 John
Clegg studied music with the distinguished teacher, the
late Herbert Fryer at Jesus College, Cambridge, and subsequently
embarked upon a concert career. For many years he combined this
with an appointment as Pianist-in-Residence at Lancaster University,
and continues this association in emeritus. He has appeared
in many cities worldwide, and given concerto performances with
some of the worlds leading orchestras and conductors. In addition
to more conventional repertoire, his recordings include works
of Scriabine, Reger, Medtner and Weber. |
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 Graham
Hair came to the Gardiner chair of Music at Glasgow University
in 1990, after 10 years as Head of Composition at the Sydney
Conservatorium. Before that he was for some years at LaTrobe
University in Melbourne. Other periods have been spent as Visiting
Professor at Princeton, and Composer-in-Residence at MIT. A
graduate in piano of the Melbourne University Conservatorium,
he composed "Wild Cherries and Honeycomb" as the required
contemporary work of the 1998 Scottish International Piano Competition,
for which he was also a member of the jury. |
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 Mary
McCarthy's pioneering approach to piano performance and
teaching is rooted in her background in Irish traditional music,
and continued involvement with musicians in this field. She
has studied in Japan with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki, studied and held
a long term interest in jazz piano, and maintains connections
with some of Scotland's leading composers. |
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director, Nicky Hind is a composer, who since 1993, has
lived in California, where he came to study computer music at
Stanford University (receiving his doctorate in 1997). His recent
work features live electronic music performance, using a computer-based
system he has designed and developed especially for this purpose.
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