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Another week gone and we're nearly halfway through our first rehearsal period with the Merchant Sinfonia. As I don't have a triangle at home, I can't do any personal practice for my new role, but everyone else seems to be working hard. I also migrated back towards the Bass Drum this week and gave them all a wake up call/scared the living daylights out of them, depending on your point of view!! Well, what can I say? When a girls sees f written on her music, she's going to give it a bit of welly, isn't she?!

The wind section had a great time under the cheerful baton of ´óÏó´«Ã½ SSO Clarinettist, Barry Deacon. He hi-jacked them for an hour or so and with metronomic precision, got their 'off-beats' back on again, and their 'down-beats' back up. It's amazing what people can do with some gentle encouragement. I'm certainly hearing a difference.

And what else is going on in the land of ´óÏó´«Ã½ SSO Learning? Well it's a period for meetings, chatting to colleagues and learning new things. Us ´óÏó´«Ã½ Learning Managers have to keep up to date, not only with developments in music education, but also with broadcast and technological developments, which can be a bit tricky when it isn't your particular area of expertise! My last couple of days have been spent at ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland's fantastic Muliplatform Festival where I heard all about podcasts, vodcasts, mobiles, rights, commissioning, websites, vision, audio........the list goes on. Never a day goes by when I don't think we're on one of the steepest learning curves ever!

I think I need a lie down!

Jennifer Martin
Learning Manager ´óÏó´«Ã½ SSO

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