Edward Mills

Category: Music

  • Reflections from the Ruddigorchestra

    Reflections from the Ruddigorchestra

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    Edward Mills
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    My audition for Ruddigore got off to a rather inauspicious start. Having left my own trumpet in Reading, and borrowed one from the instrument store, I swiftly discovered that the valve-oil that came with the rather battered trumpet I was using had something of a predilection for spending more time on my face and hands than…

  • Teaching, Part Two (and Gilbert & Sullivan)

    Teaching, Part Two (and Gilbert & Sullivan)

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    Edward Mills
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    It probably won’t come as a surprise to regular readers of this blog (all one of you – hello, mum …) that I’ve been keeping myself fairly busy over the past few weeks. In fact, I’m currently writing this during an orchestra rehearsal for Exeter University Gilbert and Sullivan Society’s production of Ruddigore – book your…