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    Character with conviction

    Jan 21, 2022 3 minutes

    ow can interpretive flavour be stimulated? Is it possible to transform bland, generic performances of music from three contrasting periods so that they no longer sound monochrome but rather emerge as though realised by three totally different instruments? My emphatic answer is ‘Yes’! As far as personality, character and interpretive variety is concerned, as teachers we have a huge duty to inspire – drawing out possibilities from our pupils’ fingers that they

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