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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 7h

Yesterday 7 Star Arts hosted another splendid evening at historic Ham House Stables for a special Celebration! concert with pianists Viv McLean & Tyler Hay and actress Susan Porrett.

Find out more about 7 Star Arts here
7stararts.com
#soundon #livemusic

Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 2d

Post you from a different era

Me as a second-year Medieval Studies student at ‘Sloane Ranger University’ (AKA Exeter) c1986. Note the then-trendy Nordic jumper…

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 2d

‘I don’t believe artists and promoters should dilute the concert experience. People seek music to lift them out of routine’

Meet the Artist - pianist Matthew Schellhorn meettheartist.online/2025/10/13/m...

Matthew Schellhorn, pianist

‘I don’t believe artists and promoters should dilute the concert experience. People seek music to lift them out of routine’

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 6d

A generous and warm testimonial from pianist Aïda Lahlou.

It was a pleasure to assist in the promotion of Mirrors & Echoes, an impressive debut album, thoughtfully conceived and beautifully presented.
open.spotify.com/artist/1MrFj...
#publicity #musicpr #newrelease #pianomusic

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 6d

Free Taster Webinar: Befriending Performance Anxiety - managing negative thoughts with Xenia Pestova Bennett

Thursday 30 October, 6pm GMT

Find out more/register here xeniapestovabennett.com/wellbeing/pe...

Performance Anxiety - Xenia Pestova Bennett

Befriending Performance Anxiety: Practical Tips for Musicians. Build confidence to perform for others & find self-expression in music-making.

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 7d

Autumn sunsets over Chesil beach

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 7d

Such a joy to see so many posts for the Royal School of Church Music’s International Chorister Day on Sunday. Head over to Instagram for many more images, videos, comments and chorister stories www.instagram.com/rscmcentre?i...

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 7d

It's a dream I always have.

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 7d

Celebration! Pianist Viv McLean and friends at historic Ham House Stables, Tuesday 14 October. In support of ENO Benevolent Fund
#concerts #livemusic
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/ric...

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Composers Edition @composersed.bsky.social · 9d

London Oriana Choir premiered Ailsa Dixon’s ‘These things shall be’ 30 years after it was written, enabling the composer to hear it for the first time just 5 weeks before she died.

Watch the video of the premiere here:
whatsnew.composersedition.com/these-things...
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'These things shall be' - the anthem which launched the revival of Ailsa Dixon's music - What's New

Josie Dixon, daughter of Ailsa Dixon, writes a guest article about the publication of her mother’s choral work ‘These things shall be’, the premiere of which led to the revival of her music.

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 9d

‘It’s not the mountain we conquer but ourselves’

This quote by the renowned mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary speaks to the internal journey one embarks on when pursuing a challenging goal. crosseyedpianist.com/2025/10/06/c...

#music #personalgoals #selfbelief

Conquering Self-Doubt in Music: A Journey Within

It’s not the mountain we conquer but ourselves This quote by the renowned mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary speaks to the internal journey one embarks on when pursuing a challenging goal. Hillary used…

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 9d

'I see success as a state of transcendence — the moments when music becomes a bridge between souls, where the boundaries between performer, audience and piano dissolve… It is not measured by accolades…'

Meet the Artist - Anna Geniushene, pianist
meettheartist.online/2025/10/06/a...
#interview

Anna Geniushene, pianist

‘I see success as a state of transcendence — the moments when music becomes a bridge between souls, where the boundaries between performer, audience and piano dissolve…’

meettheartist.online

Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 11d

“Every bid for a new audience sends a message to the old one.”
@thoroughlygood.bsky.social
blog.thoroughlygood.me/2025/10/04/s...

Southbank Centre’s risky bid to sound unstuffy

Every bid for a new audience sends a message to the old one. The art is making sure it’s not a goodbye.

blog.thoroughlygood.me

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 13d

Lord of all he surveys

Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 13d

‘Pianists Can Shape Piano Timbre Through Touch’ - Neuroscience News

Pianists have always known this….. 😁

neurosciencenews.com/piano-touch-...

