Music | LOUISE ALLAN

Louise Allan: Music, Always

by Louise Allan | Dec 18, 2017 | FAVOURITE, MEMOIR, THE SISTERS' SONG, WRITERS IN THE ATTIC

This is #65 in the series for Writers in the Attic and the final post for 2017. This series has been the most successful I’ve ever started on this blog, in terms of duration and readership. Each post has had well over 300 views and some over 2,000! It’s...

Midweek Moment #28

by Louise Allan | Feb 17, 2016 | MIDWEEK MOMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHY

I went out with my camera during the week, but nothing I captured took my fancy for a Midweek Moment. So, this morning before school, I interrupted my son during his violin practice. He seemed annoyed at first, then bemused as to why I’d want to take photos of...

Midweek Moment #3

by Louise Allan | Aug 19, 2015 | MIDWEEK MOMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHY

Monique and I have both been drawn to flowers and music this week. My son is learning the first movement of this Beethoven piano concerto, so our house is filled with its sound. Monique has chosen a delicate Jonquil atop a sweet song. Midweek Moment is a...

Piano Lessons, by Anna Goldsworthy

by Louise Allan | Jun 8, 2013 | BOOK REVIEW

I learned piano as a child and gave it up at fourteen, a decision I will regret for the rest of my days. My kids now learn music, all four of them. I’m quite, how should I put it, uncompromising, some say obsessed, about their music. Perhaps it’s because of my...