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Wednesday, the 21 st of January 2026  #dementia #dementiaresearch #dementiadiagnosis #RaceAgainstDementia #AlzheimersUK #RareDementiaSupport #tuba   Today, I walked 3km for the Race Against Dementia. Even carrying a heavy tuba on my back and getting soaked in the rain, that is as nothing compared to the challenge of finding treatment for dementia or even accurate, early diagnosis. I was on my way to a session with London Repertoire Orchestra to play Elgar’s In The South, hen

Wednesday, the 26 th of November 2025, very early morning  #Tide #SeaSymphony #SciathlúireachMhuire  I just woke up with a map of the final section of the 4th movement. I reached for my miniature pad of manuscript paper but it was not there. I had to get out of bed to get my notebook. It now has a structure for the model transposition of the cantus firmus, an augmented version of the ancient Irish melody which opens the movement and the figuration to turn it into a grand fi