Laura Ritchie: Recent Episodes
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As a cellist, I love to perform. On May 19th I gave a recital at the University of Chichester, and I must say that for me it was a great treat. It had been two years since my last full recital, and it was definitely time to put together another programme… Here are some performance… Read More »Time to perform!
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I made a little game where you get to write a tune and hear me play it on my cello – and it works! Really it’s a static web page that has interactive elements. For anyone who does web development it is very basic, but you know, I made it. I am not a coder… Read More »I made this !
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I had the pleasure and privilege of visiting Greece over the past few days, hosted by Dr Christine Tokatlian of Deree, the American College of Greece. While at Deree, I gave lectures and a recital which included the premier of a new musical work, Mona. Mona is a six movement composition for solo cello by… Read More »Mona for Solo Cello Premier Athens Greece
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Self-efficacy encompasses so much. The belief that you can do is the bedrock for everything, the key to agency and at the heart of human endeavour. It makes dreams real. I innaugerated my research Lab for Self-efficacy, Performance, & Agency just before the summer (in May) with the wonderful Bandura book launch event with Dr… Read More »Research Lab for Self-efficacy, Performance, & Agency
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I’ve just attended an extraordinary conference and had the most wonderful conversations with people from across the world. Time to go home, and I find myself walking through Warsaw airport, feeling a sense of quiet on my lips, and somehow that translates to my thoughts. I have few thoughts and I am aware they are… Read More »Thinking – in words
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Resonance has been a recurring theme for me over the past year, and this particular piece of music has afforded so many possibilities. Music is more than just sound. Music can be seen, heard, and felt and I’ve made that a tangible reality. A year ago I developed the cymatics for the two movements of… Read More »Resonance is Heard, Seen, & Felt
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I spent months working on a cello piece composed for me by Jill Jarman. She wrote it with the intention of using cymatics to enhance the music and the musical experience. I made that happen first in a concert in the UK and then in my TEDx talk in LA in June 2022. I recently… Read More »Cymatics Research Article
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I am 49 (well nearly – in a matter of hours) and I’d like to offer a short celebration and birthday reflection on being (you being you and me being me). I’ll avoid motivational treacle like: Surround yourself by people who lift you Celebrate the positive Be more Love yourself Shine! I am neither immune …
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Sometimes the little things matter, and they either make or break a day. Today a little thing considered nothing by someone else: this pumpkin and its seeds, completely made my day. (3 min read) Every year at this time I realise how very much I like pumpkin seeds, for lots of reasons. They are yummy. …
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(this was inspired by a post by Ben Wurdmuller that he shared as ‘a note on being alive’. I wrote if over a day and wasn’t sure if I would post it or not, but since he has comments off, and also keeps writing lovely encouraging posts about ‘get blogging!’ I thought I would… Although …
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My latest research published in a special issue on Psychometrics and Psychological Assessment. You can download the full text HERE
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Me? I work hard. I play hard. And I am pleased to be me. My 25th High School Reunion is in a month – I won’t be there as I live half a world away (literally) and that commute is just out of my price range. It doesn’t mean I don’t wish to be there. …
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Earlier this month I was in Los Angeles (to give a TEDx talk – more on that in another post!) and at the end of my trip, over the space of about 36 hours, the universe seemed to open up and good things happened. I had a wonderful trip: I had worked hard, prepared hard, …
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This is the recording of Laura Ritchie and JP Ekins performing the Rachmaninov Sonata on 7 May 2022
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This is a story of what the professor (aka ‘me’) does when the students are away … It’s been a long pandemic, and there’s been lots of time to think. I thought so much I wrote a book. -I like to challenge myself. Just before the pandemic hit in 2020 I had the privlidge of …
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This year the Cello Weekend is back! Saturday / Sunday April 9-10, 2022 at the University of Chichester, Bishop Otter Campus, from 10am-4:30pm Workshops • Masterclasses • Cello orchestra • Chamber music The Chichester Cello Weekend, organised by me (Professor Laura Ritchie), brings cellists keen to develop their performing skills, technique, and musical …
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This afternoon I was a guest speaker at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, speaking to the string students about performance. I was actually a virtual speaker, which is more and more common these days, and I prepared a lovley powerpoint but zoom (and teams) have this annoying thing when you share screen. …
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Yesterday was a long travel day. Actually I’m not sure it still isn’t yesterday – or maybe I skipped forward to tomorrow? Either way I seem to have missed out on a night somewhere. (a voice in my head tells me this is called ‘jet lag’) Let me tell you the story and what I …
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Looking back gives an amazing simplicity to things. You know, hindsight – it’s the concept of rear-view mirror culture McLuhan introduced. I am not going to indulge in looking back. (I will say – if you need New Year’s inspiration, read / listen to my book called Yes I Can!) Instead of rehashing 2021, I …
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I write about ‘yes’ a lot, I wrote a whole book about ‘yes’, and there’s a lot of positivity in my outlook. I will admit that ‘yes’ is hard sometimes. I’m human and sometimes I just want to pack it in (or at least crumple in a heap for a while). This post is a …
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It’s the time of year when people think, reflect, take time – to do things, be with people, and to dream. The New Year is around the corner. There’s something -a magic ingredient- in the process of doing, making, and being with others… Perhaps happiness is baked in. On that note I have a story to …
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I woke up early (that’s before 5am kind of early) to the sound of THERE’S SMOKE IN THE BEDROOM, THE ALARM WILL SOUND. THE ALARM IS LOUD. -There was no smoke in the bedroom, but I did go from sleeping soundly (horizontally) to very vertical and in the attic bedroom in fewer than one breath …
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On Wednesday evenings I meet with extraordinary people for an hour and a half and a wonderful byproduct of that time is the creating and sharing of joy. These bold, brave, trusting, visionaries each bring a piece of a magnificent puzzle to our orchestra. Individually they live unique lives, with their own personalities, likes, and …
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This is actually about something I thought was really not perfect and quite incomplete. Subtitle: ‘my cake is not beautiful’. A story: This morning I woke up early to do something nice for my son. He’s going back to school and I thought a nice surprise would be, well – special. I made him a …
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I’m sure you’ve had moments marked by a compliment like ‘well done’, a sticker, star, certificate, applause… yet these aren’t progress. Progress itself is really hard to put a finger on. Whenever you accomplish something, recognition IS important. To celebrate is joyful. When you own your achievements and allow them to become the rings of …
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You can see the video of my TEDx talk from May 15 on TED.com HERE or on YouTube below. As they say – like and share! I believe this big idea is worth spreading!
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I was very pleased to give this workshop seminar on writing my book for the International Federation of National Teaching Fellows on 21/22 April, 2021. The date spans two days because there were people in attendance from all over the world, and we crossed the international date line. The session abstract read: Laura Ritchie presents …
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Everyday I find the yes in life. It can be in the simplest things. Sometimes when I walk, I see things- and notice them. The other day I stopped in my tracks, saying – oh look! it’s so beautiful! – to which someone nearby said, what? That’s just some leaves?? –But, oh yes, behind the …
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