Music Journal - July 08

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Editorial - THE ART OF COMMUNICATION
As the skies begin to clear and summer is at long last on its way, so it is the start of the festival season. And most of the organisers of these events are pressing ISM to include their festival in MJ. If we included everything we received, MJ would be as big as the complete works of Shakespeare most months! Of course our remit is much more selective. ... more

Conference Report - BRIDGING THE GAP? by Callum Thomson
Around 60 musicians attended the one-day Bridging the Gap? conference organised by the University of Aberdeen in association with the ISM – the first of two conferences about music education in Scotland. The second event will take place in June 2009. Bridging the Gap? focused on Scotland’s post-16 qualifications in music, especially the Higher and Advanced Higher. … more

Feature - ALL YOU DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT CHOPIN by Roderick Swanston
Just a few weeks ago I was asked to give my thoughts on Chopin on Front Row, that lively arts programme on Radio 4, in advance of the Chopin weekend on Radio 3. I ruminated on creative artists, looking down posthumously from whatever vantage point they occupy (even if this is entirely hypothetical), who without any doubt would like to have a big say about their post-mortem reputation, and, oh yes, make a few extra bob on some ‘everlasting’ royalties. A wit once quipped that he did not want to see himself as others saw him, as if he did he would become impossibly vain… more

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