Audio File
Hilda Collens
Northern School Of Music (NSM)
2019

Dorothy Ardern talks about the performances she took part in with the Northern School of Music, and supporting Louis Kentner when he gave a master class at the Northern School of Music.

Dorothy: Well I played in Houldsworth Hall, yes. That would be in 1950 or thereabouts, when I played in the Houldsworth Hall. They used to have a Tuesday midday concert every week in the Houldsworth Hall and budding concert pianists would play in there. It gave them a break into the professional scene. Oh! The other thing I must mention is that I was asked to do a masterclass with Louis Kentner, who was a top concert pianist in the 50s. And he came to the Northern, in the summer school and I went in, Miss Collens asked me ‘you play Brahms well and Louis Kentner wants to give a lesson on Brahms, so I’ve selected you to play for him’. That was a great honour. So I thoroughly enjoyed that.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.