An Ounce of Enthusiasm…

…is worth a pound of skill.

Dear readers, I have discovered a gem.

Back in 1970 a teacher at the Portsmouth School of Art, Gavin Bryars, decided to form a student orchestra. He used an odd selection technique. The players had to be non-musicians, or if musicians, utterly unfamiliar with their chosen instrument. The result was the Portsmouth Sinfonia.

And it was magic. Please enjoy Thus Spoke Zarathustra.