Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life! I'm a Violinist and doing what I love is often interestingly contrasted with the reality of getting to do what I love...
10 Mar 2021 2 minute read 6 comments bengy
So, we are now roughly a year and a bit since concerts have been difficult or impossible to schedule in the Netherlands. It has been a pretty rough year for musicians and we've all been trying to find ways to work around the problems... but I wo...
8 Mar 2021 4 minute read 2 comments bengy
When travelling with kids, it can be a bit tricky finding a nice mix of activities and museums to visit that are appealing to both adults and children! On a visit to London a couple of years ago, we were looking for something to occupy a few hou...
7 Mar 2021 5 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash You can find previous Brain Dumps here: Part 1 So, today was the formal end of the first week of my Master of Teaching course. The first week was more of an orientation to the online learning tools and a loose introduction to th...
1 Mar 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash So, today marked the first official "teaching" day of my Masters of Teaching (Secondary) online course. I'm planning to have the topics Physics and Mathematics, and perhaps I can add in the Music a little later as electives. How...
26 Feb 2021 3 minute read 2 comments bengy
I've been happily applying and confirming my enrollment for an online Masters of Education... and by happily, I mean I'm getting really annoyed with the walls of text that make simple things much more confusing and complicated sounding than they...
22 Feb 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
It appears that the worst of winter is now over and we are starting to head into the Dutch spring. That does normally mean that there is going to be a busy season of work for musicians, however, I'm pretty wary about the concert calender this ye...
21 Feb 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
When you are travelling, one of the most important things to know is WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO EAT! This is especially important when you are travelling as a freelance musician, and you have limited amounts of time to find a restaurant and a limi...
19 Feb 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
Being the nerdy sort of father that I am, I've had my kids (and wife) endure all sorts of weird watch parties. We don't watch sports on TV, but instead... we watch the live press conferences of the Higgs Boson announcement or the LIGO annoucemen...
17 Feb 2021 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
Ahhhhh... a story from before the Corona-time. Is it too soon to start reminiscing about the good old days when people could pack together in a small space like this? I should cue the Grampa Simpson voice... Anyway, this isn't a story about the...
12 Feb 2021 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Before the great pandemic of 2020 put us all in our homes, we were starting to explore some of the more unusual areas in the town that we lived in (The Hague). I'm sure that most people have experienced the feeling that they know other cities th...
