by Caroline Wallis-Newport | Aug 8, 2024 | Blog
England finally has some long-awaited summer sunshine as I write my latest blog! In April, I was invited to play for a wedding open day at beautiful Brympton House, a nearby venue. These events can be unpredictable: you perform for several hours in the hope that...
by Caroline Wallis-Newport | Mar 30, 2024 | Blog
I write during a rather chilly spell in the UK. It has been a rewarding term, not least giving piano lessons to children and adults of all ages and at different levels. Exam preparation is omnipresent in my world: this term I have been preparing pupils for Grades 1,...
by Caroline Wallis-Newport | Dec 17, 2023 | Blog
Most of the weddings that I am asked to play for usually take place during the warmer months but this year was unusual, with a flurry of activity in the latter part of the year – two in September, two in November and one in December. I had the privilege of...
by Caroline Wallis-Newport | Sep 3, 2023 | Blog
And so, yet another academic year has flown by…. I had never played a Fortepiano before but in April I was afforded the opportunity to play such an instrument at Forde Abbey, near Chard in Somerset, a former monastery dating from the 12th century. This...
by Caroline Wallis-Newport | Apr 7, 2023 | Blog
I can’t believe I am writing another blog so soon after the last one – this hectic term has flashed by but it has been filled with many lovely musical events. 2023 kicked off with a wedding at one of my favourite venues, the lovely medieval Brympton House...
