Episode 97 - Tradition

About this episode

In this episode, David discusses his return to learning scales, societal changes in music education, and his experience at a recent Sydney Symphony Orchestra concert.

G'day, everyone! Welcome to show number ninety-seven. In this week's show, I discuss getting back to learning scales, the changing way society approaches learning music, and last week's pretty special Sydney Symphony Orchestra concert. Progress Update I had my piano and voice lessons on Monday. Finding time to practice the piano has been a bit of a challenge lately, so progress is slow, but the singing is coming along nicely! I can now reach some notes that were previously out of my range. Ou...

People in this episode

Host: David Reidy

Topics covered

• music education
• piano practice
• scales
• Sydney Symphony Orchestra
• vocal training

Keywords

• piano
• music learning
• scales
• Sydney Symphony Orchestra
• vocal lessons
• practice challenges
• music education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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