by William Kunhardt, Principal Conductor | May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
In Japan, the Buddhist monks tell of a mythical vision. A flash of enlightenment that can befall any man, woman or child. Kensho. For a split second, our true nature is laid bare. The unending stream of energy which knows only the eternal now, the stream of which we...
by William Kunhardt, Principal Conductor | May 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
Deep in the deserts of Namibia, the San Bushmen guard a virtually untouched, millennia-old culture. Learning music lies at the heart of that culture. But not ‘learning music’ as you and I know it. There’s no mention of wrong tempo, or better interpretation or...
by William Kunhardt, Principal Conductor | Apr 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last week I saw the results of a 100-year-long Study of Happiness by Harvard University. What did the 36,475 days of data reveal? Just one, measly statistically significant correlation I’m afraid. I also watched a documentary that visited a small slum in Mumbai. A...
by William Kunhardt, Principal Conductor | Apr 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
Jonah Berger was a puzzled man. He had spent nearly a decade studying what made people share information. He had proved scientifically exactly what made things ‘go viral’. They were always useful, visually prominent, made us laugh, cry or get angry, helped us look...
by William Kunhardt, Principal Conductor | Mar 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Today is a little riff on my usual theme. Nathan Milstein was one of the great musicians of the 20th Century. He was a violinist with a golden sound. One who never turned to power when elegance would solve the problem. He was a performer with a near-spiritual...
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