‘I only play music that speaks to me.’
Author: The Cross-Eyed Pianist
Frances Wilson is a pianist, writer, music and arts reviewer, music PR, and blogger on classical music and pianism under the pen name 'The Cross-Eyed Pianist'
Patricia McCarty, violist
‘When at a concert you create the intended mood and the audience is so quiet that one could hear the proverbial pin drop, when you know you have played as well as the image in your mind’
Dad Harmony, vocal ensemble
‘Have fun, experiment, do what makes you happy’
Alasdair James Dodds, pianist & composer
‘Do not feel you have to be different or unorthodox and there is nothing wrong with being predictable or conforming either… Just be authentic.’
Allan Clayton, tenor
‘Perform as much as you can: whether it be at your school, the local pub, the village hall, busking outside Argos…’