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When we were 16/17 we had one of those teachers you never forget (1/9)
in fact he wasn't our teacher per se, he just let us hang out in the music room (2/9)
along with his colleague Helen, he let us play gigs at breaktime and told us admiringly our vocal sound, coming from a guitar amp, sounded like Enya (3/9)
he would recommend discs from the extensive record library he thought we should hear: stockhausen's kontrapunkt, john coltrane, indian classical music, offenbach (4/9)
he made a harpsichord himself, from scratch, which we were allowed to play on (5/9)
he let us write music, which A level music students then played on flute or cello. He sight-read the entire solo of the wind cries mary - on piano, having never heard it before (6/9)
it was an inspiration, and in the space he so generously gave us we gradually refined our sound (7/9)
we never forgot his generosity. (8/9)
So it was instantly wonderful to see him on bake off yesterday, making a sponge cake head of Marie Antoinette. Go Rowan! #rowan #bakeoff 9/9 @tomc3rd @renderdan @innesp
you legend!
