Tag Archives: Young Virtuosi

My Favourite Things . . .

Posted on August 21, 2012 by

I simply remember my favourite things and then I don’t feel so bad.   -Rogers and Hammerstein, Sound of Music It’s been a good summer, a hectic but good summer.  While we didn’t travel far, we certainly got around.  A … Continue reading →

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My Daughter, the 13-year-old poet . . .

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.  ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Watching the Olympics from the other side of 60 years old I can’t help but be impressed by the commitment and talent … Continue reading →

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Classical Music and Never Let an Engineer Write a User’s Manual

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

If you are a parent (and even if not) you have probably experienced trying to assemble a child’s toy or a BBQ or a piece of furniture from IKEA using the supplied reference manual.  Take bolt “B” and insert into … Continue reading →

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Presentation Matters . . .

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

The entertainment is in the presentation.  ~John McTiernan This morning we interviewed several string quartets for our upcoming Young Virtuosi music festival in July in the south of France. We held the auditions at the Royal College of  Music in London … Continue reading →

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An example of “leadership perspective” . . .

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

In my last posting I started a discussion on Total Quality and how it is time to expand the focus of quality onto Total Quality Leadership, or as a reply from a reader termed it: TQM 2.0 (I like that!). … Continue reading →

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Celebrating talent and hard work . . .

Posted on July 19, 2011 by

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.   -Aldous Huxley This week we are in the south of France where we are sponsoring a classical music festival.  For the past four years we have organized classical … Continue reading →

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