tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829453287508418737.post8280277363148149229..comments2023-05-08T16:21:57.297+01:00Comments on Girl in the Moon: #cpd23 Thing 15: attending, presenting at, at organising eventsKatie Birkwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16430148493526943528noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829453287508418737.post-8511855425753923002011-11-27T10:38:53.479+00:002011-11-27T10:38:53.479+00:00Tom, that's a good point. Sadly, I don't s...Tom, that's a good point. Sadly, I don't seem to be much cop at ignoring the audience when playing, certainly not orchestrally. Especially not in last night's concert: woman looking at her watch in the front row, I saw you!Katie Birkwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16430148493526943528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829453287508418737.post-47532274602460621582011-11-22T22:08:16.373+00:002011-11-22T22:08:16.373+00:00Interesting: hadn't thought before about the l...Interesting: hadn't thought before about the link between musical performance and speaking to a professional audience. <br />I used to play the clarinet; I think the difference is that, in a musical performance, one is so absorbed in communicating through the music, and the emotional and technical detail of one's reading of the piece, that the audience don't intrude; the performer engages with them through the music, and nothing else. It would be only at the end of a piece that I'd remember that they were there, whereas when speaking they are a constant presence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com