Lara St. John

A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding. ↗

— Lara St. John

#battle #been #conducting #conductors #dominated

Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount. ↗

— Lara St. John

#children #ears #eyes #family #i

And apparently things like a Vindaloo curry are out for the rest of my life, or at least a long time. ↗

— Lara St. John

#curry #least #life #like #long

Another thing: despite my youthful appearance, I am quite capable of making decisions. ↗

— Lara St. John

#another #appearance #capable #decisions #despite

Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality. ↗

— Lara St. John

#down #ergo #go #money #orchestras

For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general. ↗

— Lara St. John

#canada #general #government #many #massively

Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics. ↗

— Lara St. John

#based #been #harmonics #historically #notes

However, the thought hit me that this was a pretty pathetic way to kick the bucket - being accidentally poisoned during a photo shoot, of all things - and I started weeping at the idiocy of it all. ↗

— Lara St. John

#all things #being #bucket #during #hit

I am very lucky and grateful to have this living link to a past era, the violin presumably having much more history to it than the later portion that I know. ↗

— Lara St. John

#era #grateful #having #history #i

I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like. ↗

— Lara St. John

#hide #i #i am #i see #like