Tag: teaching
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I bought a Beale piano!
In April, I bought an upright piano! After moving around the world for decades with different digital pianos, I’m finally settled enough to own this big old, magical wooden box with 1,200 moving parts. Now, I am home. I drove all over Brisbane and the Gold Coast checking out pianos advertised on Gumtree. When I […]
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Harvey Blues, guitarist
I want to tell you about my friend Harvey. He’s a wonderful blues guitarist. He lives the life, and is a great guy. I met him three years ago at Music Express music school in Norton Street. The tutors had their own studios. As manager, I went through them each week to dust and clean. […]
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In a different light
I usually teach a couple of students in this street when it is already dark. Yesterday I was there earlier. It took my breath away to turn the corner and see this, at dusk.
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Heart and Spirit: Orchestra Corda Spiritus
What do you call a bunch of guys who play with heart and spirit? Director Stephen Wu said the orchestra’s name came about in the mid ’90’s. “I was the head string teacher at Haileybury in Melbourne, while Joanna (Fairs-Wu, violinist) was teaching at Sophia Mundi. We used to get a bunch of freelancers to […]