LOWRI BLAKE

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Sheet Music Review

Lowri wrote several major pieces for the magazine Sheet Music Review in 2006 and 2007, reviewing editions of sheet music for cello and chamber music.

September/October 2006
New cello editions: music by Chopin, Schumann and Kapustin
New chamber music editions: Haydn quartets, Mendelssohn and Kember

November/December 2006
New chamber music editions: Stephen Pratt, Romberg and others

March/April 2007
New chamber music editions: Mozart quintets, Detlev Glanert

May/June 2007
Bach cello suites: A comparative review of the different editions.  This article was featured on the magazine cover.
New cello editions: music by C.P.E. Bach, Chopin and Butterworth

ESTA Journal

Lowri has been a regular contributor to News & Views, the journal of the European String Teachers' Association. 

Day in the Life   Cellist, singer, teacher and broadcaster Lowri Blake recounts a recent day at home in southwest France.  Summer 2009.

Fairness and Objectivity in Practical Examining  The text of a talk given by Lowri at the Royal College of Music Professors' Conference in March 2002.  Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3

Taking Responsibility for One's Own Learning  The text of a talk given by Lowri to delegates at the ESTA International Conference in October 2002.  Page 1 | Page 2

Thought Stops - where Thinking Starts  Lowri reflects on her four years of study with cellist Christopher Bunting.

Christopher Bunting 1924-2005  The ESTA obituary quotes from Lowri's appreciation of Christopher, published in The Guardian

The Guardian

Lowri contributed a personal appreciation of Christopher Bunting to the obituary in The Guardian

BBC Music Magazine

As a companion piece to her CD Review broadcast on Radio 3, Lowri wrote about the best recordings of the Shostakovich cello sonata for BBC Music Magazine in May 2007

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