How to practise: a thread of practice tips I wish I’d worked out when I was younger 🧵 Being kind and patient with yourself is way WAY more effective and generates much more actual progress than beating yourself up. If you have no idea where to start with this, imagine how you might encourage a gifted but not very confident child

Line of Duty characters as orchestral musicians: a thread 🧵 Kate Fleming: French horn. Dependable. Fearless. Mad transposition skillz. Good company in the pub.

Having a great relationship with your luthier is so SO important, so here’s a story about Mark @ProArteLondon who looks after my bows 🧵 I am hugely clumsy. A few weeks ago I managed to hit my beloved Hill bow on the kitchen counter and was horrified to discover a tiny, TINY chip of wood had come out of the tip. I found it on the floor. It was literally a fraction of a millimetre wide.