by Malcolm Pullan | Nov 8, 2011 | Performing Music
I wonder if you have a hero? If so, I wonder what sort of hero this person is. Maybe he or she plays sports. Maybe he or she is in a book. Or maybe he or she is on TV. I have a hero. He appears on TV. I want to tell you a little bit about him. His name is Gareth...
by Malcolm Pullan | Jul 6, 2010 | Live Music, Performing Music
England’s not a very happy place at the moment. Not only have they been knocked out of the World Cup football, but Andrew Murray didn’t get to the finals at Wimbledon either. Isn’t that sad? All that expectation. All that excitement. And all that time and...
by Malcolm Pullan | Mar 9, 2010 | Performing Music
I listened to an interesting radio programme yesterday. It was all about music. It said many of the things I have been writing about on this website. For instance, the programme told listeners that no society has ever been found that does not have music! This means...
by Malcolm Pullan | Jan 18, 2010 | Beethoven, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Live Music, Performing Music, The Classical Period, The Great Composers
Hello again. Last week I played Mozart at assembly because the school was thinking about ‘special people’. In fact, the school is thinking about ‘special people’ for all of January. So I chose another very special composer—Beethoven. I...
by Malcolm Pullan | Jan 11, 2010 | Classical Composers, Classical Music, Live Music, Mozart, Performing Music, The Classical Period, The Great Composers
Here is my first real news item! I have just been to the first school assembly of the year. So Happy New Year everybody! This morning the school had a theme of ‘Special People’ for their assembly. So I chose music from perhaps the most special composer of...
