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	<title>Mark Ashford</title>
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		<title>RAM Reunion 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Royal Academy of Music&#8217;s Guitar Department is now 50 years old!  To celebrate Michael Lewin organised a reunion at the RAM.  It was a fantastic afternoon catching up with old friends some of which I&#8217;m sure you will recognise. Permission was kindly given by the photographer Rita Castle to reproduce the images below.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markashford.com/2010/07/31/ram-reunion-2010/</link>
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		<title>Guitar Circus Training Day &amp; Concert</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GUITAR CIRCUS will be running its first TRAINING Ensemble on Monday 26 July 2010 at Southampton University. The event, WYGF-EXTRA, is jointly promoted with the World Youth Guitar Festival and Southampton Music Service, and in addition to the GUITAR CIRCUS Training Ensemble, there will be other young guitarists being put through their paces under the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markashford.com/2010/07/19/guitar-circus-training-day-concert/</link>
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		<title>London Hand Therapy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A great new website for any musicians suffering with hand problems.  http://www.londonhandtherapy.co.uk/]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markashford.com/2010/07/05/london-hand-therapy/</link>
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		<title>Teaching Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have started a forum on my teaching page for students, (young or old) to ask any questions regarding their own studies.   Whether it be a question about technique, repertoire or just a general question, ask away. It doesn&#8217;t matter if you just play for fun or if you think it&#8217;s a bizarre question, I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markashford.com/2010/06/26/teaching-forum/</link>
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		<title>Winchester Guitar Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join Mark this year at the Winchester Guitar Festival from 23rd-25th July.  Mark will be performing at the Milner Hall, Winchester on the Friday night and giving classes and workshops all weekend alongside Canadian guitarist Dale Kavanagh.  Go to http://www.winchesterguitarfestival.co.uk/ for more information.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markashford.com/2010/06/11/winchester-guitar-festival/</link>
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		<title>GUITAR CIRCUS &#8211; Free Taster Sessions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Birmingham branch of GUITAR CIRCUS are offering two FREE sessions in June and July for guitarists aged 12-18 who are grade 5 standard or higher. Want to train with the UK’s top guitarists? GUITAR CIRCUS is a monthly ensemble scheme for young guitarists aged 12-18 who are Grade 5 standard or higher. Our Birmingham [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markashford.com/2010/06/07/guitar-circus-free-taster-sessions/</link>
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		<title>Behind the scenes with Vida GQ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A fun look at what goes on when the quartet are away on tour.  This was filmed at festivals in the UK and Germany in March 2010.  Look out for the very talented iphone Ocarina playing!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markashford.com/2010/05/12/behind-the-scenes-with-vida-gq/</link>
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		<title>Focal Hand Dystonia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every week I get emails from around the world asking me about the condition &#8216;focal dystonia&#8217;.  It is a very difficult and frustrating process to recover from, which requires absolute comittment, determination and above all else patience!  I have uploaded a few articles by leading specialists on the subject.  Katherine Butler was my specialist who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markashford.com/2010/03/23/focal-dystonia/</link>
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		<title>Gramaphone recommend Vida magic!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“VIDA Guitar Quartet’s debut recording is impressive indeed. Why? Because it’s so easy to imagine you’re listening to an entire orchestra and not merely to four guitars.”Gramophone March 2010 RECOMMENDS the VIDA GQ’s CD ‘Love, the Magician’ BGS118. “Throughout, the Quartet succeeds in bringing out the narrative and dramatic&#8230;..qualities implicit in the music through a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markashford.com/2010/02/09/188/</link>
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		<title>Classic FM give Vida 4.5 stars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Classic FM (Feb issue 183) magazine has awarded VIDA’s new CD ‘Love, the Magician’ (BGS118) a magnificent 4 and a half stars out of 5. ” The members of VIDA conjure up an orchestral palette of colour and effects from four regular classical models. Sticking to tried-and-tested guitar transcription material, they play with technical brilliance and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markashford.com/2010/01/11/classic-fm-give-vida-4-5-stars/</link>
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