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• Simon Hewitt Jones, Violinist

  English concert violinist. Asking essential questions about what's happening to music and the arts, and the role of the violin in contemporary world culture.

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Elizabeth Roloff, Organist

I’m in the Church of the Redeemer, Jerusalem. Behind me, organist Elizabeth Roloff (left) is practicing; in a little over an hour, we (cellist Sophie Rivlin and violinist Clemency Burton-Hill) will perform Mozart’s Church Sonatas in a concert here. I’ve opened my laptop and… lo and behold, there’s an open Wifi […]

We visited Ramallah for the first time today, for a workshop on Mozart’s Requiem at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music. The Ramallah Campus sits at the foot a hill in a peaceful area just outside the downtown area. As you approach, the gentle sounds of an Oud float down over the […]

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The Wailing Wall & Dome Of The Rock, earlier this afternoon

I’ve just arrived in East Jerusalem with the Choir of London, where we’re based for the next two weeks during the Palestine Mozart Festivals. We’re going to be giving loads of chamber music (and then orchestral) concerts, firstly in Jerusalem, but also in […]

Friday 23 March (with apologies to Helen Fielding)
So far this month: performances 20, recordings 2, conferences 1, full english breakfasts 9, road miles 2200 (approx), calories 94725424382947, carbon footprint [unprintable]

broken down car + honda showroom = unexpected half hour of practice

Food consumed today:
52 grapes (rest of bunch thrown at passing traffic for […]

This is the second of two guest blog posts by my grandmother, Anita Hewitt Jones, about my late Grandfather Tony Hewitt Jones (Composer, 1926 - 1989). Anita (Tony’s wife) was a cello teacher at Cheltenham Ladies’ College, and is herself a composer of educational chamber music (widely available through Edition Peters).
Tony Hewitt Jones was born […]

This is the first of two guest blog posts by my grandmother, Anita Hewitt Jones, about my late Grandfather Tony Hewitt Jones (Composer, 1926 - 1989). Anita (Tony’s wife) was a cello teacher at Cheltenham Ladies’ College, and is herself a composer of educational chamber music (widely available through Edition Peters).
Seven Sea Poems by Tony […]

I was just browsing the website of my Alma Mater, and noticed that my left hand (see the big picture, left) appears to have become the new image for lunchtime concerts!
In other news, Court Lane just relaunched this. And from the stats I’m seeing coming in, everyone’s talking about it.
Many ideas to share with you […]