Gillian Cornish
This is Dec. 2nd in my dance inspirations advent calendar. Opened already: December 1st On January 1st 2006 it will be 20 years to the day that I met Gillian…
Woytek Lowski (Wojciech Wiesiołowski ) [1939-1995]
A tribute to Woytek Lowski, inspirational ballet teacher, wonderful person, and a huge influence on me as a pianist for class.
My 2005 advent calendar: dance inspirations
As a dance musician, hardly a day goes past when I don’t call on the wisdom & inspiration of some of the fantastic people I’ve known & worked with in…
Ljubjlana, Music & Dance & a Martinovanje
Just back from the very beautiful city of Ljubljana where I was lecturing on a seminar on music for ballet teaching. On Friday I learned a new word, Martinovanje, which…
Now that’s what I call…Bournonville
The most exciting news I’ve heard in a long time – Dance Books have just announced the release of a 9-CD set of “Music to the Bournonville Ballets“, including Napoli,…
Musipedia – name that tune!
Possibly the most amazing discovery I ever made on the web – Musipedia. I needed to find the name of a folk song that I know by ear, but couldn’t…