Thanks to Trinity College London, the sponsoring organisation for this show, I was offered two free tickets in exchange for a review. The show wasn’t on my original “must see” list, but the Fringe is all about the unexpected! FRINGE Read more…
Last week, we began journeying through the history of music with the Renaissance period. The Renaissance slowly transitioned into the Baroque (Bar-RO-ck) period around the start of the 16th Century. The name Baroque developed from a Latinate word meaning “rough or Read more…
In honour of the 50th year of the Doctor, a whole new adventure comes to Edinburgh… FRINGE RUN: 2/8 – 26/8 (not 14,20) @ 14:30; Pleasance Beside (33); [£11.00/£10.00] Who, Where and When: Stormy Teacup Theatre; Pleasance Beside; Friday 2nd August Read more…
From the writers of Cabaret and Chicago, Kander and Ebb have produced yet another dark, twisty and surreal musical. The group performing are students from UCL. FRINGE RUN: 1/8 – 15/8 @ 12:20; C minus 1 (34); [£9.50/£7.50/£5.50] Who, Where and Read more…
This is the first of my reviews for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013! FRINGE RUN: 1/8 – 26/8 (not 12) @ 15:10; Assembly Checkpoint (322); [£10.50/£8.50] Who, Where and When: Patch of Blue Theatre, Assembly Checkpoint, Thursday 1 August 2013, 3.10pm Read more…
Sirening is a versatile exercise for warming up, tackling self-consciousness and diagnosing vocal faults.
Perhaps singing isn’t for you? Or you feel your child is too young to start formal singing lessons? Maybe you just want to explore all your musical options? The first and most important reason for learning an instrument should be Read more…
The Renaissance – a time of grandeur, of experimentation and of scientific progress. For me, the Renaissance (ruh-NAY-sonce) conjures up grand Italian and Spanish courts with explorers and architects lining up to impress the monarchs. (Well, unless you pronounce it REN-ess-ahns, in Read more…
Perhaps singing isn’t for you? Or you feel your child is too young to start formal singing lessons? Maybe you just want to explore all your musical options? The first and most important reason for learning an instrument should be Read more…
When learning to read musical notation, the representation of pitch is pretty logical. When the blobs go up, the pitch gets higher, when the blobs go down the pitch gets lower. So far, so good. However, what’s less clear is Read more…