Artist description Classical music, including original pieces (by Richard Cox) and well-known works by other composers.Small ensemble to large orchestra. Classical/romantic bias but branching out - watch this space. Enjoy.

Music Style Classical, largely tonal, striving for interesting, exciting and, most of all beautiful music.

Musical Influences Brahms, Dvorak, Mozart, Bach, Bernstein, Richard Strauss,Grieg, Wagner

Similar Artists I don't think my music sounds like anyone else's. However, listener's have (very kindly) suggested: Elgar, Sibelius, Richard Strauss, Arthur Sullivan, Mozart, Vaughan Willams

Artist History ...Or "How I Got The Music Bug". I sat in the school library one lunchtime and happened to see printed in an encyclopedia the familiar horn theme from the first movement of Dvorak's "New World" Symphony (at 1:51 in my MIDI performance opposite) - the magical effect of tremolo strings over the horn's commanding notes was actually there on the page in beautiful simplicity. Never having seen an orchestral score, it was an inspiring moment, sparking a deep, lifelong (so far) interest in orchestration. In my teenage years I read every available book on orchestration and devoured every score I could lay my hands on. Eventually, I tried my hand at some original pieces, having to wait until my late thirties for technology to make it possible to hear my orchestral works. I have had relatively little formal musical training: I studied the cello at school up to Grade 4 (British ABRSM) and played the piano for fun, taking grade 8 theory and piano in my early thirties. I was successful, and I must acknowledge the great help I received from Marina Horak, with whom I studied piano for two or three years in my twenties, revolutionising my piano technique and giving me many new insights into music in general. Alas, music is a "spare time" activity, although a great and absorbing love.

Group Members Richard Cox

Instruments Sound modules: Proteus 2, Roland OC-1, GigaSampler, Kurzweil MicroPiano. Mixer: Mackie 1202 VLZ PRO. Samples: Advanced Orchestra from Best Service plus the built in samples in the sound modules. Computer: Pentium 2 450 MHz with 384 MB RAM. Software: GigaSampler by Nemesys (software sampler/sound module), Sound Forge by Sonic Foundry (sound recording and post-processing), Musicator (MIDI sequencer and notation program), BladeEncoder (converting WAV files to MP3).

Location Finchley, London - United Kingdom

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