A few years ago, a friend of mine told me about a sort of book challenge in which she was taking part. It was simple enough: the idea was to read an average of a book a week for the entire year, so that you could make your way through
It is a teaching truth universally acknowledged that, if you want to help students to find a way into historical subject matter, finding a way to join it up to their own experience is always useful. However much I enjoy spending time in the nineteenth century, I can’t expect those
On Thursday evening of this week, if I do say so myself, I did something rather brave. Here I am, shy little Brahmsian that I am (ok, well, not that shy, but still)… and I stood up in public, and talked about Shakespeare. This might not seem like an earth-shattering
I’m very proud to announce that I’ve just been appointed as the new Membership Officer for the Royal Musical Association, which exists to support and promote the research and study of music across universities, conservatoires, and any person or organisation with an interest in music. The RMA runs conferences and
I’ve had the great pleasure of being involved in an AHRC Research Network this year, ‘Translating Music’, which seeks to explore all the ways in which translation is relevant to how we play, sing, listen to, study, and otherwise interact with music. As part of the project, a number of
On Friday 21 March at 6pm, I’ll be introducing a concert given by RCM students at the National Gallery in room 34. This concert is part of the Belle Shenkman Music Programme, a series that allows RCM students to put together a concert that draws links between their repertoire and
On Friday 9 May, the Royal College of Music Philharmonic will be wowing audiences with a programme of works by Elgar, Richard Strauss, Dallapiccola and Respighi, conducted by Stephen Bell. Come and join Katy at the RCM for a pre-concert introduction to the programme at 6.15pm, followed by the concert
