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Gillian Wills wrote Big Music<\/em>, her debut novel, because she wanted people to know what goes on behind the concert curtain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music is so readily available, it’s easy for people to overlook the dedication and hard work involved in becoming a performer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s a misconception that conservatoriums are peaceful, genteel places. Undeniably exhilarating, they are also political, competitive and prone to extremes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author has strong memories of her time at The Royal Academy of Music in London. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“My teacher threw a piano stool at me because I hadn’t played Beethoven’s Tempest Sonata<\/em> to his liking. Luckily, the stool fell short of my foot,” she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“While listening to Verdi’s Requiem<\/em> the conductor froze, his arms in the air. In response, the choir and orchestra doubled their efforts, except he was having a heart attack and died on stage.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wills remembers thinking, “I’ll put that in a book one day”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author was Dean of Music at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, for nine years and this experience inspired Big Music<\/em>, although the story and the quirky characters are fictional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music institutions are pressured places. On top of academic study, rehearsals and performing, the students often need to earn a living as well as maintain strict practise routines. Someone is always about to give a concert. It’s intense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The novel explores issues as varied as the tension between classical and contemporary musicians, performance nerves and the bias women can face in a leadership role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publishers require authors to capture the essence of their book in a few words. Wills says this about hers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Melody, mayhem and mystery propels this pacy character-driven, triumph-over-adversity romance set in a music college.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beatrice, nicknamed Beat, is appointed director of Turalong Music College despite her youth and inexperience. Dogged by impostor syndrome, she’s determined to revive the institution’s flagging reputation despite in-fighting, fraud, betrayal and predatory behaviour. Beethoven’s ghost makes a fleeting appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musicians are finding Big Music<\/em> authentic and entertaining, but the author wrote it with a general readership in mind. She insists there’s no need for anyone to know anything about music to enjoy it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All kinds of styles are referenced from Mendelssohn, Prince and Chet Baker. A playlist \u2013 same title as the book \u2013 on Spotify features all the songs and works included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wills has held launches in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. On every occasion she’s invited a musician to play an introduction. In Readings, State Library of Victoria, a clarinetist delivered Mozart. A country ‘n’ western singer contributed to a launch at Berkelouw, Eumundi in Queensland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Stonemason’s Bookroom in Castlemaine on Saturday July 12, local violinist Lizzy Walsh, an internationally acclaimed early music celebrity well known for her virtuosity and experimental improvisation, will perform. Walsh is a VCA graduate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free event: Gillian Wills with Lizzy Walsh, Stoneman’s Bookroom, Castlemaine, 12pm July 12. Enquiries to 5470 5134.
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