Tag: philosophy
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A New Operatic Dogma- How Gluck changed the ‘ridiculous and wearisome’
Opera, Italian for ‘work’, is an art form over 400 years old. Inspired by mythology, history, folk stories and politics, composers have turned to writing operas as an outlet of creativity, but the stories behind opera’s broad and fascinating history are incredibly thought provoking in themselves. The fifth week of our opera history course at…
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Talking About Performance Anxiety
Having started the cello much later to most other musicians, I found myself battling the fear of performing at the same time as facing an insecure self-image that often comes with being a 12 year old. I believe this made the issue far greater than it would’ve been, had I been performing at an earlier…
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The Flaw of Supremacy
If you only played the dream And sang nothing but the love, The spirit and the depths of the soul If nothing mattered but the pleasure And all you wrote rang in perfect harmony What would you do in order to forget? Plagued with the boundary of infinite joy Would you live here with me…
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A Curiosity
A curiosity comes And then it goes as soon as I realize All I’m curious about has less than an explanation No one knows what I desire to know It’s not for me to ask what or how or why It’s for me to do great, live well Then die.
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I’m worried that I now look boring when playing
Since addressing the impact my technique was having on my body, I discovered that much of the tension I was creating was from extreme movement of my body and head and neck. I discovered that although I thought my movements were freeing my music, they were clearly impacting on my body in a negative way.…
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I’ve just discovered that I have never listened
Until very, very recently I understood the art of listening to be a passive, almost reflex action. Something we don’t have to think about, something that occurs naturally just like looking or feeling. I didn’t expect to have to keep a specific awareness of the sounds and messages around me- I expected them to come…