by Alison McTavish | Dec 7, 2020 | Blog, Chamber Music, classical music, Drew Jurecka, Duo Concertante, Listening, Nancy Dahn, Payadora Ensemble, Rebekah Wolkstein, tango, Timothy Steeves
Medicine has come a long way from the days of bloodletting and Babylonian Skull Cures*, and the development of musical care as a form of practical therapy is becoming more and more sophisticated all the time. When the ancient Greeks moved their gaze from heaven to... 
by Alison McTavish | Dec 1, 2020 | Blog, Chamber Music, Duo Concertante, Listening, Nancy Dahn, Timothy Steeves
The cream in your coffee A beautiful sunrise. Alberto Bogo at UnSplash image by Chris Robert Living in this time is a grim business, with a pandemic still raging, millions unemployed and musicians in particular facing ruin. We look to small pleasures for... ![Silence]()
by Alison McTavish | Oct 23, 2020 | Blog, Chamber Music, classical music, Duo Concertante, Listening, Nancy Dahn, new music, Timothy Steeves
It’s said that anyone wanting an answer out of the Buddha has to ask three times before getting an answer. Until then, they are met with silence. Jason Rosewell at UnSplash Practising this makes you carefully consider your answers, although it might get you... 
by Alison McTavish | Oct 9, 2020 | Blog, Chamber Music, classical music, Duo Concertante, Listening, Nancy Dahn, Timothy Steeves
Did you ever play the memory game? It was a feature of birthday parties, before the days of trampoline parks and bouncy castles. In between the 3-legged race and the cake, a tray with assorted objects was briefly presented for the guests’ viewing and memorizing, the...
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