand the importance of engagement with […]
I have a few places on my summer course in Norfolk. Please have a look, or share with anyone you think might be interested! Summer Course
Great interview with a very interesting psychiatrist. What lessons can we musicians learn?! Dr Steve Peters: the psychiatrist charged with ridding Anfield of the fear factor – News & Comment – Football – The Independent.
The more observant musician will have seen this word appearing more and more regularly on their purchased scores in the last, well, 50 years. It now appears that a publisher cannot sell anything without the word appended to the front cover. Now, don’t get me wrong, I have a lot of sympathy for publishers at […]
Reblogged from Lady Effingham of Blindingham: That George Bernard Shaw quote – “those who can, do; those who can’t, teach” – follows teachers around like a malevolent hobgoblin. Clearly the best teachers are those who can also ‘do’. My take on it is this: “Those who can, do – but they shouldn’t dabble in education […]
Those of you who know me personally, or who have had the pleasure (?) of having a lesson, or more with me will know how much emphasis I place on trying to develop the mental side of performance. I cannot claim to be unique – this is a thread in violin teaching that goes back […]
Reblogged from Lelio: Last night, BBC Four aired the first episode in a new three-part series on modern classical music, entitled The Sound and The Fury. For me, as a great fan of the screechy, discordant, hell-raising music of the 20th Century, it was a programme I was greatly looking forward to. But I have to […]
