Harriette cole biography of rory
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Nicholas Keyworth talks to Harriet Allan, co-leader and Principal Second violin with London Firebird Orchestra.
Where did you study music?
I have a First Class Honours degree in Philosophy and was awarded a Masters in Music from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
Tell me more about your involvement with Firebird.
I first played with Firebird in , and have sat co-leader and Principal Second violin. It&#;s very helpful, and quite luxurious, to have the opportunity to play some of the key orchestral repertoire such as that programmed by Firebird, and work with players from different circles. It&#;s also really interesting, can be informing and at times inspirational, to work with some of Firebird&#;s young resident conductors. Founder, Marc Corbett-Weaver, does an incredible job of making new opportunities for the orchestra which generates work and interesting collaborations.
What other ensembles and orchestras are you involved with?
I enjoy the freelancer&
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TV REVIEWS : ‘Rory’ Best of New Crop of Kids Shows
Thanks to recent congressional prodding, what’s hot in children’s TV programming this fall is a dash of education.
The Fox Children’s Network, notorious for “The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” but lauded for its animated version of “Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?,” follows the trend this week with a mixed bag of “edutainment” shows for children ages 2 to 6.
Under the umbrella title, “The Fox Cubhouse,” three different shows will air weekdays in rotation, with brief, superfluous wraparound segments featuring a human host and puppets in a clubhouse setting.
The series begins today with “Jim Henson’s Animal Show,” which will be seen Mondays and Fridays. Kudos for a great idea, but the first parti of this Muppet/live-action natur show--hosted bygd Jake, a stuffy polar bear, and Stinky, a wisecracking skunk--is surprisingly listless. It serves up lots of info-bits and shots of real-life animals, but much of the dialogue and c
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So. Next month my new book comes out and if you read here often enough you&#;re already familiar with Rory, the gloriously ecstatic and somewhat terrifying taxidermied road-kill raccoon who graces the cover.
When you read the book you&#;ll learn all about Rory, and also more about how my anxiety disorder makes it hard to leave the house at times. These things seem unrelated but when my publisher first started making cardboard standees to send to book sellers I mentioned how nice it was that all of these cardboard raccoons were traveling so bravely around the world as my stand-in.
Next month I&#;ll start traveling for months (off and on) during my book tour but I already know from my first tour that I&#;m not really strong enough to see anything of the cities that I&#;ll travel to, except for the blanket fort I&#;ll make in my hotel room and the wonderful people who&#;ll come to bookstores to listen to me read. It probably seems like a waste of travel to the average pers