Charlotte TomlinsonMar 11, 2013Stage Fright Part 1: are we too ashamed to talk about it?Imagine this scenario: one of the world’s finest symphony orchestras is preparing to go on stage, at, let’s say London’s Barbican Centre....
Charlotte TomlinsonFeb 8, 2013A meditative approach to practisingThere is so much that is involved in practising a piece of music for a performance. At some stage, I will write about the nuts and bolts...
Charlotte TomlinsonJan 31, 2013Performing from the score versus memorisingI heard somewhere that seven eighths of the world’s music is not written down. I suspect then that most of the remaining eighth is filled...
Charlotte TomlinsonJan 10, 2013The child prodigyWhat are the good and bad sides of the child prodigy phenomenon?