It’s Mental Health Awareness week, so this episode begins with a few thoughts about mental health.
My guest for episode 22 is Fiona Gibbs, a violinist, researcher, lecturer and founder of Orchestra Vitae. This is the last of my chats recorded face-to-face back in March and we talked about setting up your own ensemble so that you get to play Brahms, how the death of a loved one can affect the way you go to concerts leading Fiona to come up with her initiative “Concert Chums”. We also talk about our favourite bits of repertoire, as well as choosing what news to engage with, being cynical and what we can learn from Barry Manilow.
Don’t miss this week’s Music College Didn’t Prepare Me segment illustrating a musician working from home in a new job due to Coronavirus.
Mentioned in this episode:
Facebook: @OrchestraVitae
Instagram: @orchestravitae
Twitter: @OrchestraVitae
Website: http://www.orchestravitae.co.uk/
Fiona’s website: https://www.musicpeopleplaces.com/
Episode 35: Egīls Šēfers "This is part of who we are"
Episode 34: Jen Lang "Joining the dots"
Episode 33: Sarah Watkins "Keep those connections happening"
Episode 32: Violeta Vicci "It's our duty to transport people to a different world"
Episode 31: Daniel Rainey "The most important skills you'll probably ever have"
Episode 30: Lucia D'Avanzo-Lewis "Start to be aware of what you're throwing away"
Episode 29: Peter Brathwaite "You can't build your life around just practising"
Episode 28: Xuefei Yang "'Pioneer' sounds really fancy"
Episode 27: Justine Cormack "There's just so much wisdom that our bodies have"
Episode 26: Fred and Lily Scott "The gig goes on"
Episode 25: Nadine Benjamin "We tell stories"
Episode 24: Jennifer Pike "It's a long road"
Episode 23: Leon Bosch "I could either give up, or I could fight"
Episode 21: Jessica Cottis "Always music first"
Episode 20: Jessie Grimes "There's no ceiling in what you can do"
Episode 19: Robert and Verity Simmons (Estilo String Quartet) "Sh*t Christmas on the forest floor"
Episode 18: Rocío Bolaños "Open your mind, maybe?"
Episode 17: Amalia Hall "Music improves life quality"
Episode 16: John-Paul Muir "Finding strength, trust and faith in something that anchors you"
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