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The late Patric Standford may have written these short pieces deliberately to provoke our feedback. If so, his success is reflected in the rich range of readers' comments appearing at the foot of most of the pages.
Natalie Artemas-Polak
Natalie Artemas-Polak is based in Toronto, Canada. She attended McMaster University and the University of Western Ontario in Canada, where she earned degrees in music theory and history. She later attended Surrey University in Guildford, England, where she did post-graduate study in musicological research, specializing in the music of Gustav Holst.
Natalie spent two years in Prague, teaching music and English as a Foreign Language.
She is a freelance writer on music and travel for various sites and journals. She also teaches piano and music theory, and is the accompanist of the Halton Regional Police Chorus in southern Ontario.
Please contact Natalie via Classical Music Daily.
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