The big news of August was our trip to Rancho Puerta which was preceded by three days in San Diego. We have a special AirBnB (Athena-Rae and Bo Hart) where we have stayed a number of times. The highlight of this visit was to spend an evening with our great friend Dame Zandra Rhodes, Britain’s […]
Today it is exactly fifty two weeks since I slipped and broke my wrist and I am happy to report that my wrist, hand & fingers have almost recovered! Who would have believed that it would take so long? It is also fifty two weeks since I agreed to sell my Brannen-Cooper flute in order to buy […]
Before I tell you about the last week of my US Tour, I wanted to remind those of you in Mexico and the USA about our trip to Cuba at the beginning of November. We have half the number of people we need to sign up for the trip and we are hoping to find […]
We flew from Washington DC to Raleigh NC with United Airlines and because of our Gold status we were lucky enough to be upgraded, in addition to which, before the flight we enjoyed the luxury of the Red Carpet Club (we became Life Members in the seventies!) In Raleigh we met up with several old […]
This has been a really interesting period on a number of different fronts! But first I have to report that my wrist/hand/arm and fingers have all improved significantly since December. My wrist does seize up every now and again and those chilly weeks at the beginning of the year were not what I needed – […]
Every year we plan to take a summer holiday like we used to “in the old days” and every year something crops up. This year our holiday plans fell through because I am just too busy – I’ll tell you why in my next blog… Anyway, knowing that we couldn’t take a holiday we decided […]
I am really sorry not to have been in touch lately but life I have had several trips and a lot of work preparing for my upcoming concerts. At the beginning of April we had a very successful tour in Tamaulipas – Nuevo Laredo, Cuidad Victoria and Matamoros – with PEDRO MI AMOR. Full houses […]
It’s too long since my last blog but at last I have a few minutes to catch up on life in the last few weeks… In the last week of September I was sent to Germany by the state of Puebla as their official musical representative and to give a concert in the AUDI Factory […]
I have just returned home from a week-long trip to the San Francisco Bay Area, where I spent the first twenty two years of my life. It was a very exciting, stimulating and at times a very emotional visit and I would like to share it with you. It started in January when the then […]
June has been an especially interesting month with a several highlights provided by distinguished friends. On 5 June we enjoyed the penultimate recital in our Sala Ponce Flute Series, given by Joaquín Melo and Irina Decheva. It was a truly outstanding concert of French music given by this very well established Duo. Works by Poulenc, […]
