Earworms and God Save Whoever…
Have you ever suffered the annoyance of an ear-worm, that tune which refuses to leave your head? It seems to be connected with some sort of subconscious mechanism that feels the need to latch on to music and repeat and repeat and repeat. My ear worms often embed...
CONCERT A and the VAGITUS
I have been thinking a lot about the birth cry. Perhaps because there is a rush of spring babies arriving round my way, or perhaps because people reading my book seem to latch on to what I say about it in the opening chapter - that the pitch of the average baby's...
Snore Cure
In my book, I recommend singing as a solution for those anti-social noises we produce in our sleep. Here is some exciting new research supporting it https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/265011#1
More Songs of the Sea
I am getting to sing Elgar's wonderfully evocative songs again. This time, with Wantage Orchestra conducted by Kentaro Machida Sunday March 12 at 7pm At the Old Mill Hall, School LaneGroveWantageOxon OX12 7LB
UK Book Launch
Introducing 'Why We Sing' at the University Church, Oxford on february 21 2023
Songs of the Sea
Lunchtime concert at St Michael at the Northgate Church, Oxford, on Feb 27 at 1pm Programme Elgar's Sea Pictures (with piano accompaniment) interspersed with Joni Mitchell's River and The Hissing of Summer Lawns, plus the jazz standard Cry me a River, plus (in the...
Gigs for Spring 2023
Coming up: At St Michael at the Northgate Church in Cornmarket, Oxford - Lunchtime recital with Pete McMullin at 1pm on Feb 27, was to include Ethyl Smyth's Three Moods of the Sea plus a new commission from Oxford-based, internationally-renowned composer Gregory Rose...
Australian launch of ‘Why we Sing’
My book about singing and why we humans are compelled to do it launches in Australia on January 31, 2023. To find out more, go to: https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Julia-Hollander-Why-We-Sing-9781760879686/ Here's what the Ozzie singing experts are saying...
Why We Sing – new book out in feb 2023
From lullabies to songs for the dying, Why We Sing is a fascinating exploration of singing in all its varied forms, from the personal perspective of Julia Hollander, song therapist, teacher and performer. In interrogating her own life experience and using the latest...
The Letter
Another outing for my radio programme from last year, about my grandfather's escape from Nazi Czechoslovakia thanks to a letter from the BBC - on sunday oct 4 and then on BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002rv6
Songs of Hope and Renewal – Holywell, Oxford, Sept 26
https://www.facebook.com/smvoxford/videos/768415154011309 September 26, 5pm and 8pm See you there
Summer Lockdown Concert – Poulenc/Strauss/Marx
Come back from the beach to - A concert on one of the hottest days of the year in the cool and beautiful peace of a locked down High Street, Oxford. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=622418388404037 Poulenc surreal cheek and joy. Straussian sensuality and something...