Moving Performance Blog
Who will you be in 2011?
My 7 yr old son has started a new school this term. And naturally he was a little apprehensive before term started – not knowing anyone, not sure where he would fit in, getting used to the new routines etc. A few days after he started we chatted to a 12 year old family friend…
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Happy Christmas
We hope you enjoy our Christmas song Heavenly Peace. The words are old, the music is new. If you’re looking for a new take on engaging your poeple in 2011 we would love to talk! With best wishes for a Happy Christmas and prosperous 2011, from the Moving Performance team. Heavenly Peace, written and performed by…
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Orchestrating success
The symphony orchetsra as a metaphor for a corporation / organisation is much written about and commented on. I came across an article written on how “orchestrating success” in an orchestra is a useful metaphor for orchestrating success in the project management world. Written by “The Risk Doctor“, Dr David Hillson, who is a widely…
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Do you see joy in your leader’s face?
This summer there was only one concert I really wanted to go to. Mahler’s 1st Symphony performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Simon Rattle. My Dad and I queued for 5 hours at the BBC Proms to get in for £5 each – bargain. It was the most popular concert after the Last…
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The use of music in corporate learning programmes
How many training courses have you been on in your career? As a graduate I went on about 6 five-day residential courses in my first year, and since then on average about 2 per year. I have probably been on about 30 – 40 courses in total in my career to date. Only two were…
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Sport, Music and Hope
Hooray – the Football World Cup starts today! Eagerly anticipated, and hard earned, 32 teams will be fighting it out for the ultimate prize in football. What is it about big worldwide sporting events that we love? I think the one word that sums it up is HOPE. We all hope our teams will do…
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Do you enjoy your work?
Do you allow yourself to enjoy your work? Many people I see get bogged down in the daily grind, barely keeping their heads above water. They seem far from happy. Perhaps the last thing on their minds is to take the time to appreciate what is going on around them; noting the valuable contribution they…
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Do you have Musical Bones?
I met a guy recently who told me he didn’t have a musical bone in his body. This got me thinking – what are musical bones? According to some they were the world’s first musical instrument. Bones from birds (the flying variety) were fashioned into primitive flutes. To others they were the earliest forms of…
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Music in Haiti
A friend of mine has recently gone to Haiti in a nursing capacity to help the victims of the recent earth quake. The conditions were war-zone-like – a make-shift hospital had been set up inside a large tent alongside the runway at Port-au-Prince. The patients, many suffering from horrible injuries, were lined up in long…
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