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| a viola in the house | May 27, 2012 | There is a viola in the house. It’s been at least 12 years since I played a viola. And about five since I dragged out my violin for more than five minutes. I am extremely rusty. Extremely. My intonation makes me cringe. Still, let’s start at the very beginning. Well with some Bach anyway. I […] |
| I didn’t expect to cry…… | May 2, 2012 | I didn’t expect to get home and start crying. It’s okay I’m not wracked with gasping sobs. I am just a bit teary and sad. Emotional, I believe it’s called. Tonight was probably one of my student’s last performances at the Eisteddfod. I started teaching her when she was a little girl of 8 and […] |
| I don’t have to….. | April 28, 2012 | It’s the day before the annual Bundaberg music eisteddfod. For the last ten years I have spent the day running about like a nitwit, organising things, getting keys to venues, writing lists, checking rosters, buying paper clips and pens, preparing information for adjudicators, reading the program a zillion times, making a list of what I […] |
| Yo Yo Ma……. | April 17, 2012 | It’s ages since I posted any music to The Spiralling Shape but I’ve been inspired by a couple of things over the last few days. They both involve Yo Yo Ma – amazing cellist. Firstly, on Sunday night, I joined my parents for a viewing of an episode of the West Wing. They’re on a […] |
| Yo Yo Ma……. | It’s ages since I posted any music to The Spiralling Shape but I’ve been inspired by a couple of things over the last few days. They both involve Yo Yo Ma – amazing cellist. Firstly, on Sunday night, I joined my parents for a viewing of an episode of the West Wing. They’re on a […] |
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| this is my life at the moment | March 31, 2012 | I think it’s time I stopped starting every blog post with an apology for my lack of regular posting. That’s just how things are at the moment. Work is busy, full of restructure-induced change, angst, sadness at loss of quality staff, intermittent fury at what appears to be a lack of interest from senior management […] |
| this is my life at the moment | I think it’s time I stopped starting every blog post with an apology for my lack of regular posting. That’s just how things are at the moment. Work is busy, full of restructure-induced change, angst, sadness at loss of quality staff, intermittent fury at what appears to be a lack of interest from senior management […] |
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| Let’s go fly a kite | March 3, 2012 | A couple of weekends ago I made the trek to Brisbane to see Mary Poppins. Not in person obviously. She’s a fictional character. Rather, this was the musical. Much lauded. Much praised. I had been told by many people that I would “love” it. So I was looking forward to seeing it but I was […] |
| Let’s go fly a kite | A couple of weekends ago I made the trek to Brisbane to see Mary Poppins. Not in person obviously. She’s a fictional character. Rather, this was the musical. Much lauded. Much praised. I had been told by many people that I would “love” it. So I was looking forward to seeing it but I was […] |
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| Once….. | December 27, 2011 | I missed a fair few good movies during the first decade of this century. It was a combination of being consumed by a PhD and living in a regional centre that isn’t great at getting the more independent releases. This is why I was very happy to see Once was on Monday night on one […] |