A pause whilst I get myself in order.
First time seeing The Wang play live. She didn’t disappoint.
Amateur orchestra changes programme; the world implodes.
Unexpected bereavement brings about odd behaviour. That’s not opinion. It’s fact. Evidence. Late Saturday afternoon, me and Simon are watching a three-part documentary on Hitlers last year (available via Disney+). The credits roll, I turn to see my 20 year old cat Faero lick at the bowl of water on his cushion in front of…
First tentative steps at the piano keyboard
How melodic and harmonic language helps access a much-needed emotion in a moment of self-doubt at Norwich Cathedral.
Why is something that played such an important part in my life so difficult to play now?
Photo by Andrea De Santis on UPhoto by Denise Jans on Unsplash You know you’re in the zone when you get a press release from both the DCMS Committee and the Musicians Union during your last-chance pre-lockdown Christmas shopping trip. So it was this afternoon. As far as I can see both the committee AND…
Teacher, choirmaster, and organist at Culford School, UCS and York Minster has died.
Given that it was live-streamed on YouTube with highlights and excerpts broadcast on Radio 3 on Monday 8 November, asking for a ticket to this years RPS Awards felt a little odd. Awards ceremonies are essentially just a series of announcements, the bare content of which can easily be gathered from a webpage, tweet or…