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Tuesday, the 3rd of March 2026 #orchestra #tuba #doublebass #LondonMedicalOrchestra #OliverTill  Look who’s on the next desk at the rehearsal of Poulenc Stabat Mater – Alastair Hume! We both sang in King’s College Choir, although not quite at the same time. We’ll both be playing in the London Medical Orchestra concert at the end of the month, also featuring Lili Boulanger’s joyful D’Un Matin De Printemps. Al was a founding member of the King’s Singers before becoming a profes

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