There are five sections in the website:
I. Teaching and Performing
II. C.V. and extras on Performance Career and Teaching Career
III. Thoughts About Music, Cello Playing and Teaching Now
IV. Repertoire
V. Articles, Links and Recommendations for Books, CDs and Websites
I. Teaching and Performing
A practical outline of my teaching and playing right now. This is the section to start with if you are thinking about having lessons or attending workshops.
1. Who do I teach?
2. Lesson content and approach
Bringing music to life
Music
Physiology of Playing
Mind Aspects
Technique
Practising, including 'no-practice practising'
Musicianship
Performance
Contemporary Music and Extended techniques
Period instruments and bows
Improvisation
3. Practical information about lessons
Individual lessons
Group sessions
Fees
Venue
4. Workshops and Lecture Demonstrations
Participator or audience?
Workshops
Lecture demonstrations
Fees
Venue
Session Titles
II. C.V.
An outline chronological version and three other sections that expand my formal CV in a more personal way.
1. Formal C.V.
A comprehensive list of commissions, concerts, teaching, posts held, events, training, during my musical career - in chronological order from the present back to beginnings.
2. Performance career - some personal reflections.
Stylish Beginnings
Contemporary Music
Historically informed playing on period instruments - 18th to early 20th centuries
3. Teaching career - some personal reflections.
Introduction
UCNW, Bangor 1970-1975
Norwich 1975-1987
London 1987-present
4. Early years and influences
III. Thoughts About Music, Cello Playing and Teaching Now
This section gives more detail about my current approach, thoughts and enthusiasms about music, cello performance and teaching.
Music
Music In Our Time - the Jewel In the Crown
Secure Foundations
A Craft for Playing all Music
Play and Teach, Teach and Play
Who to Teach?
Beginner's Viewpoint
"I wish I had time to practise!"
IV. Repertoire
Introduction to my repertoire
Cello, piano/synth and electronics
Early Cello Sonatas
Cello and piano
Cello and electronics
Solo cello
Further resources for your own repertoire
V. Articles, Links and Recommendations for Books, CDs and Websites
In addition to my own extended writing, this section has notes about performances, music and books that have interested me recently. There are also links to what I consider to be genuinely reliable and illuminating websites about cello performance, musical style and technique.