{"id":8984,"date":"2018-08-22T10:22:45","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T09:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=8984"},"modified":"2018-08-22T10:53:04","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T09:53:04","slug":"good-musicians-really-do-make-good-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2018\/08\/22\/good-musicians-really-do-make-good-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Good musicians really do make good students!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to everyone who graduated from the University in July, especially to the many musicians amongst the mortar-boards and gowns swirling around the Cathedral Precincts and celebrating their success. Included as part of the throng were the following:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8980\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8980\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8980 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P3945-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P3945-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P3945-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P3945-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Douglas Haycock, President of the Music Society 2017-18, Music Scholar reading Law<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8979\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8979\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8979 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P3939-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P3939-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P3939-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P3939-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lydia Cheng, Music Scholar reading Law<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8981\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8981\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8981 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P3954-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P3954-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P3954-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P3954-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benjamin Weiland, Music Performance Award holder reading Law<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8983\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8983\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8983 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P4521-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P4521-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P4521-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P4521-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alice Scott, Secretary of the Music Society, reading English and American Literature and Religious Studies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8982\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8982 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P4518.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P4518.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P4518-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P4518-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/08\/A95P4518-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Imogen Willetts, Music Performance Award holder reading Classical and Archeological Studies and Drama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We wish them &#8211; and everyone else who graduated! &#8211; all the very best for the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photos \u00a9 Matt Wilson \/ University of Kent<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2018\/08\/22\/good-musicians-really-do-make-good-students\/&amp;t=Good musicians really do 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 really do make good students!%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2018\/08\/22\/good-musicians-really-do-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\/2018\/08\/22\/good-musicians-really-do-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\/2018\/08\/22\/good-musicians-really-do-make-good-students\/&amp;title=Good musicians really do 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\/2018\/08\/22\/good-musicians-really-do-make-good-students\/&amp;title=Good musicians really do make good students!' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to everyone who graduated from the University in July, especially to the many musicians amongst the mortar-boards and gowns swirling around the Cathedral Precincts and celebrating their success. Included as part of the throng were the following: We wish them &#8211; and everyone else who graduated! &#8211; all the very best for the future. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2018\/08\/22\/good-musicians-really-do-make-good-students\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Good musicians really do make good students!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":620,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14518,1109],"tags":[50018,19079,162,151811,18573,74],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8984"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8984"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8987,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8984\/revisions\/8987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}