I don't normally suscribe to the idea of sticking videos to orchestral music, but this really worked for me ( Read more... )

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One of the few surviving 1900 station buildings of the original Central Line (London Underground) has recently been under reconstruction ( Read more... )

Am currently taking a good, hard and long look at the piles of music scores and books (with a view to the eventual redecoration of the front room ( Read more... )

Beside doing work, rehearsals and even the occasional performance, I am still on the long journey of getting rid of the stuph ( Read more... )

SpecsSavers Lady with a pile of handouts by the Underground exit: "Free eye test!"

Me hurrying to work: "Sorry, I can't see you at the moment."

I used to think that getting an adequate amount of sleep was a necessary prequisite to my continued sanity; I think I will add singing, in particular, study of singing to that requirement ( Read more... )

I encountered this singular incarnation of the classic double-decker in Holborn last night ( Read more... )

As soon as I sent yesterdays post, all the other things that I should have mentioned came to mind ( Read more... )

and this past weekend it was where I spent the vast majority of my time ( Read more... )