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Recommended Reading
Subject:
Violin
Topic: recommendations (study materials)
by Louise Mansbridge (PO19)
The first book I would recommend, which is an easy read and very informative, is The Inner Game of Music written by Barry Green and W.Timothy Gallwey. Barry Green is a very accomplished double bass player, and so being a string player his ...
In Memory of a Wonderful Teacher
Subject:
Violin
Topic: inspirational figures
by Catriona Hepburn (KT4)
I would like to pay tribute to Howard Davis, leader of the Alberni Quartet and professor of violin at the Royal Academy of Music, who sadly passed away this year. He was an outstanding violinist - stylish with a beautiful tone and boundles...
The Serious Clarinettist!
Subject:
Clarinet
Topic: recommendations (study materials)
by Natalie Noonan-Smith (KT3)
I would seriously recommend any clarinettist intending to enter the performing world, to read The Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet (Ed. Colin Lawson). I definitely found it very useful as it discusses all aspects of the instrument, an...
Clarinets and Castanets
Subject:
Clarinet
Topic: anecdotes and stories
by Saxycat (B5)
Like many children at the time, I had the opportunity to take up an instrument in primary school. I already played the piano from the age of 6, and was getting on quite well - more to the point, I really enjoyed it. I was at the stage o...