Good Practice Techniques for Graded Examinations – PART III
Parts 1 and Part 2 covered what, why and how to practise and the final article explores the final stages...
Ambassadors of India
Symphony Orchestra of India marks UK debut in February 2019 with six-concert tour, including Russian romantic showpieces and Zakir Hussain’s...
Sophia Plowden, Khanum Jan, and Hindustani airs
Among the British Library’s extraordinary collection of materials relating to the history of Indian music in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries lie dozens of European accounts of the nautch—intimate musical parties at which troupes of high-status North Indian courtesans would...
How did the piano become a Bengali instrument? A documentary has some answers
Subha Das Mollick’s ‘Calcutta Sonata’ looks at how the piano became an integral part of the cultural fabric of Calcutta....
Trinity Fest 2018
2018 marked the year when Trinity College London, the international examinations board, reaffirmed its long standing engagement with India. The...
Mapping the Musical Genome: The Gibbons Family
Orlando Gibbons (1572-1625) was born in Oxford, son of a town wait—essentially a town musician whose duties included playing his instrument for the townsfolk, welcoming Royal visitors, and leading processions on civic occasions. William Gibbons moved back and forth between...
Haydn’s La Fedeltà Premiata – at the Royal Opera House, Mumbai
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Good Practice Techniques for Graded Examinations – Part II
The first of these articles discussed the need for practice to be relevant in terms of fluency and accuracy, musical...