Pianists Can Shape Piano Timbre Through Touch - Neuroscience News

A new study has scientifically confirmed that pianists can change piano timbre mid-performance through touch alone.

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 14d

Review of Martin Neary’s memoir (published in August by the RSCM) martinwhite.substack.com/p/martin-nea...

Martin Neary 1940-2025 - an autobiography

(Preamble – I received a review copy of Dr.

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 14d

‘Achieving freedom of expression, finding your own voice and letting go of the worries of being accepted or appreciated by others.’

meettheartist.online/2025/10/01/i...

Ingrid Fliter, pianist

‘Achieving freedom of expression, finding your own voice and letting go of the worries of being accepted or appreciated by others.’

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 14d

Sunday 5 October is the Royal School of Church Music's #InternationalChoristerDay - a day to celebrate the amazing opportunities that being a #chorister provides, at all levels from our great cathedrals to small parish churches.

Find out more here www.rscm.org.uk/whats-on/int...

Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 14d

'Airs of the Seasons', a sonata for piano duet by Ailsa Dixon. Score now available from @composersed.bsky.social crosseyedpianist.com/2025/10/01/a...

‘Airs of the Seasons’, a sonata for piano duet by Ailsa Dixon

Ailsa Dixon’s sonata for piano duet Airs of the Seasons, is the latest work to be published by Composers Edition, in a new edition by pianist Waka Hasegawa. This is part of an ongoing project…

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 14d

www.britishmusicsociety.co.uk/2025/09/appr...

Appreciation of classical music hits six year peak - British Music Society

The proportion of UK adults who enjoy exploring classical music at home has hit a six-year peak, according to new figures from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra...

www.britishmusicsociety.co.uk

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 16d

‘I would encourage you to take the opportunity to get to know Ailsa Dixon’s music. I found it a rewarding experience.’

British Music Society #review of The Spurit of Live - Chamber Music by Ailsa Dixon www.britishmusicsociety.co.uk/2025/09/the-...

THE SPIRIT OF LOVE: Chamber Music by Ailsa Dixon - British Music Society

The story of Ailsa Dixon is, sadly, not an unusual one. A composer of great promise, who happened to be a woman, had to be content with a scant number of performances during her most fertile period of...

www.britishmusicsociety.co.uk

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 18d

“this is the real story of Aïda Lahlou — a pianist who just released her debut album “Mirrors and Echoes” and is rethinking how we listen to classical music” indieboulevard.com/2025/09/27/a...

Aïda Lahlou’s “Mirrors and Echoes” Pairs Brahms With 14th-Century Andalusian Songs: “On the Surface They Look Like They Couldn’t Be More Remote, But They Share the Same Fundamental Feeling”

Can you imagine a girl from Casablanca sitting down at a piano at age five, and fifteen years later already soloing with the Royal Symphony Orchestra? Sounds like a Netflix screenplay, but this is …

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 18d

“This entertaining and heart-warming memoir covers seven decades of one of church music’s most notable figures.”

www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

Book review: “Not Half Bad”: A lifetime of musical development and other stories by Harry Bramma

Harry Bramma has led a fulfilling life of service, says Jonathan Arnold

www.churchtimes.co.uk

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Joanna Wyld @joannawyld.bsky.social · 18d

Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the railway by travelling via Euston

Hieronymus Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights. Depiction of utter chaos, a hellish mass of bodies careering into each other

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 18d

'I feel to be a rounded musician, I need to constantly be part performer, part composer and part audience'...

Meet the Artist interview with Pete Letanka

meettheartist.online/2025/09/27/p...

#meettheartist #interview #musician #jazzpianist #musicianlife

Pete Letanka, jazz pianist

‘I feel to be a rounded musician, I need to constantly be part performer, part composer and part audience’

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