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The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes
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You'll Know It's Christmas
Born in Boston and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada, singer songwriter Kevin MacDonald first performed in public at the age of 6. He owes his skills on the piano to Mrs. Alice Cann who taught him how to read and play music. Keen on performing, Kevin learned Gaelic for the Cape Breton Summer Festival and later wrote the town song of Glace Bay. His ability as a singer led to many appearances on both radio and TV as well as being featured on the CBC program Who's Who. He later studied Jazz and Classical Voice and Composition at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Canada. Some of Kevin's early achievements include: Two appearances as a featured songwriter on CBC Radio, Canada's national radio station, a video release featured on Much Music, Canada's MTV, with the Halifax based band Steps Around The House, recording the title song for the movie Toby McTeague in New York and working with Kevin Hunter, Natalie Cole's former manager. This song, incidentally, was nominated for a Genie Award, Canada's version of an Oscar. His work led him to another trip to New York to collaborate with such greats as guitarist Rick Derringer of 'Hang on Sloopy' fame and engineer Bob Brockman who later won a Grammy for his work with Tony Braxton. Coming home Kevin's song "In Aggression" won the Q104 Radio's songwriting contest while performing with his band New Graffiti at an open-air venue for 50,000 people. Their winning performance took them to Toronto where they performed live on a coast-to-coast TV program hosted by Jim Carrey. Kevin was also awarded a Canadian Factor Grant for excellence in the category of Pop Songwriting for a collection of songs including "By The light Of the Moon". Since 1992 Kevin has been touring Europe as a piano entertainer as well as continuing as a voice over artist and singer with radio commercials in Canada for clients such as Halifax Tourism, Milk Canada and Labatts Beer. Kevin also played with his high school friend Barry Colson in the first Dueling Piano Show in Europe called "The Neds" and their first performance at Zachariasbryggen, Bergen, Norway led to further shows in Germany and Switzerland and to recording the album "Global". Kevin took on the stage name Kevin Owen for his live performances as an entertainer and his work has taken him to the best rooms in Europe such as Frakken in Trondheim, Club Indochine in Zurich and the famous dueling piano club Crazy Pianos in The Hague, Netherlands playing for audiences of 70'000 people a year and performing a live request show on Dutch radio 3FM. Performing solo and dueling shows in Europe, Kevin traveled from alpine ski resorts such as Davos, where he played during the World Economic Forum and for the Spengler Cup at the "Tonic Bar", north to Zurich, London, Oslo and Reykjavik and as well as Germany and the Caribbean. Kevin has entertained for corporate functions for companies such as Oracle, BMW Racing, Lindt & Sprüngli, Phillips and Swiss Re. While in Reykjavik, Kevin was featured and performed live on Iceland's national radio station RUV and was recorded live in Zurich from The Splendid Bar for a 3Sat German TV production, which aired in Norway, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Still writing while traveling, he recorded the EP "California" with friend and producer Kurt Hahn. Kevin met his wife in 1998 and moved to Switzerland in 1999. They moved to Austria where there was a profound shift toward what Kevin feels has been his true roots, songwriting. This surge in creativity has opened the door to writing with and for new talented artists such as the Angels, Croatia, Adrian Poulsen, South Africa and the Swiss based singer Eve Kay (TBA Records) who released her first single with Kevin's "I Dream In Color". Songs on her album include "Shine Again", "Reveal" and "Automatic" released in 2007 and South African actor and musical leading man Adrian Poulsen recorded the heart-felt ballad "Anything" as the lead single and video for his debut album. Kevin's song "Let's Kick It" was released on the Best Fan Songs CD (Musikvertrieb) of the Swiss National Soccer Team for the FIFA 2008 and he is also writing for the Croatian all girl rock band Angels. In Collaboration with his wife Sibylle, he started his own entertainment service company TNBT in 2008 featuring his own brand of piano entertainment as well as a cover band called The Traveling Pop Show, which is a piano performance backed by an 8-piece Pop Orchestra. Exploring his range in songwriting, Kevin writes Pop, Rock, R&B and occasionally tiptoes through Country. He is a member of NSAI, AIMP and SOCAN, Canada's Writers Society. As an entertainer 2010 leads Kevin to perform at Ernie Biggs, Little Rock, USA, as well as to his regular stomping ground in Europe: Switzerland. Kevin has recently completed his first Christmas CD, You'll Know I's Christmas featuring his first Holiday song with the same title. Look forward to a new album of original works coming in the spring of 2011!- Shop: odax
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Fiesta!
