Virginia Firnberg https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/ Composer, Music Director & Pianist Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:39:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Publishing my Compositions and Choral Arrangements https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/blog/publishing-my-compositions-and-choral-arrangements/ https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/blog/publishing-my-compositions-and-choral-arrangements/#respond Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:42:40 +0000 https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/?p=2930 Over the last few years, I have been going through my top shelf and publishing my compositions and choral arrangements onto SheetMusicPlus and SHEETMUSICDIRECT. In addition, my arrangements and compositions are featured on this site: MUSESCORE. Also, you can purchase my pieces HERE (Coming soon)....

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]]> https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/blog/publishing-my-compositions-and-choral-arrangements/feed/ 0 SPEECH RHYTHMS AND ‘THE ART OF FISHING’ (el arte de la pesca). https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/blog/speech-rhythms-and-the-art-of-fishing-el-arte-de-la-pesca/ https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/blog/speech-rhythms-and-the-art-of-fishing-el-arte-de-la-pesca/#respond Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:38:44 +0000 https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/?p=2970 During lockdown, my friend the novelist Luisa Etxenike, sent me a series of poems entitled ‘el arte de la pesca’ (The Art of Fishing). She asked me if I would like to collaborate and I said yes. What ensued were many conversations, which inspired me...

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]]> https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/blog/speech-rhythms-and-the-art-of-fishing-el-arte-de-la-pesca/feed/ 0 Pianist for CARMEN With Waltham Forest Music Service (WFMS) and Maya Sapone in collaboration with The Royal Opera House https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/blog/pianist-for-carmen-with-waltham-forest-music-service-wfms-and-maya-sapone-in-collaboration-with-the-royal-opera-house/ https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/blog/pianist-for-carmen-with-waltham-forest-music-service-wfms-and-maya-sapone-in-collaboration-with-the-royal-opera-house/#respond Wed, 02 Jul 2025 21:06:00 +0000 https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/?p=2890 I was delighted to be the pianist for WFMS and Maya Sapone’s production/adaptation of the opera Carmen on July 2-3 at The Big Penny Social. This was a stupendous event, featuring ‘The Little Choir of Joy”, The Waltham Forest Youth Orchestra, ‘All the Young Dudes’...

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]]> https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/blog/pianist-for-carmen-with-waltham-forest-music-service-wfms-and-maya-sapone-in-collaboration-with-the-royal-opera-house/feed/ 0 PIANIST FOR ‘THE LITTLE CHOIR OF JOY’, WHEN HRH King CHARLES AND HRH QUEEN CAMILLA VISITED WALTHAM FOREST TOWN HALL TO CELEBRATE COMMUNITY COHESION https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/blog/pianist-for-the-little-choir-of-joy-when-hrh-king-charles-and-hrh-queen-camilla-visited-waltham-forest-town-hall-to-celebrate-community-cohesion/ https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/blog/pianist-for-the-little-choir-of-joy-when-hrh-king-charles-and-hrh-queen-camilla-visited-waltham-forest-town-hall-to-celebrate-community-cohesion/#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:28:00 +0000 https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/?p=2917 This was on the back of the anti-immigration protests and riots that took place in the summer of 2024 and after the community of Waltham Forest came together in a spectacular way to drive away the haters. I was privileged to accompany on the piano,...

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]]> https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/blog/pianist-for-the-little-choir-of-joy-when-hrh-king-charles-and-hrh-queen-camilla-visited-waltham-forest-town-hall-to-celebrate-community-cohesion/feed/ 0 Supplied piano music for BBC World Service documentary ‘Defeated ‘ https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/blog/supplied-piano-music-for-bbc-world-service-documentary-defeated/ https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/blog/supplied-piano-music-for-bbc-world-service-documentary-defeated/#respond Sun, 01 Dec 2024 22:15:00 +0000 https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/?p=2914 I was asked to provide the piano music (Bach’s great Ricercar from The Musical Offering) that was to come floating out of a window as a women walked by, and, upon hearing the music, felt that she had been released from an evil enchantment. The...

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]]> https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/blog/supplied-piano-music-for-bbc-world-service-documentary-defeated/feed/ 0 How To Transcribe Music https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/blog/how-to-transcribe-music/ https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/blog/how-to-transcribe-music/#respond Mon, 14 Aug 2023 10:20:34 +0000 https://virginiafirnberg.co.uk/?p=2715 Transcribing is the act of listening to a piece of music, then writing it down as music notation. It is used in many different ways and for different reasons. For instrumentalists, transcribing the solo of a master jazz improviser, will teach you tips and tricks...

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