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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 23h

Autumn sunsets over Chesil beach

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 23h

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 · 1d

It's a dream I always have.

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 23h

Celebration! Pianist Viv McLean and friends at historic Ham House Stables, Tuesday 14 October. In support of ENO Benevolent Fund
#concerts #livemusic
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Composers Edition @composersed.bsky.social · 2d

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:
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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 · 2d

‘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 · 2d

'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
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#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…’

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 4d

“Every bid for a new audience sends a message to the old one.”
@thoroughlygood.bsky.social
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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.

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 7d

Lord of all he surveys

Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 7d

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

Pianists have always known this….. 😁

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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 · 7d

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 · 7d

‘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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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 · 7d

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 · 7d

'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 · 8d

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...

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 10d

‘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...

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 11d

“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 · 11d

“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 · 12d

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 · 11d

'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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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 12d

📣📣🎶Calling ALL Organists!

Get Hands on with Handel: Play your Part!
@RSCMCentre invites organists everywhere to join in a mass play-along of the Largo (Ombra mai fui) from Handel’ Xerxes at 2pm GMT on 22 November (St Cecilia’s Day).

Find out how you can #getinvolved www.rscm.org.uk/whats-on/dir...

The Director's Challenge 2025 | RSCM

25 Hours of Organ Playing | 21st–22nd November Hugh Morris, Director of the RSCM, will be playing the organ for a marathon 25 hours in 2025 to mark Play the Organ Year. This will be streamed on our ...

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 13d

‘I sit down in the morning and write notes’

meettheartist.online/2025/09/25/e...

Elena Langer, composer

‘I sit down in the morning and write notes’

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 14d

A lovely evening at London’s most stylish small venue, the convivial 1901 Arts Club, for a beautiful concert to celebrate the launch of Aïda Lahlou’s debut Album Mirrors & Echoes - a heady, evocative mix of music from several continents interspersed with Ravel’s Miroirs
Recommended 👍🏼👌🏼 🎶👏🏼

Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 15d

‘It’s not about numbers or noise. It’s about presence, attention, and the invisible shift that can happen in a room when music reaches someone.’

Meet the Artist Anastasiya Bazhenova pianist
#interview #musician

meettheartist.online/2025/09/23/a...

Anastasiya Bazhenova, pianist

‘For me, success means living a musical life on my own terms — with honesty, depth, and freedom. It’s not about numbers or noise. It’s about presence, attention, and the invisible shift that …

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Fran Wilson @crosseyedpianist.bsky.social · 15d

‘My main responsibility as a composer is to ensure my work can stand on its own, independent of my presence.’

Meet the Artist #interview with #composer Arsentiy Kharitonov

meettheartist.online/2025/09/22/a...

Arsentiy Kharitonov, composer & pianist

‘My main responsibility as a composer is to ensure my work can stand on its own, independent of my presence.’

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