Apologies for the lack of posts for a month. I blame the Europe tour for that. Yes, that’s right. I have just come back from a 20 day tour of Europe and the UK with the Barker Choir and Orchestra. I could write on for ages, but I think that it is best captured in [...]
Archive for the tag 'music'
September 12 2008
Observations of the Creative Scale
This year, I have encountered the ‘other side’ of what I call the ‘Creative Scale’. One side is music, the other side is drama and somewhere in the middle is design. At Barker, people usually are associated with one side of the scale. Some are good music, others drama. But some do both. Today, I [...]
August 1 2008
Battle of the Choirs: The Last Hurrah
Friday July 25. It’s Barker Swings night, and the choir will be performing. Tonight felt special, not because I was wearing the red and black for the last time, but because it was the last time we were performing from our ‘battle’ repertoire. JAllington, our conductor, called it “the ridiculous”, but we all loved it. [...]
January 23 2008
(At time of writing) Four short days…
… until I go to music camp. For me, music camp is an annual thing. A time when all musicians from my school gather somewhere out of school to enjoy music. My friend Tom says it is “the best camp of the year.” Music camp is held several days before school officially starts. You could [...]
