Multi-Skilled Professional Violinist
vimeo.com/389228511 This is video taster of our latest endeavour into the world of an unique retelling of the British dystopian horror ‘Day of the Triffids’ by John Wyndham. Goes on tour around the UK this October!
https://metro.co.uk/2018/02/19/10-reasons-why-its-better-to-have-a-ceilidh-at-your-wedding-than-a-disco-7324271/?ito=article.desktop.share.top.facebook Indeed, if you’ve never been to a decent Ceilidh then you need to change that now! Full details of how to do this can be found on my website here
On January 25th 2019, I was requested to attend this years Holocaust Memorial at the Corn Exchange, Dorchester. My reason for being there? To play Gypsy violin. The reason for the violin being chosen in particular, is that in the concentration camps it was said that a violinist always played as people were[…]
One of my students has just sent me this, and if you know me well then you’ll know how much I love this sort of thing! Music and its effects on our brains…
And the fiddle is one of the most demanding and therefore maybe the more favourable choices?! Ted Talk link to video….
Bobby McFerrin demonstrating how we are all hardwired to hear music as a Pentatonic (five note) scale. It’s worth watching to the end to really see how special this is, especially when he mentions that he’s done the same experiment all over the world, in all cultures, with the same results!
Hi People, A quick reminder for you all about the little track that I recently wrote and produced, inspired by the Dorset 100 mile walkers. Click and have a listen, you might like it and it’s only £1!
I’m always banging on about this to students during lessons, some clever people have actually taken the time to put it into easy to understand pictures. Yay! Why is the violin so hard to play?
Ever wondered about them? Well even if you haven’t, this is still an interesting read. All you need to know about F holes!
