My first instrument is the piano, and I have a strong classical background, though I do not have a degree in music. As I got older, I took up playing the bamboo flute - as the piano is not very portable, and I wanted to be able to play while waiting for my bus. Later, I took up the panpipes, which I found better than the flute for playing while I walk, and during the cold winter (as they do not require the use of the fingers). Lately I have been attempting to teach myself to sing. My musical interested broadened as I got older to include Ragtime, 'Oldies', folk music (mainly on the panpipes), some pop music, and miscellaneous. I have written some 30 or 40 pieces of music for the piano in a classical, semi-modern style. I am self-taught as a composer. (Hide extended text) ... (Read all)
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Instruments :
Piano, bamboo flute, panpipes, voice (D2 - G4); dabble in various other instruments.
Skills :
Composer, Interpreter
Grade :
I play at an advanced level, but I only only took my grade 8 piano exam.
(This MP3 was listened
9 times and downloaded 4 times) I've posted panflute and piano recordings of Mr. Guinet's lovely melody, and I found myself wanting to sing it as well, so I wrote some words and did my best to sing them. I hope you will pardon the occasional roughness of my voice.
(This MP3 was listened
408 times and downloaded 99 times) Another performance of Fur Elise, but with a lot of ornamentation and rhythmic retouching thrown in to prove that I am the performer. ;-)
I don't know if Beethoven would have approved, but he himself was a famous improvisationist, so hopefully he would forgive me.
(This MP3 was listened
2217 times and downloaded 173 times) My performance of Fur Elise. (I am shocked, actually, that no one else has uploaded an MP3 of this piece.)
As you may have noticed, the video for this MP3 is available again. I am happy to say that I heard back from the agency that was (erroneously) claiming my audio and had the matter cleared up. :-)
(Sadly, though, my joke in my other posting of Fur Elise about the ornaments and so on being proof it was me was NOT a joke - it's the truth. :-( This seems to be a problem I will run into again for as long as I am posting classical music. Sigh.... )
Ah yes, speaking of such things, my audio got claimed AGAIN a week later - by someone else. I felt like I have a child that is getting kidnapped over and over again! :-(
But I am happy to say after sending an e-mail to the company involved that the claim was dropped after only one day. :-)
(I sent them an e-mail to thank them & they sent back & said that they felt that most people in the music business would sympathize with the furstration of Classical musicians and recording matches.) (1 comment)
(This MP3 was listened
41 times and downloaded 19 times) My performance of Mr. Guinet's romantic and evocative flute solo "L'Indien des Mers" on the panflute.
(This MP3 was listened
19 times and downloaded 14 times) A shorter piano improvisation on Mr. Guinet's flute solo "L'Indien des Mers". I take a few more liberties with the melody in this interpretation.
(This MP3 was listened
301 times and downloaded 33 times) My performance of this folk song on the piano. It's not the same arrangement as the sheet music, but, then, neither is the other MP3!
(This MP3 was listened
244 times and downloaded 123 times) My recording of Chopin's fourth prelude. Despite being a relatively 'easy' piece of music, it took a number of attempts to get a version I liked.
(This MP3 was listened
108 times and downloaded 141 times) One of Joplin's more classical compositions; not really a rag, I think, but graceful and flowing.
(This MP3 was listened
126 times and downloaded 172 times) Despite the title, I find this a cheerful piece of music, though there are moments of nostalgia, and maybe homesickness.
(This MP3 was listened
1286 times and downloaded 782 times) My recording of myself playing the first movement of Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata'. (2 comments)
(This MP3 was listened
104 times and downloaded 151 times) My recording of my performance of this piece of Scott Joplin's composition. Scott Joplin wrote this music sometime after the death of his young wife, and the piece is full of tender emotion at times, passionate at others. (1 comment)
(This MP3 was listened
397 times and downloaded 105 times) My recording of my performance of this piece of music by Scott Joplin. The composition contains some of the most lovely pauses. (1 comment)
(This MP3 was listened
144 times and downloaded 85 times) I've been playing this piece since high school, and I seem to like it more and more as I get older.
(This MP3 was listened
446 times and downloaded 737 times) Another of Scott Joplin's non ragtime pieces, a very brash and cheerful march and two-step. I don't use much swing in this one, though I do add a few extra syncopations at times.
(This MP3 was listened
392 times and downloaded 1699 times) One of Scott Joplin's more classical compositions; the main theme is a very cheerful one, with moments when it seems to sigh with contentment.
This is the same track as used in my YouTube video, but I have tried to fix some of the static which occurs in the YouTube video.
(This MP3 was listened
582 times and downloaded 888 times) A rather conservative performance at the start, becoming more rhythmically adventurous as the piece progresses.
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Canada, Winnipeg
Glen, Hoban : Ballad (Far Over The Misty Mountains Cold)
Glen, Hoban : Gymnopodie #1
Glen, Hoban : Waltz in F Major
Glen, Hoban : Gymnopodie #3
Glen, Hoban : A Japanese Cowboy In Paris (Prelude)
Glen, Hoban : Gymnopodie #5
Sheet music "Zen Tibétin" from GUINET, SYLVAIN
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