Author Archives: rogerpinnock

Reading music is like reading a second language. When you are reading a second language, your brain equates the words you are reading to the words you know from your mother tongue, whether consciously or not. When you are reading … Continue reading →

As has become our norm, the summer concert consisted of lighter, shorter pieces of music. The exception this time was the first movement of a Beethoven piano concerto, which owing to issues with the soloist, had been postponed from our … Continue reading →

When I nervously unpacked my violin case at Highworth School in early April, it was the first time I had played in an orchestra or ensemble for nearly forty years. And it was the first time I’d ever sat next … Continue reading →