by Ruth Minton | Feb 1, 2021 | Academic, News
2021 is now well underway, and here we are on the 1st February. At the University of Liverpool January saw the end of Semester 1 and the assessment period for those modules. With Lockdown 3, all continues to be online — it is such a difficult time for everyone, and...
by Ruth Minton | Nov 26, 2020 | Academic, News
Happy Thanksgiving! Here we are at the end of November and lots to catch up on. The picture for this blog is from one of my early morning walks, a particularly colourful sunrise near home. I’m immensely enjoying my new job as a Lecturer in Classical Performance at the...
by Ruth Minton | Aug 31, 2020 | Academic, News, Performance
Autumn is starting its colourful entrance, especially with the weather, and with Autumn comes the new academic year. Over the summer months I’ve enjoyed lots of time at the piano and researching, as well as preparing new schemes of work for the Royal Birmingham Junior...
by Ruth Minton | Jul 21, 2020 | Academic, News, Performance
As the Summer months progress I’m continuing to work from home, with the academic term finished my attention is turning to research and performance projects. The Virtual Piano Duet Concert at the Royal Birmingham Junior Conservatoire was a great success. All students...
by Ruth Minton | Dec 23, 2019 | Academic, News, Performance
The Christmas season is upon us. It’s been a whirlwind of a month, and we’re now at the end of term and hanging the stockings ready for Santa. Lecturing at the University of Liverpool culminated with the intonation assessments, the students learnt how to tune the...
by Ruth Minton | Aug 14, 2019 | Academic, News, Performance
An exciting new chapter is starting! I’m returning to life as a fully freelance portfolio musician, with lots of exciting projects in the pipeline. I submitted my PhD thesis at the end of July; one of the reasons I’ve been out of touch! I completed my lecturing...
