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Ask Alice - On business and friends, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - When to put up and shut up, by classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On loyalty to pupils, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Problems down at the ol' wind quintet, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On children, competitions and TV, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On freelancers, swiping work and danger money, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On employment in music, insanity, rottweilers and the European Union, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On business, payment and the arts, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - A mega problem with a minor orchestra, solved by classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On depression in orchestras, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On godparents and sibling rivalry, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Issues of life and death, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On the soaring interest in studying music, and when Wilfrid Mellers met Margaret Thatcher, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On freezing fingers and dreamers of dreams, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Of perspiration, stringed instruments and teaching, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - A tale of magic rings and dinosaur bones, related by classical music's agony aunt, Alice McVeigh

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Ask Alice - Adventures in life, youth and snow for classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh lists her current woes

Ask Alice - Classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh is not judging but drowning

Ask Alice - Mystery Bolshoi intermission music, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Hitting the mood with Gershwin, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - An agony aunt at The Acropolis, with Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - An agony aunt writhes ... by Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh at the Sidcup Literary Society

Ask Alice - On worrying about the planet, and principal cellists, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On cello congestion and market opportunities, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On, like, the demise, like, of Washington's Ring cycle, if you will, with 'our friend' of classical music, Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Distractions while reviewing, for classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Searching for violinists in Yorkshire and senior readers online, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Cheating on degrees, pictures of meat and the principal cello, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh takes a swipe at American politics

Ask Alice - On musicians and intelligence, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Difficult decisions for young musicians, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On Russian music and throwing metronomes, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Agony aunt Alice McVeigh ignores classical music again to discuss American politics, shotgun weddings, bizarrely-named children and moose

Ask Alice - Advice for a flautist, from classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Adventures in the land of the Franglais and advice on starting university, from classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Brushes with the law and sporting fame for classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Fascinating correspondence between classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh and a representative of a major computer firm

Ask Alice - Classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh reports on problems brewing for the International Baccalaureate

Ask Alice - A week of heaven on earth for classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - 'Kicking the parent', 'Lucia di Lammermoor' and other fun games and pastimes, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Instructions for feeding the cat, by classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh begs help and advice from her readers

Ask Alice - Classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh answers the question 'Is the name of a musician's college important?'

Ask Alice - Issues involving young musicians and male musicians, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Problems and performances - medical and musical, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Nerds and scientists in music, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On Eurovision Song Contest rage, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On Handel operas and autographs, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - A little Godmotherly ceremonial advice, from classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On zillions for Colburn and Juilliard, and the death of a landsnail named Edmund, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh in Florida

Ask Alice - On playing the violin, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh celebrates her twenty-first birthday (again)

Ask Alice - On performance nerves and the online cello, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On God, rock concerts and earplugs, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On promoting music competitions, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On green mountains and bowgrips, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Selling old cellos and bows on eBay, and a different kind of fish, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Someone old enough to spell properly has orange eyes? Classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh investigates ...

Ask Alice - On concert etiquette and goldfish, with Classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On spoil-sports, weirdos and wind instruments, with Classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Buzzing cellos and violin teachers scorned, with Classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh deals with iTunes, Facebook and gender issues in conducting

Ask Alice - On brains, hats, wives, books, music and animals, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On Nutcrackeritis and MRI scans, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On cello grades, examiners and braincells, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh proposes a New York Philharmonic Orchestra tour to Pyongyang, Tehran, Harare and Rangoon

Ask Alice - Fair complaints and botox, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - High marks for Steven Isserlis, but not for Birmingham, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - King Solomon, Beta-blockers and trumpet players, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On the trail of a few artistic anythings in a dumbed down world is Alice McVeigh, agony aunt of culture

Ask Alice - Temptation in electronic form for Alice McVeigh, musicians' agony aunt extraordinaire

Ask Alice - Ping Pong and the Noise Abatement Society, with classically trained agony aunt Aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh has something else on her mind this week ...

Ask Alice - Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh has something on her mind this week ...

Ask Alice - Improving on Beethoven? More correspondence with Classical Music's Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh meets the Head Chief Moose ...

Ask Alice - Confucius (in the guise of Geoff of Hampstead) predicted the perfect recipe for Alice McVeigh's Classical Music Agony Aunt column: dachshunds, daughters' birthdays, God, goldfish, husbands, landsnails, mothers, parrots, slices of apple and the scent of gerbils, but not the slightest hint of classical music ...

Ask Alice - Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh's adventures in China ...

Ask Alice - Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh on the trail of no ordinary newsflash ...

Ask Alice - Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh tries to change her email address

Ask Alice - Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh gives a worst-first view of her recent vacation

Ask Alice - Whilst Alice is on vacation, deputy Classical Music Agony Aunt Kelly Ferjutz writes about women composers

Ask Alice - Questions about Mussorgsky and about living women composers, fielded by deputy Classical Music Agony Aunt Kelly Ferjutz

Ask Alice - On Handel and helping Russia, with Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Clearly unhinged? Read on, as Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh takes on Wikianswers, J S Bach and Johann Peter Kellner

Ask Alice - Barking, biting and a hole in the head ... the case of Anna Magdalena and Buckie Bear versus Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh and her dachshund

Ask Alice - An unscheduled visit to the other side, for Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Saying no to Yo-Yo, by Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - John Attanas' recent book about Yo-Yo Ma, reviewed by Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On orchestral politics, with Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - A crisis for a double bass beginner, and 'Death in Venice' at English National Opera, with Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On talent, known and unknown, and at home and abroad, with Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On rigged auditions and the threat of digital orchestras, with Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - How to get something out of nothing, with Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh mourns the passing of the great cellist Mstislav Rostropovich

 

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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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