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Baltic Reflections
I enjoy writing about trips/journeys/adventures I’ve been on, so was wondering how to reflect on a recent trip to the Baltics, cramming...

fhodkin
Nov 11, 20243 min read
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Aquiferous Days
London. December. I've come to the capital to visit friends and have what will be probably one of the last mini adventures of my rogue...

fhodkin
Dec 6, 20232 min read
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Folk Session pour le fin du temps
In summer 2016, I volunteered for a month in the Fijian rainforest, working with a charity on a sports and youth development programme...

fhodkin
Aug 13, 20234 min read
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Apposite sounds
Sometimes it’s fun or satisfying to put music on that matches the the activity you’re doing or the place where you are. There is a risk...

fhodkin
Jul 17, 20233 min read
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RPS Young Classical Writers Prize 2023 submission
Music as Phenomenology Music, and musicking as Christopher Small coined for engaging in various musical activities such as performing,...

fhodkin
Jul 11, 20232 min read
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Tales from a Slow Way 2023 submission
Slow Ways is a nationwide project to create a network of walking routes between settlements, encouraging people to travel on foot more...

fhodkin
Feb 22, 20233 min read
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Music as Panacea
For most people, the convergence of dementia and music may only appear when the occasional video goes viral online of somebody's...

fhodkin
Jun 26, 20223 min read
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RPS Young Classical Writers Prize 2022 submission
(Brief: Write 500 words about classical music. Feedback: 'Well structured, strong narrative journey') Turangalîla-Symphonie: Formative...

fhodkin
Jun 23, 20222 min read
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Reading notes
We’re taught as children that it’s wrong to write or draw in books, aside from colouring/activity books or filling in that little ‘this...

fhodkin
Mar 3, 20223 min read
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Tempo Rubato
Time could be said to be what defines music: it is the 4th dimension that separates it from other forms of art. Prompted by another...

fhodkin
Feb 13, 20222 min read
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Andante
A walk is like a piece of music. Going for a walk can be variously like playing, composing, improvising (although what's the difference...

fhodkin
Feb 2, 20223 min read
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Nos gwynn
The phrase 'nuit blanche', translated (probably incorrectly) into Cornish above due to that being the language of the region in which I...

fhodkin
Jan 13, 20223 min read
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Finding my musical terroir
Like many graduates (I don’t have the exact figures to hand, but I assume especially those of arts subjects), my current occupation just...

fhodkin
Sep 20, 20213 min read
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On writing music
The following paragraph (in italics) is a very brief extract from the 'Seminar participation/reflection' document that I was required to...

fhodkin
Jul 14, 20212 min read
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RPS Young Classical Writers Prize 2021 submission
(Brief: Write a short article of up to 600 words about a piece of classical music that you love). Cantus Arcticus: Concerto for Birds and...

fhodkin
May 7, 20213 min read
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Thin Places
I believe that the term ‘thin places’, referring to where the gap between the human and spiritual worlds narrows, can also be applied to...

fhodkin
May 6, 20214 min read
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