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Opinion: Criticism in teaching

2024-02-19T08:05:00+00:00

Cellist and teacher Naomi Yandell explores the fine line between nagging and getting a point across by reminder and reinforcement, and suggests that a less verbal approach can often yield good results

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Opinion: How improvisation can help with perfectionism

2023-11-27T09:38:00+00:00

Having discovered a love of improvisation during the pandemic, cellist Simone Seales believes that the practice can free classically trained musicians from a typically unhealthy fear of imperfection

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