As I call a remarkably upbeat Joshua Ballance on a Monday morning, it is astonishing that he doesn't appear to have an ounce of stress. He informs me nonchalantly that after launching this year's High Barnet Chamber Music Festival on Friday, he will be submitting his doctorate dissertation (to Oxford) that afternoon. Ballance appears to thrive on being busy and working on his passions.
When discussing how the High Barnet Chamber Music Festival came about, it swiftly becomes apparent that this was Ballance's (rather ambitious) lockdown project. Alongside completing his doctorate, this became a focus in the calmer months of isolation – when most of us were picking up knitting or binge-watching new TV series.
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