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Ask Alice - Leaded bows and rackets for classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Reminiscences of János Starker, from classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On cello elbow and the ultra-trendy, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On dealing with the USA Embassy in London, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - From Crete to Locksbottom, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On buying glass double basses (and other items) on eBay, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Ten years to the day since the very first 'Ask Alice', our classical music agony aunt celebrates in the way she knows best

Ask Alice - Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh is spotted in Yorkshire, playing solo cello

Ask Alice - Advice about repair work on string bows, from Classical Music agony advertaunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - When Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh tried to cut down on coffee

Ask Alice - On the hugely brave Frances Andrade, by her friend and Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Why the Ulster Orchestra is the most important orchestra in the UK, by Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On identifying works of music, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - An encounter with Birtwistle's Minotaur at Covent Garden, for Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - To memorise or not to memorise, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Swift advice to hit the bottle, from Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Hearing loss high among musicians, experienced by Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - This is the Truth sent from Above, for classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Questions from cellists, for classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Call centre blues, for classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On the excesses of travel for orchestral players, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On careers in music and backup plans, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On the nightmare in the decorating scenario, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On ghostwriting dialogue for Hitler and Goering, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On pianists and accompanying, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Car troubles in Elgar country for classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh meets the mice in the piano

Ask Alice - Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh is distracted

Ask Alice - On coincidence, and what happened on Sunday, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On elderly cello students, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On the perils of air travel with a cello, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On string instruments in nutty-like-a-fruitcake climates, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Sparring with Manolos the Cretan mouse, by Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On affordable cellos and almost becoming queen, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On metronomes and performance nerves, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On conductors and cello cases, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On builders and funerals, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On the myth of the lazy British workman, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - It's a miniature long-haired dachshund's life, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On the thrill of the 'flick', with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On avoiding Christian Aid collectors, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On the poor coverage of Fischer-Dieskau's death, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - New rules for the BBC's Young Musician of the Year competition, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - The tale of Trinity Guildhall music examiner Alex Newson, who failed to correctly identify a French horn, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On flattering your fleeing cellists, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On rejection and freelance orchestras, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On instrument stands, ambition and being overloooked, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Overdosing on Schubert, and cello pupils moving on, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On Alan Gilbert and the beasts of the jungle, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Some obvious music science, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On bowed dulcimers in South Africa, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On the wisdom of mothers, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On cello grade exams, and shaking off the rust, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - What Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh thought of Cynthia Phelps, plus a dialogue with a puppy

Ask Alice - On intonation distortion and stabbing pains, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On liquid spillage and string instrument varnish, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - A student feels unappreciated, but Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh is there to help!!!!!!

Ask Alice - Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh wrestles with 1984 and the mind police

Ask Alice - Of telephones and concerts, plus a recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Music and Sonnets, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Of mice and men, Chislehurst and Orpington, America and China, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - A visit to Covent Garden for 'Die Meistersinger', with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On hitting music students with string bows, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On trusting in the force of the cello, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On visiting the O2, and choosing between dentistry and music, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On unruly behaviour on orchestral weekends and in concerts, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Troubles and traumas at specialist music schools, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - A tale of six mottos, any number of mice, three cats, two vets, a conductor, a composer and a press release, from Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On modern cello recital repertoire, with Classical Music agony aunt, Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On drowning out Katherine Jenkins, and a 77,000 person Mexican wave, with Classical Music agony aunt, Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On cellists playing violin, and a story about Cortot and Enescu, from Classical Music agony aunt, Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On solos and orchestra politics, with Classical Music agony aunt, Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Tricky orchestra questions for the world's most vibrant Classical Music agony aunt, Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On desperation in singers and orchestral players, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On the cut-throat world of piano teaching, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On Nicola Benedetti, losing the 'Max' in Max Bruch and the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On stopping performances due to illicit recordings, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On downloading Brahms Sextets and coping with Greek rodents, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh is accused of ignoring the BBC Proms

Ask Alice - On becoming a 'musicians are smarter' sceptic, and swimming to France across the English Channel, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On pain caused by too much practicing, with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On complaining about music exam results, with Classical Music Agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On temporary disability and bias in music competitions, with Classical Music Agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On intonation in cello sections, with Classical Music Agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Irate choral singers, grade exams and tendonitis, with Classical Music Agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Agony aunt Alice McVeigh goes for zero classical music content in her latest rantings on social networking, sport and mice, guaranteed to annoy the editor (her only remaining reader)

Ask Alice - A possible threat to the punctuation supremacy of classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On the rising cost of music hire, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On 'Swinging Samson' and musicians' brains, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh says farewell to her musician aunt

Ask Alice - On Royal-Wedding-itis, cello rosin and a thumbs up for Obama, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Stupid questions and idiotic social networking, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Trendy in Bromley, and bluesy music with a twist, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Technology and music, plus Elgar in Lowestoft, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - A brief encounter with field-mice, by classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Correspondence between film maker Phil Grabsky and classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - In search of Beethoven and stress-free jobs, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On grooming violin superstars and oriental domination, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - An overdose of Mozart and crazy fitness machines, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On strengthening fingers and selling cellos, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

 

Welcome to the home page for Ask Alice, Classical Music's Agony Aunt.

Alice McVeigh. Photo © John Carmichael

Weekly since April 2003, American freelance cellist, author and playwright Alice McVeigh has been answering questions on a surprising variety of subjects from musicians, students, music lovers and other readers. You can read her most recent columns by clicking on the links at the top of the left-hand column on this page.

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