Monthly Archives: November 2010

Let Them Eat Cake

I can’t imagine that there is a single professional classical musician who came through the state school system who would have started on their training without their local authority’s music provision. Continue reading

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Reinventing the Wheel

I could have been Ryan Giggs, and this theory confirms that this would have been so if only I had put in the hours. Continue reading

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Between the Ears

In terms of professional performance, there is a technique for everything, and everything is technique. Continue reading

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