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- Preliminary Quartet Thoughts by Helping You Harmonise on Nov 21, 2009
3/4 of Monkey Magic with a bag of trophiesLast Sunday saw a marathon BABS quartet prelims come to my erstwhile place of work, with 43 quartets competing in the national, senior and youth quartet contests. The biggest outcome of the day (though not th...
- Are you talented? by Helping You Harmonise on Nov 19, 2009
The jury is out as to whether talent is in-born or whether it can be acquired. We do know, however, that it only shows up in people who have spent thousands of hours honing their craft. This obsessive, focused work often accounts for the teenage year...
- Piano Revelation by Helping You Harmonise on Nov 14, 2009
Out with the old......and in with the new I bought a new piano recently. The one I grew up with (a hand-me-down from my great aunt) has done sterling service, but I have grown out of it. Since I’ve stopped working in a music college, where I had a...
- LABBS at Cheltenham by Helping You Harmonise on Nov 7, 2009
LABBS Quartet champions, FinesseThe Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers had their annual convention last weekend at Cheltenham Race Course, and the association looks like it’s in good health. The White Rosettes consolidated the new lev...
- The Conductor’s Identity by Helping You Harmonise on Nov 2, 2009
Something that I’ve explored in both my books is the idea of musical identity: how it is that you acquire the label (and the way of being) of cellist, or soprano, or barbershopper. I drew on the ideas of people like Anthony Giddens and Judith Butle...
- Singing and Self-fulfilment by Helping You Harmonise on Oct 31, 2009
Pretty much anybody involved in singing is likely to be proselytising about it at times. They’ll tell you how great it makes them feel physically and emotionally, and how it makes them feel more alive and true to themselves. It can all get a little...
- Breathing and Musical Time by Helping You Harmonise on Oct 12, 2009
The wheels on the bus go round and round in two-bar phrasesOne of the things that distinguishes skilled from less skilled choral groups is the relationship between breath control and musical structure. To be sure, there are lots of other things that...
