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"I love music. For me music is morning coffee. It’s mood medicine. It’s pure magic. A good song is like a good meal. I just want to inhale it and then share a bite with someone else."

Welcome to my blog where you can share what I’ve been up to each month.

January update - Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!!! It has been an eventful few weeks in our house with both of us catching Covid over Christmas and not being very well at...

December update - Thinking outside the box!

We did a very exciting thing at school this month and took our Ceremony of Carols to a whole new level…a Drive In Ceremony of Carols due ...

November update - Busy, busy, busy!

This month I have been busy doing some work with the NYBBGB and the Marines in their Andromeda project which I have no doubt is going to ...

October update - Horn Focus!

October has been full of lovely horn projects again. I had an interesting masterclass in USA where I found myself delivering it at 4am my...

September update - Back to School at last!!!

September has brought a sense of normality (kind of, if you can ignore all the masks, spray and one way systems), we are back in school a...

August update - Celebrations!

August is always one of my favourite months as it’s my Birthday month. Not the usual celebrations with family and friends this year, but ...

July update - Summer is finally here and a haircut too!

Summer is finally here and even though it won’t be the usual few months of concerts and summer schools I am so ready for a break! I can’t...

June Update - Zoom, Zoom, Zoom

If you had told me 3 months ago I would be comfortable delivering workshops, lessons and masterclasses via Zoom I would have laughed in y...

May Update - Click on the Subscribe Button

I have been working hard launching my YouTube Channel this month which has been an exciting project I have done in collaboration with my ...

April Update - Lockdown!

Well here we are, something I never thought I would see in my lifetime, a pandemic and lockdown. I am a school teacher and my biggest cha...

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