Viola Teacher - from open strings to preparation for conservatoire - DipRCM(Teaching) DipRCM(Performance) Coordinator of British Viola Society Young Violists 🎻
Hitchin, Herts, UK
Joined November 2009
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Congratulations & Good Luck....
🍀🎶 Emily, with a scholarship to @RoyalAcadMusic and Grace off to study music @UniofOxford
Last lessons yesterday 😢 They surprised me with a brilliant arrangement of my favourite song.
I’m really going to miss you!! 💜
#viola #awesome – at Hitchin, England
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Today we were delighted to welcome the principal string players of the @BerlinPhil to the Academy 🎼✨
Amihai Grosz, Ludwig Quandt, Matthew McDonald and Noah Bendix-Balgley each gave public masterclasses, before playing SIDE-BY-SIDE with our students.
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Due to cancellations, we URGENTLY need more VIOLA and DOUBLE BASS players (grade 7 & above) for our upcoming Youth Orchestra Course 21-25 August
Bursaries available
Email for more info: [email protected]
@ncogb @NYO_GB @NYOScotland @nyaw_ccic @nysostrings @benedetti_fdtn
A huge thank you to @BenslowMusicILS for lending us four violas for this week’s course…. Viola Club here we come 🥳🎻 – at Hitchin, England
Love this 💜 – at East, England
Out now!!This week’s pod feat. viola player extraordinaire Abby Bowen! @MillieAshton guest hosts with @veritysimmons2 with chat covering shows, auditions, drones, fashion, food, keeping on top of your game post big night out and some listener questions of varying quality 🤣🤦🏼♀️
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Along with many of the great composers it is great to see that Naruhito the Emperor of Japan is a viola player
Obviously a man of impeccable taste as can be seen here by his choice of edition!
Thank you @mrjamesob for highlighting this. Growing up my parents knew nothing about classical music. I was so keen my Dad worked on my 1st teacher’s house in return for lessons 🎻 I made it to @RCMLondon in the 90’s & now strive to offer opportunities to others in my position. – at Hitchin, England
🙏Thank you @mrjamesob @LBC - we agree arts should be for everyone. And to your listener Shirley - if you would like to come and see The Yeomen of the Guard please get in touch.
Sign our petition here: chng.it/g8wyqDdb #LoveENO
Good to see former pupil Izzy on the @guildhallschool website 🎊 great to catch up this week… enjoy your postgrad 🎻
#viola – at Hitchin, England
A wonderful tribute… I feel privileged to have known such a talented, kind & beautiful person! He was an inspiration to all who met him, can’t believe he is gone 💔😢🎻
#folk #fiddle @Patakas1
Remembering Paul Sartin (1971-2022) - tradfolk.co/music/writing-mu… via @tradfolketc – at Hitchin, England
🎻 Such a joy to celebrate Izzy’s time at Guildhall by attending her final recital yesterday….
What an amazing journey! 🥰 – at Hitchin, England
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'It’s all about releasing the string as much as possible and discovering how much weight one’s own instrument can take'
@MagginiQuartet and @RoyalAcadMusic professor Martin Outram on exercises especially useful for those migrating from violin to viola:
bit.ly/3P1q4IC
I’m sharing ‘Prayer for Ukraine’ after arranging it for our string orchestra 🎻
Please feel free to use & share
Versions for:
String Quartet
String Orchestra
4 Violas (of course)
FREE Music 🇺🇦 violaness.co.uk
#Ukraine #music #strings #viola #quartet #orchestra #prayer – at Hitchin, England
A wonderfully decorated viola at school in honour of St David’s Day…
🎻 🌼 🏴
#viola #StDavidsDay #music #education – at Barton-le-Clay, England
Who is practising their Telemann? 🎻
There is still time to sign up for
Viola Day this Sunday! @SGArtsCulture
See you there 💜
#viola #telemann
🎫 staplefordgranary.org.uk/wha…
Calling all violists - VIOLA DAY!!
🎻 Book your place 🎻
6th February 2022
Enjoy a wonderful recital from Rosalind Ventris, then join in with a massed Telemann Concerto TWV 40:202 (Arr. for 4 violas)
Open to anyone who loves playing the viola (Grade 5+) 🎶 – at Hitchin, England
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🎄Tomorrow🎄 St Mary’s Hitchin🎄
A Celebration of everything Christmas!
😷 Masks will be worn, with reduced capacity and no interval. Do join us, the evening concert is looking quieter if you would rather a little more space 🎶
🎫🎫 eventbrite.co.uk/e/christmas…
🎻 An early Christmas present arrived this morning 🍌
I certainly have plenty of young violists with attitude, it looks just the ticket!!…. Lots of fun, with technical twists and turns to keep everyone on their toes. Looking forward to exploring further 🎻 – at Hitchin, England
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Sir Charles Mackerras Chair of Conducting at the Academy, Edward Gardner, returns to the Academy today at 1pm with a livestreamed performance of @MusicTippett's 2nd Symphony and a 2016 work from Academy alumnus @josephhoward_ > tickets.ram.ac.uk/sales/cate…
📸 Chris Christodoulou
🙌 So happy to be back teaching face to face 🎻 long may it last!
I was invited to write a piece on keeping pupils self motivated… here are a few ideas I shared to help keep up the practice momentum between lessons 🎶
@ESTAStrings – at Hitchin, England
October | Practice makes better
'Children spend more time teaching themselves during the week than we do in their lesson,' writes @violaness in her string practice toolbox 🎻
musicteachermagazine.co.uk/f…