Iain Farrington - Fiesta! This recording features four piano works of varying and disparate angles: jazzy, political, pictorial and private. It is music that aims to encompass many contrasting elements, from technical virtuosity to calm simplicity, from tunefully melodic to harshly dissonant, from lightweight fun to melancholic seriousness. Fiesta! Fiesta! Is music about celebrations and merry-making. In seven short movements, the mood is unashamedly joyous, ranging from wild excitement to intimacy. Despite the title, there are no Spanish elements in the music. It was composed and first performed in 2003. Celebration establishes the scene with it's jumpy, knock-about rhythms, and champagne-popping spirit. Lively natterings and gossipings of individuals are heard in Conversations, arguing and laughing about life. To get people on their feet, the Stride Dance launches a lively, bouncing rhythm in a Hammond organ style. A gentle Song relaxes the atmosphere before the pounding, foot-stomping rhythms of Fast Dance. As the festivities draw on, a bluesy Nocturne slackens the pace, with an improvisatory solo at the heart of the movement. Renewed energy is found in the Finale, a carefree fugue that breaks into a frantic dance. The celebrations are nearly brought to a premature conclusion by protestations from the neighbours, but this is a party that could go on and on... Mozart Variations The theme for this set of variations is Figaro's aria Non più andrai, from the end of Act One of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Figaro tells Cherubino that he will no longer be chasing girls, but will be joining the army, marching to victory. The variations are heard as one continuous piece, and exploit the threatening military nature of the aria. Composed at the outbreak of the Iraq war in 2003, the work follows a path from playfulness to swaggering arrogance, through distant fanfares to violence and aggression, culminating in tolling bells and a hollow victory march. Animal Parade Animal Parade is a depiction of ten familiar animals, from the tallest to the fastest, the biggest to the nastiest. It is an affectionate caricature of wildlife, exploring the unusual characteristics of these creatures in an entertaining assortment of organ effects. The work includes an optional narration with verses for each animal by Esther Eidinow. It was composed and first performed in 2007, paired with Poulenc's Babar the Elephant. 1 - Entrance: The stage is set with a lively, rhythmic introduction, capturing a playful mood. 2 - Giraffes: A wide-ranging melody depicts the height and flexibility of the giraffe's long neck. Teetering on fragile thin legs, the piece tiptoes along gingerly. 3 - Barrel organ monkey: Raucous oom-pah off-key music is dispatched on the organ-machine with cold, grim humour. 4 - Hippopotamus: Wallowing in thick muddy water, this is the slow life of a hippo. 5 - Critics: A worthy addition to the menagerie. The music is suitably unoriginal: fatuous fanfares, sarcastic laughter and three distorted quotes from musical masterpieces that received a critical mauling at their premieres. 6 - Blue whale: The gentle heart of the whole set. From the depths of the sea a whale gently rises to the surface for air. 7 - Sparrows: Chirping and darting around the scene, the birds merrily sing to each other. 8 - Penguins: Shaking from the cold, the penguins march along, taking the occasional dive into the sea. 9 - Cheetah: With teeth showing, the cheetah embarks on a wild chase after a hapless prey. 10 - Piranhas: A tense, still atmosphere is interrupted by three bloody feasts. 11 - Alley cats: Slinky and low-down with a bluesy mood, proud cats wander the streets, tails held high. A brief encounter leaves one slightly scratched. 12 - Exit: The opening music is recalled and expanded, providing a happy conclusion to the grand show. Night Journey Night Journey was derived from a request in 2004 to compose some short, relatively simple piano pieces, from Grades 4 to 8 in standard. This grew into 24 miniatures of varying character, still restricted by the original parameters. Although quite straightforward in terms of harmonic and technical difficulty, these pieces explore a wide range of pianistic sounds and textures. The music is often highly expressive and essentially melancholic. It was written not only as a compositional challenge, but also as a way of lifting spirits. The work is loosely based on the key structure of Chopin's Preludes, progressing through each major key and it's relative minor: C major/A minor, G major/E minor, D major/B minor etc. There is also recurring and developed material in movements 1, 7, 13, 19 and 24, giving an overall shape to the work. Iain Farrington has an exceptionally busy and diverse career as a pianist, organist, composer and arranger. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London and at St John's College, Cambridge University. As a composer, Iain has written chamber, instrumental, vocal and choral works. He was a featured artist in Musical Opinion, described as 'a musician of exceptional promise and accomplishment...the melodic and harmonic aspects of his music, allied to a genuine creative character, combine to produce an output that is both modern and attractive.' Among notable successes include his suite Fiesta! Performed in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, France, Germany, and across Europe and the UK, with several recordings available. Iain has arranged and performed over one hundred diverse works, from Mozart to Gershwin. He is Arranger-in-Residence for the Aurora Orchestra. His solo piano arrangement of Elgar/Payne Symphony No.3 is published by Boosey and Hawkes, and his transcription of Elgar's Five Piano Improvisations was recently published by Novello. His chamber orchestral version of Dvorák's Rusalka was performed across the UK by English Touring Opera. Iain has performed at the Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Purcell Room, the Royal Opera House, and in Japan, South Africa, Jordan and all across Europe. He performed two solo organ works in the BBC Proms 2007 in the Royal Albert Hall, which the Independent described: "This was his Proms debut, and an exciting one. He's an authentic star, and deserves to have a Prom all to himself." He works with many of the country's leading singers and conductors, including Bryn Terfel, Lesley Garrett, Sir Simon Rattle and Sir Colin Davis. Iain is the accompanist for the London Philharmonic Choir, working regularly with Vladimir Jurowski and Kurt Masur. He gives frequent broadcasts on BBC Radio Three and has recorded numerous CD's as accompanist and soloist. He regularly gives solo piano recitals all across the UK, with his repertoire embracing contemporary, British and light music, and his own Farrington Ensemble has performed in festivals across the UK.- Shop: odax
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