{"id":6844,"date":"2015-07-09T11:23:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T10:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=6844"},"modified":"2018-05-11T10:22:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T09:22:20","slug":"good-musicians-make-good-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/07\/09\/good-musicians-make-good-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Good musicians make good students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of the year when students and their families are thronging to cathedrals in Canterbury and Rochester to take part in their Graduation ceremonies (cue lots of photos of mortar-boards being hurled in celebratory fashion into the air!).<\/p>\n<p>This year, we have seven <strong>Music Scholarship students<\/strong> graduating, of whom five will be doing so with first-class degrees; congratulations to them all &#8211; it just goes to show that good musicians do indeed make good students&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes to everyone involved in music-making who will be graduating over these two weeks!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/07\/after-graduation-kent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6845\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/07\/after-graduation-kent.jpg\" alt=\"after-graduation-kent\" width=\"450\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/07\/after-graduation-kent.jpg 717w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/07\/after-graduation-kent-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/07\/09\/good-musicians-make-good-students\/&amp;t=Good musicians make good students' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Good musicians make good students%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/07\/09\/good-musicians-make-good-students\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/07\/09\/good-musicians-make-good-students\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/07\/09\/good-musicians-make-good-students\/&amp;title=Good musicians make good students' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/07\/09\/good-musicians-make-good-students\/&amp;title=Good musicians make good students' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of the year when students and their families are thronging to cathedrals in Canterbury and Rochester to take part in their Graduation ceremonies (cue lots of photos of mortar-boards being hurled in celebratory fashion into the air!). 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