AN INVALUABLE LEGACY
This year, as the NCPA turns 50, we take a look at how a dream became a thriving reality. By...
HOW TO LEAD YOUR PIANIST
Singers, how much do you love auditions? I know you’re all troopers, experts at the art of wowing someone in...
Sing for Pleasure at Gandhi Ashram School, Kalimpong
I’m very excited about delivering Sing for Pleasure’s first ever training event in India; the beneficial effects of what we teach are likely to have an impact on possibly thousands of children and the knock-on effects of that will speak...
THE SOPRANO SOARS
“Come sit in my lieder class. Just sit and listen to the senior students,” an opportunity thrown and grabbed by...
J’ai Fame
Everyone assumed I was meant to do extraordinary things. But it seemed like I was the only one who could...
Can we save classical music?
The current state of classical concerts would be unrecognizable, even enraging, to the performers and audiences of the past centuries. The stifling rules and rituals, the religious adherence to scores, soaring ticket prices, coupled with several awkward ‘can I clap...
AND THE CHAMBER FESTIVAL PLAYS: ARTIE’S NOVEMBER 2018
DAY ONE Over two evenings in the sultry month of November the NCPA presented high quality and substantial chamber music....
NERDING OUT: WHY YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY CARE WHAT KEY YOUR ARIA IS IN
Singers, how closely do you pay attention to the key signature of the arias you sing? You know how to...