François Matarasso

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Tag: Community music

December 22, 2021 François Matarasso

Innocence and experience: John Fox’s songs

July 24, 2020 François Matarasso

Community opera in a pandemic

June 16, 2018 François Matarasso

Curtain

May 1, 2018May 28, 2018 François Matarasso

‘Brave people with big eyes’

December 16, 2016 François Matarasso

A hippo among fish: thinking about children and music

October 6, 2015 François Matarasso

Community or amateur?

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