Author Archives: Mary

A great article about universal singing. Singing is for everyone! https://theconversation.com/stop-obsessing-over-talent-everyone-can-sing-74047

Once in a SAT retreat, Claudio Naranjo said that music had been for him a kind of mirror, especially in his childhood. It mirrored back to him a range of emotions and sensitivities that he rarely saw reflected in everyday life. This rang bells for me. In all my years of musical life, it hadContinue reading “Mirror”

I was deeply moved by Werner Herzog’s documentary, “Cave of Forgotten Dreams”, about the Chauvet cave paintings in southern France. Far older than the famous paintings of Lascaux, they display passion, reverence, and delight in the beauty of the animals they represent. What is this drive to paint an image of the animals that shareContinue reading “The Bone Flute’”

It is ironic, that in an age of easily available recorded music, many people have lost touch with music as a living, breathing part of everyday life. Now we have whatever music we choose at the touch of a button – symphony orchestras, pop and rock stars in our own living room, strange and exoticContinue reading “The Democratisation of Music”

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