Daniel Bath (@daniel

Daniel Bath

4,885 posts

Daniel Bath

@daniel_bath

Openly Catholic

Joined October 2012

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Daniel Bath
@daniel_bath
Mar 18, 2023
Of course she's brilliant and working with her is the greatest blessing a scruffy music teacher like me could dream of. But Lucy is what happens when you make instrumental tuition available to disadvantaged children. Help us to get this message across to those who decide.
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Daniel Bath
@daniel_bath
Mar 19, 2023
Thanks for all the lovely comments about my teaching of Lucy. I'm a reasonably competent music teacher. That's not the point though. The point is that our government is denying most of our children access to instrumental tuition. Lucy is very much the exception. #musicforthemany
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Daniel Bath
@daniel_bath
Mar 26, 2023
As there's been a bit of interest in my piano teaching of late, I should probably make it clear: I have a daily rate and it's ten thousand pounds sterling.
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Daniel Bath
@daniel_bath
Jul 19, 2024
Replying to @JoshFG
It's probably because they know that, until Britain implements proper sanctions and arms embargo against the Israeli state (like the Russian one), these words of David's are probably meaningless.
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Daniel Bath
@daniel_bath
Mar 20, 2023
Replying to @KadiatuKM @ShekuKM and @ClassicFM
Bach does indeed belong to us all. Here's my piano pupil Lucy, who's blind and with additional needs, playing Bach's prelude in B in her piano lesson at school. She LOVES Bach!
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Daniel Bath
@daniel_bath
Mar 25, 2023
Replying to @alexsmith1982 and @Channel4
Alex, Lucy's ability to play piano so well is the result of years of very hard work and intensive practise. This is possible because she has had access to funded instrumental tuition. Most children in Lucy's position are denied this opportunity. #musicforthemany
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Daniel Bath
@daniel_bath
Dec 18, 2023
Thank you, @lang_lang! You've been very supportive of what we're doing and Lucy always looks forward to working with you. (I'm not sure I approve of such a flagrant display of hair inequality, though.)
Classic FM
@ClassicFM
Dec 18, 2023
Lucy, the blind, neurodivergent pianist who touched the nation’s hearts on #ThePiano, has been announced as an International Ambassador of Lang Lang’s @LLIMF. Lang Lang said Lucy inspires him “through her incredible gift and passion for the piano”. ❤️
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Daniel Bath
@daniel_bath
Feb 24, 2024
Islamophobia. When I started teaching music in the 1990s, some older teachers told me not to bother trying to engage the Asian children because "they don't do music", "it's against their religion", etc. 1/
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Daniel Bath
@daniel_bath
Mar 29, 2023
I'm going to be talking about Lucy, piano and equal access to music education on BBC Look North this evening.
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Daniel Bath
@daniel_bath
Mar 18, 2023
Replying to @EVHalstead
Every child learns music in a different way. Have a look at what he's doing on the keyboard and copy it for him. After a while he will probably start to copy you as well. Call-and response, turn-taking. Music is communication.
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Daniel Bath
@daniel_bath
May 5, 2024
If you're expressing public outrage at my being barred from Windsor Castle in the TV programme, thank you, but also note that everything worked out fine in the end. Please direct your outrage to what's being done to the people of Palestine at the moment.
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Daniel Bath
@daniel_bath
Mar 18, 2023
Replying to @DeborahMeaden
Thanks Deborah. Lucy is a blessing to work with. There are lots of children who never reach their musical potential because of barriers such as disability and poverty. I'd love to tell you about my charity @musicforthemany where we remove barriers to instrumental tuition.
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Daniel Bath
@daniel_bath
Dec 19, 2023
Lucy is a great student, but she is just the tip of the iceberg. There are thousands and thousands of children in Britain who need to be given the opportunity of instrumental tuition to meet their needs and unlock their musicianship. #musicforthemany @ThangamMP @GillianKeegan
Classic FM
@ClassicFM
Dec 18, 2023
Lucy, the blind, neurodivergent pianist who touched the nation’s hearts on #ThePiano, has been announced as an International Ambassador of Lang Lang’s @LLIMF. Lang Lang said Lucy inspires him “through her incredible gift and passion for the piano”. ❤️
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Daniel Bath
@daniel_bath
Mar 22, 2024
Replying to @JamesHeartfield
That's not what he says. Why did you make that up?
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