Lovely to read how you developed your craft after graduating, though my husband (an Aber music graduate) always said you were way ahead of anyone in the music department when you were MD for the Gingerbread Man at the end of our second year at Aber. And what a happy summer that was for us all.
And fab to read how Emily Davies influenced you. She never forgave me for stage managing the Gingerbread Man that summer season instead of being available to stage manage Blodeuwedd being filmed for Welsh language TV. If she had only got in first with news of that project (produced by John Hefin!) my entire subsequent career history could well have been very different.
Ahhh, Menna - we none of us could tell the future then, could we? I always believed the quote I first heard from Albert Finney -"If it goes by you, it ain't for you!" You could have done both those jobs brilliantly, but the one you did is you. I remember you so well then, how gentle and funny you were, and how energising it was to be in a group of like-minded people with the same goals in mind. Please thank your husband for his kind words - of course the star of the music dept at the time was Aneurin Hughes - and what a career swerve that man took!!
I just passed your thanks to Keith. We both sang in the Elizabethan Madrigal Singers with Aneurin at one point. Yes, a fantastical career swerve indeed!
And thank you for your own kind words about me. You are so right, it was terrifically energising to be part of that summer season group.
What a great quote from Albert Finney! It all certainly worked out for me in the end. I never envisaged a career that included being Deputy and Acting Head of BBC World Service’s Vietnamese section!
Great stuff Neil. You really put some work into it, didn't you? Andthat committment has paid off in many ways- Lyn and I are regularly delighted to hear you giving expert opinion on various BBC Radio 4 progs with not an "um" or "er" in sight (or should that be "in sound"?), unlike many guests or even presenters.
I inherited a Korg M10 monophonic synth back in the eighties (our Sam has it now and its still going strong) and loved sculpting sound with it, though you wouldn't call my results musical! I recently treated myself to a Korg Minilogue XD with a built in sequnecer- oh what fun!
I think tracking the tech developments was one of the most exciting parts of the journey, Chris! My first Mono synth was obsolete within a couple of years, and I remember the first Poly synth where I could play four notes at once gave me a string quartet under my hands! Think I need to write about this!! Thanks for your lovely words and big hug to you and Lynn!!
Lovely to read how you developed your craft after graduating, though my husband (an Aber music graduate) always said you were way ahead of anyone in the music department when you were MD for the Gingerbread Man at the end of our second year at Aber. And what a happy summer that was for us all.
And fab to read how Emily Davies influenced you. She never forgave me for stage managing the Gingerbread Man that summer season instead of being available to stage manage Blodeuwedd being filmed for Welsh language TV. If she had only got in first with news of that project (produced by John Hefin!) my entire subsequent career history could well have been very different.
Ahhh, Menna - we none of us could tell the future then, could we? I always believed the quote I first heard from Albert Finney -"If it goes by you, it ain't for you!" You could have done both those jobs brilliantly, but the one you did is you. I remember you so well then, how gentle and funny you were, and how energising it was to be in a group of like-minded people with the same goals in mind. Please thank your husband for his kind words - of course the star of the music dept at the time was Aneurin Hughes - and what a career swerve that man took!!
I just passed your thanks to Keith. We both sang in the Elizabethan Madrigal Singers with Aneurin at one point. Yes, a fantastical career swerve indeed!
And thank you for your own kind words about me. You are so right, it was terrifically energising to be part of that summer season group.
What a great quote from Albert Finney! It all certainly worked out for me in the end. I never envisaged a career that included being Deputy and Acting Head of BBC World Service’s Vietnamese section!
Great stuff Neil. You really put some work into it, didn't you? Andthat committment has paid off in many ways- Lyn and I are regularly delighted to hear you giving expert opinion on various BBC Radio 4 progs with not an "um" or "er" in sight (or should that be "in sound"?), unlike many guests or even presenters.
I inherited a Korg M10 monophonic synth back in the eighties (our Sam has it now and its still going strong) and loved sculpting sound with it, though you wouldn't call my results musical! I recently treated myself to a Korg Minilogue XD with a built in sequnecer- oh what fun!
I think tracking the tech developments was one of the most exciting parts of the journey, Chris! My first Mono synth was obsolete within a couple of years, and I remember the first Poly synth where I could play four notes at once gave me a string quartet under my hands! Think I need to write about this!! Thanks for your lovely words and big hug to you and Lynn!!