Callum Rookes
The Race to the Top is Often the Race to the Bottom
When the thing you love brings about mental illness.
CALLUM ROOKES
"You gotta play like it's the last thing you'll ever do"
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Callum Rookes
- Feb 3, 2020
- 4 min
Finding the Right Teacher
When I was fifteen, my mum and dad kindly let me have piano lessons. We hired a teacher. She was called Liz. She was nice. She was flexible.
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Callum Rookes
- Aug 22, 2019
- 5 min
The Art of Practice
We all know that we need to practice if we want to get good at something. Seems simple enough, right? But in reality, how many of you...
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Callum Rookes
- Jul 21, 2019
- 7 min
Get a Grip of Your Intonation and Tuning: A Self Help Guide
So, your Musical Director has been nagging you, lambasting you even, with comments like “listen to your tuning”, “sort your tuning out”,...
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Callum Rookes
- Jun 24, 2019
- 3 min
The Conductor’s Code: Deciphering an Enigma!
For the majority of you, I suspect you don’t even notice the conductor stood in front of you flapping away! But for the few of you who...
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Callum Rookes
- Jun 24, 2019
- 4 min
The Conductor. Umm, what actually do they do?!
Conductors are so important, aren’t they? Aren’t they?! They can enthuse, and inspire; create, and craft; build and entertain. Or they...
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Callum Rookes
- Jun 24, 2019
- 4 min
The Importance of Breathing
If your belly ain't moving, you ain't breathing!
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