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Luka Lah
Feb 17, 20214 min read
Internal Music in Film
Composer and Professor Timothy Blinko met me online to talk about his contribution to the feature film Euphony, written and directed by...


Luka Lah
Dec 12, 20205 min read
Continuing Where Mozart Left Off: An Interview with William Drabkin
Upon the new Music Haven release of the completion of three late sonata fragments left by Mozart, I sat down with Professor Emeritus William


David Braid
Mar 2, 20165 min read
David Braid on Reconstructing Harmony
Composer / guitarist David Braid writes about 'Post-post-modernism' - the (re)construction of harmony following the institutionalisation...


Frances Wilson
Dec 13, 20155 min read
Guest Blog: Frances Wilson - Thoughts from a reviewer's desk...
Frances Wilson responds to Tom Hammond's recent article on music criticism for the Music Haven Blog: I read with interest Tom Hammond's...


Tom Hammond
Dec 10, 20153 min read
Tom Hammond: What's the Point of Reviewing Concerts?
Conductor Tom Hammond ponders the efficacy of music criticism, and wonders why - with the growth of online reviewing platforms - there...

David Matthews
Sep 23, 20153 min read
David Matthews: Real Art
Composer David Matthews ponders the parallels between the zeitgeist of art and music in our time.


Tom Hammond
Sep 18, 20152 min read
Tom Hammond on Sibelius and The Tempest
Conductor Tom Hammond writes about his performance with the Hertford Symphony Orchestra next May. They will perform Sibelius’s little-kno...
James Francis Brown
Aug 27, 20154 min read
In a space of its own – The Presteigne Festival
James Francis Brown gives a composer's view of a much-loved contemporary music festival.
Rob Edgar
Jul 2, 20153 min read
Discovering Music: Aesthetic Foundations
Rob Edgar ponders the aesthetics of music aimed at children, how they may have changed over the years, and what the effects of this chang...


Frances Wilson
Jun 24, 20154 min read
Guest Blog: Frances Wilson on The Power of the Programme
In a guest article for the Music Haven Blog, our friend Frances Wilson from the Cross Eyed Pianist Blog writes on how a sensitive concert...


Rob Edgar
Jun 18, 20153 min read
Q&A: Tom Hammond on Amateur Music Making Part 1
In a two-part blog Rob Edgar, questions conductor Tom Hammond and composer James Francis Brown about the world of amateur music-making.


Rob Edgar
Jun 18, 20154 min read
Q&A With James Francis Brown on Amateur Music Making Part 2
In a two-part blog Robert Edgar, questions conductor Tom Hammond and composer James Francis Brown about the world of amateur...

William Drabkin
Jun 3, 20153 min read
Historically Informed Composition
On the launch of Music Haven's new publication of a completion of Mozart's oboe concerto, K.293, William Drabkin considers the issues of...


Alan Mills
Jun 3, 20154 min read
Our Musical Heritage in London
Alan Mills writes about the treasure trove that is the British Library, and the benefits it bestows on all of us; from the student, to...
Peter Fribbins
May 28, 20153 min read
The Qualities of Chamber Music
Peter Fribbins writes about the virtues of chamber music from his perspective as a composer and as the Artistic Director of the London...


Tom Hammond
May 21, 20153 min read
Two-Part Blog: How to Teach Music (Part 2)
Following on from from his previous article, conductor Tom Hammond writes about the best methods of teaching music.


Tom Hammond
May 20, 20152 min read
Two-Part Blog: Music, Education and the Future (Part 1)
In the first of a two-part blog, conductor Tom Hammond ponders the future of music education in this country, and suggests a workable...


Rob Edgar
May 14, 20153 min read
Comment: A Shostakovich Casebook
In light of Lewis Owen’s new play Like Chemist from Canada, Rob Edgar writes aboutA Shostakovich Casebook, a collection of essays on the...


James Francis Brown
May 6, 20153 min read
A Day for the Record
James Francis Brown writes about the recording process from the composer's perspective: Most of us support the motto ‘keep music live’....


Rob Edgar
Apr 29, 20152 min read
Report: Le tombeau de Rachmaninov World Premiere
Rob Edgar writes about the recent world premiere ofLe tombeau de Rachmaninov, a new work from Music Haven: The composers are back from a...
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