GOOD EVENING! And welcome to… THE GIG REVIEW! This is a brand new, freshly-baked feature in the Michael A. Grant Blogging Universe, in which I will be taking a wry look at the preceding month’s performances, sharing some of my sublime and ridiculous adventures, and – who knows? – maybe even learning some life lessons …
This week, I have been mostly practising… The teeny tiny squeaky squawky Eb clarionet! Why have I been doing that, you may wonder? Why put myself and my local community through such torment? Surely any instrument that requires earplugs merely to practise should not be permitted at all in civilised society! Well I’ll tell you …
Alright, before we go any further let me address the elephant in the room. You may have noticed that this blog is looking a little different from usual. Well that’s because, in a frankly thrilling burst of proactivity, I have finally got round to migrating the whole thing from Blogger to WordPress, meaning that it is …
I’m delighted to be making my debut performance with the fantastic Stockport Symphony Orchestra this Saturday (28th) at 7:30 pm in Stockport Town Hall. I’ve been drafted in to play the teeny tiny Eb clarionet for one of the more large-scale works in the symphonic repertoire – come along and watch! But what is the …
