Home sweet home
Home again at last, after a week in which I spent 36 hours in the air (Singapore-London-Tokyo-London). I was giving a seminar for ballet pianists at the remarkable Showa University…
Parrots, beats, synchronization and dancing
Bird Lovers Only Rescue: Snowball Makes World News. A bit late, since the article was in May, but here’s the scholarly scoop on that dancing parrot, neuroscience, beat perception, synchronization…
Sod’s lore
I have a longstanding interest in folklore & folk music, particularly of Eastern Europe, so I got all excited when I discovered that there was a Folklore gathering in the…
Only connect…
As I’ve remarked before, it’s not often that this blog does exactly what it says on the tin (music, dance and IT), however today was one of those days when…
This is my jam
The things you learn from students. One of mine was saying how difficult it is to use iTunes to find music choices with similar characteristics. Before you say ‘whaddya mean,…
If only all piano duos were like this
In the best and truest sense of the word, this is some of the sexiest music-making I’ve ever seen and heard. Be patient with the first 45″, it really is…