The Power of Trust

Today, I’m sharing a TED Talks video featuring British conductor Charles Hazlewood along with a performance by the Scottish Ensemble (a professional string orchestra based in Glasgow). I must say, I do love these TED talks videos because they’re inspirational, reach out to the masses and show that classical music, as with any form of …

The Role of the Conductor

  In my last article on ‘What makes an orchestra’ I wrote about the first and second violins and how the first violins play the melody and the second violins a no less proficient supporting role to the first violins. I also mentioned hierarchies amongst each family of instruments that make up an orchestra and …