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CHRIS SWANN : ABRSM EXAMINER AT CRISTONE MEDIA ON 21st OCTOBER 2014 FOR CONDUCTING MUSIC GRADE EXAMS.
Chris Swann studied at the Royal
Academy of Music where he won the Geoffrey Hawkes Prize for clarinet playing
and was awarded the Alexander Roller Prize for Piano Playing, subsequently
spending twelve years as a clarinettist and saxophonist in the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra. Chris resigned his position with the RLPO in order to
pursue a varied freelance career, playing Principal Clarinet with the BBC Symphony,
Royal Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, Hallé, Ulster, Scottish Chamber,
Manchester Concert, National Symphony and Sinfonia ViVA
Orchestras.
He has made a number of
concerto appearances including performances of Glazunov’s Saxophone
Concerto, Debussy'sRhapsodie for Saxophone
and Mozart’s Clarinet
Concerto with the RLPO, and he
has toured as soloist with the Mozart Festival Orchestra (in Manchester,
Dublin, Leicester and The Barbican in London) as well as performing the Finzi,
Copland and Weber Clarinet Concertos and solo works with
various other professional orchestras.
In December 1992 he was
appointed Acting Orchestra Manager with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra, taking up the full-time position in April 1993, relinquishing it in
August 1995 to become Head of Woodwind at Shrewsbury School, a part-time post
which he successfully combined with a busy schedule of regular playing
engagements.
In July 1998 he joined
the Royal Northern College of Music as Tutor in Clarinet and Eb Clarinet. As
well as directing his nationally recognised ensemble ZEPHYR Chris has also
performed chamber music with the Maggini,
Allegri and Alberni String Quartets and a wide variety of repertoire with members of Northern
Chamber Orchestra the RLPO’s Ensemble 10:10 andCamerata Ensemble of
Manchester.
This work, combined with
examining for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (graded and
diploma), external examining for universities, coaching, conducting and
presenting master-classes allows him little time for leisure interests which
include activities such as cycling, motorcycling and studying the contents of wine
bottles.
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Veteran Malayalam singer Udayabhanu no more
Malayalam playback singer K.P Udayabhanu, who had been undergoing treatment for Parkinson's disease for several months, passed away here Sunday. He was 77.
"For nearly a year he had been undergoing treatment for Parkinson's disease. He breathed his last this evening at his residence at around 9 p.m.," a family source told IANS.
Born to N.S. Varma and Ammu Nethyaramma at Tharur in Palakkad on June 6, 1936, Bhanu's passion for music was passed on to him by his uncle K.P Appukutta Menon, a scholar in music.
At the age of seven, he learnt music from legends such as Palghat T.S. Mani Iyer, M.D. Ramanathan, Palghat Rama Bhagavathar and Flute Krishna Iyer.
He started his career as an announcer in All India Radio in 1955. Three years later, music director K. Raghavan offered him the opportunity to sing in Malayalam film "Nair Pidicha Pulival".
Udayabhanu had since then crooned over 50 songs. Some of his evergreen hits include "Ponvalayillenkilum", "Thamara Thumbi Vava" and "Vellinakshathrame".
He had also composed music for films such as "Samasya" and "Mayilpeeli". In 2009, Udayabhanu was conferred with the Padmashri award.
His last song was "Kaatu Paranjadum" rom the film "Thanthonni".
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