NEWS
22nd May
2006
Will be taking over as
Director of Music at Corpus Christi RC Church, Boscombe, Bournemouth.
April
2006
2nd organist (for soloists - chamber
organ) in Stainer's 'Crucifixion', Corpus Christi Boys' Choir, Bournemouth
November 2005
Organist for Fauré's
Requiem, Corpus Christi Boys' Choir, Bournemouth.
23rd
April 2005
Grange Choral Society
at Christchurch Priory - chamber organ continuo in Mozart's Requiem.
20th
March 2005
2nd organist (for
soloists) in Stainer's 'Crucifixion', Corpus Christi Boys' Choir,
Bournemouth
30th
November 2004
Accompanied one of the
world's top violinists at a funeral in Bournemouth. Elgar's 'Salut d'Amour'
and 'Chanson de Nuit', plus Massenet's 'Meditation from Thais'.
28th
November2004
Flutist in Parry
Quartet concert (St Katherine's, Southbourne, B'mth) that included the
Salomon reduction of Haydn's Clock Symphony.
14th
November 2004
Organist for Fauré's
Requiem, Corpus Christi Boys' Choir, Bournemouth.
25th
June 2004
An entire day of
playing piano accompaniments for Choral Classes at Bournemouth Competitive
Music Festival.
1st
April 2004
Wimborne Minster,
Dorset: - added several items to the 'Organ Recital in Bad Taste', -but on
flute (with organ accompaniment from Sam Hanson)
20th
March 2004
Vivaldi Flute Concerto ('Il Gardellino')
with
Parry Quartet in Bournemouth.
February
2004
Played my last Sunday at Sacred Heart
in Bournemouth. In 6½ years I must have played for almost 350 Masses and
about 60 weddings! Quite a marathon, and with a 100% record of
reliability.
Summer
2003
I was invited to do some session work
in the south of France this summer, so, on 28th July we flew to Paris,
then on to Marseille to have fun.
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fabulous EMI TG 12345 desk at Vega - actually used by the
Rolling Stones back in the 1970's to record two of their
albums (when the desk was housed at Pathé Marconi Studios
in Paris. |
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Job #1 was to help on a day of
production [of a demo single] at Vega Studio, Carpentras (Provence). Vega uses a
superb EMI desk (the sort of thing that you see in the Beatles / Abbey
Road documentaries).
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array of the finest microphones at Vega. |
Job #2 was to play a flute
track to complete another demo single. This was in another location, -MGO
Studio, in Avignon. Having plenty of time to work with the composer
outside of the studio cut recording time to a minimum on the big day.
Great fun, and mission accomplished successfully!
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Desk
and 'outboards' at MGO Studio, Avignon |
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