Gaëlle Solal – interview and shed fragment

Gaelle and Alison

I had the good fortune to be able to interview Gaëlle Solal after her concerts at Winchester and Canterbury, and had her interesting views on her career, teaching and future projects.
Well worth 12 minutes of your (and my) time.

http://youtu.be/Xqlz5s7Xa5o

Here is also an excerpt of her wonderful private gig in the shed where she plays Gismonti, Nazareth and Garoto.

http://youtu.be/gUJzE0kNUQ8

and further videos of this outstanding performer

http://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=user_uploads&list=pantounet

New National Music Curriculum UK – Classical Music

Classroom music from 2014: the new National Curriculum | Classical Music.

It says that “the purpose of studying music is to ‘engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement,’ so that pupils eventually develop ‘a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, and to listen with discrimination to the best in the musical canon’” Continue reading