Product Description

In a series of hilarious 'rules' cellist Alice McVeigh describes exactly how to succeed in the music profession (or not?) Fruity, feisty and fizzy, and adorned with cartoons by Private Eye's Noel Ford--All Risks Musical is the book every conductor will want to ban.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #278570 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 98 pages

Steven Isserlis, international cellist
A richly entertaining mixture of tongue-in-cheek cynicism and practical advice that should gladden the hearts of musicians everywhere.

John Georgiadis, former leader, London Symphony Orchestra
A delightful, amusing yet chillingly accurate assessment of the musican's lot.

David Owen Norris, Radio 3
Alice McVeigh's turn of phrase is positively Wodehousian. She is wonderfully funny.

Customer Reviews

The Truth Revealed
This little book will have an impact upon anyone even remotely connected with the bizarre world of the professional classical musician, upon which Alice McVeigh is eminently qualified to comment. Fellow pros like myself (yes, we really DO do this for a living!) will find it alarmingly accurate, unsuspecting aspirants to the business will positively wet themselves with apprehension,and the poor, bemused audience, who probably thought such Machiavellian machinations were the sole property of the Francis Urquharts of this world, will marvel at the intricate web of diplomacy, syncophancy and downright duplicity that goes into hanging on to that No. 5 cello job. Everyone connected with music should read this, whether for enlightenment, preparation, or confirmation of the painful truth. You've got to suffer for your art...

A Little Book of Gems
I "dipped into" this book and found myself sitting down to read it most of the way through. Wonderfully perceptive and humourous observation of the music profession, with appropriate cartoons.
Entertaining reading for musicians and non-musicians alike.