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		<title>Piano exam</title>
		<link>http://jaywilsonmusic.com/2012/05/19/piano-exam-21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 16:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My piano exam was yesterday and I think it went pretty well. Two of my students were doing their Grade 4 exams right before me, so that was a bit of a distraction from my own nerves. There were a &#8230; <a href="http://jaywilsonmusic.com/2012/05/19/piano-exam-21/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaywilsonmusic.com&#038;blog=3303726&#038;post=1192&#038;subd=jaywilsonmusic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oh WOW! (James Rhodes)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 21:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>String Quartet arrangement for wedding</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 17:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Soma Quintet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 07:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Evernote: Soma Quintet On Sunday, a freezing cold, rainy night in Dublin, when 5000 brave souls were taking part in a nighttime 10km run through the city, I went into the United Arts Club (a members club on Fitzwilliam &#8230; <a href="http://jaywilsonmusic.com/2012/05/01/soma-quintet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaywilsonmusic.com&#038;blog=3303726&#038;post=1121&#038;subd=jaywilsonmusic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First solo gig in a long time (and a bit about playing Bach on piano)</title>
		<link>http://jaywilsonmusic.com/2012/04/15/first-solo-gig-in-a-long-time-and-a-bit-about-playing-bach-on-piano/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emma O&#8217;Reilly asked me to play at a songwriter evening she curated the other night in The Mercantile bar. It&#8217;s a long while since I played my own stuff, so I jumped at the chance. I took out the guitar &#8230; <a href="http://jaywilsonmusic.com/2012/04/15/first-solo-gig-in-a-long-time-and-a-bit-about-playing-bach-on-piano/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaywilsonmusic.com&#038;blog=3303726&#038;post=1117&#038;subd=jaywilsonmusic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Piano practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Practice continues for the Grade 8 exam. The three pieces I have to perform are coming along: Bach&#8217;s Fugue in Bb from the first book of &#8216;The 48&#8242;, Schubert&#8217;s Scherzo in Bb, and Shostakovich&#8217;s Prelude in D (from the Op. &#8230; <a href="http://jaywilsonmusic.com/2012/04/06/piano-practice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaywilsonmusic.com&#038;blog=3303726&#038;post=1071&#038;subd=jaywilsonmusic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grade 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I have set myself a new goal — to do the Grade 8 piano exam in May. Grade 8 is traditionally the highest level of performance attainment. (It actually just occurred to me that this is probably because there &#8230; <a href="http://jaywilsonmusic.com/2012/02/17/grade-8/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaywilsonmusic.com&#038;blog=3303726&#038;post=1031&#038;subd=jaywilsonmusic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Superbos!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night was the performance of Bach&#8217;s Magnificat and it was such fun. We met at the concert hall at 4.15 and went through the programme with the organist and the orchestra. We stood on the stage (five rows, I &#8230; <a href="http://jaywilsonmusic.com/2011/12/06/superbos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaywilsonmusic.com&#038;blog=3303726&#038;post=1019&#038;subd=jaywilsonmusic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Notes tremendous thundered out</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is St Cecilia&#8217;s Day, the patron saint of music. It&#8217;s also the day Benjamin Britten was born. One of his compositions, the &#8216;Ode To Saint Cecilia&#8217; (from whence comes the title of this blog post), is a setting for &#8230; <a href="http://jaywilsonmusic.com/2011/11/22/notes-tremendous-thundered-out/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaywilsonmusic.com&#038;blog=3303726&#038;post=1017&#038;subd=jaywilsonmusic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting times? Ides, say!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blog &#8211; 1nov11 I&#8217;m writing this on the DART on my way into meet Jen—we&#8217;re going to see &#8216;The Ides Of March&#8217;, the trailer for which appealed to our post-&#8217;West Wing&#8217; longings.  It&#8217;s mid-term break and the schools are off, &#8230; <a href="http://jaywilsonmusic.com/2011/11/01/interesting-times-ides-say/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaywilsonmusic.com&#038;blog=3303726&#038;post=1011&#038;subd=jaywilsonmusic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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