James Andrewes, assistant librarian

It’s a cliché to say that keeping classical music alive and thriving is a challenge; less acknowledged—but surely just as important—is the need for musicians themselves to thrive and stay happy in such a demanding and stressful field. They must certainly be more stylistically versatile than they used to be… to be versatile and to have different tools at your disposal is important, but to be able to draw on those different tools to effectively work with other people is ultimately more crucial.