Barnes Festival 2024
The weeks before Easter are a busy time for epic choir-and-orchestra pieces. In the past few weeks, I’ve jumped in to guest lead several different...
The weeks before Easter are a busy time for epic choir-and-orchestra pieces. In the past few weeks, I’ve jumped in to guest lead several different...
I totally forgot I'd ever recorded this testimonial! I was browsing the website of my brilliant friend Shehada Shalalda, the Palestinian luthier, and came across...
Life is better with SAFETY VAMPS! It’s not often that I play in a pit band, so I’m enjoying the unique quirks of this format...
The tune Lillibullero has been going round and round in my head for AGES! It's such a lovely melody - allegedly written by Henry Purcell...
"Head north on the M1 and I'll tell you where to intercept the van of Djembes ... tomorrow's workshop depends on it!" I put it...
David and I have run a violin tuition studio in Central London for well over 10 years now, and we always find that the New...
My recording of Thomas Hewitt Jones's 'Christmas Party' concerto with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia has just been re-released on Heritage Records as part of their...
There are few moments in a musician’s working day more joyous than when a freshly sharpened 4B pencil makes contact with a premium grade musical...
I took this photo at Coventry Cathedral recently. The ‘new’ cathedral was built in 1962 after the old one was completely destroyed a little over...
It’s been a weirdly busy week for new releases of other-people’s-things-I-contributed-to. Have a listen here: House of Love (House of Light) Since I joined the...
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