2010 - looking back

The second half of 2010 ended up being rather overshadowed by the IPS submission and the following Viva - that is the process of upgrade in the DMus program at the RCM. I spent much of the early summer revising and submitted in mid July. I then had to wait til mid October for the Viva. Finally by the end of October I had word that I had passed and by mid-November all formalities were in place. I did not have a chance to have any tutorials in the fall-term. On the other hand I now have them saved for 2011!

But of course there were other things going on. Most importantly Due Corde went on tour to Denmark. In one week we presented 4 concerts on Bornholm to fantastic audiences in very different venues: Ny kirke, Ibs kirke, Sct. Nikolai kirke Rønne and Østermarie kirke. I do hope we get at chance to return in the future. We also had time to relax both in Copenhagen and on Bornholm.

In November Due Corde performed in the Old Royal Naval College Chapel as part of the Greenwich Early Music Festival and Exhibition. It was good to be back performing in this fantastic venue. We had quite a susbstancial audience and a fun program to present to them. The recital was recorded professionally - hopefully I will be able to listen to the results soon. I had a chance to walk around the exhibition after the concert and chat to friends I had not seen for a very long time.