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Pianist - Drummer

transitstation

PIANIST

I am a pianist and play a wide range of music.
I am a piano teacher and I give piano lessons in London.
I live in Surbiton which is in the borough of Kingston in SW London.

Nix Nugent

I'm currently collaborating, rehearsing & performing with Nix Nugent (facebook - myspace) a singer & songwriter.On Monday 23rd January 2012, we be performing a similar set that we presented at the Purple Turtle back in September plus her 'new' song "Horses that are gifts".

The gig is presented by Dead or Alive, starts at 7.30
and is at Old Queen's Head, (facebook)
44 Essex Rd, Islington, London, N1 8LN, off Upper St (Angel tube).
We're on around 10.25-10.55 and we'd LOVE your support .
This is the our facebook event

I performed on a street piano during the City of London Festival, 2011

This is an excerpt of Rachmaninoff's prelude in C# minor.

Previously...

I took part in BBC radio 3's London Pianothon on Sat 18th Oct 2008

I worked as accompanist at Sheen Mount (primary) School in Richmond Upon Thames in 2005
and at St John's (primary) in Kingston in 2011

I have played piano at private events and at The Rising Sun and The Monk Club

DRUMMER

@MarsFortress; Mark Chester - guitar, vocal
Rupert Cheek - drums, Sam Stickland - bass.

We start 2012 with a rehearsal on Friday 6th Jan at Panic-music in North Acton (facebook) then return to Unit 2 recording studio (facebook) on Sunday 8th to record new material which we've played at our 2 most recent gigs

21st Dec 2011 - Electricity Showrooms - @ Hoxton Square; facebook.

"Rejuvenated grunge tinged rock is a descriptive arc to place Mars Fortress's sound that barely does justice to their infectiousness. A host of Anglo-American influences chewed up and spat out in the face of guitar complacents. I've been a fan for a while and I can tell you the new material elevates the outfit to the status of serious contenders. I suspect Download may soon beckon for the burgeoning ply-ers of stringed assault."

25th Nov 2011 - Monto Water Rats, King's Cross

2010; Fri 7th May, Powers, Kilburn - Fri 9 April, Underbelly, Hoxton - 17 March, corporate St Patricks Day event, Liverpool St
2009; Wed 18 Nov - Dublin Castle, Camden - Sat 31st Oct, Monto Water Rats, Kings Cross - 11 Oct, Enterprise, Camden - facebook event
Sat 10 Oct, Liquid Nation, Ladbroke Grove - Wed 30 Sept 09: Proud Galleries, Camden - Fri 18 Sept,Hope & Anchor, Islington
Sat 5 Sept, Bar Rumba, Shaftesbury Ave - Wed 9th Sept, Liquid Nation, Ladbroke Grove - Tues 25 Aug, Comedy Pub, Picadilly
Tues 21 July, Hope & Anchor, Islington - Thurs 16 July @ Fighting Cocks, Kingston - Fri 10 July - Bridge House 2, Canning Town
Sat 27 June - Bar Rumba, Shaftesbury Ave - Thurs 11 June 09: Proud Galleries, Camden - Sat 30 May - Cross Kings, Kings Cross
Mon 18 May - Hope & Anchor, Angel - 1st gig as a trio - Thurs 9 April 09: Proud Galleries, Camden -
Mon 30 March 09: Dublin Castle, Camden - Mon 16 Feb 09: Hope & Anchor, Angel - Thurs 5 Feb 09: Grey Horse, Kingston

Me on transit station ; "I found transit station Berlin 2005 really exciting because I met, listened to, viewed, experienced and worked with other international artists. It was especially rewarding to be asked by others if I would like to work with them in the future…"

transitstation copenhagen.blogspot.com / www.youtube.com - Transitstation evolving for 2010

artreview group - www.checkoutart.ca - transitstation copenhagen

I played piano in transit station at London, Berlin & Edinburgh.

photo above © Aaron McCluskey

I performed with Ricardo Wende (trumpet) in transit station Edinburgh

Sam Sweeting

I also performed with performance artist Sam Sweeting. Her performance consisted of her ‘trying’ to eat an apple that was suspended from a ladder. This was also unplanned until we met in Edinburgh. This ‘piece’ (Sweeting told me what she would be doing) also combined two sources of audio-an alphabetical list of apple varieties, read by Sweeting, and my improvisation.

Merav Israel
During transit station Edinburgh, I collaborated (as accompanist) with Merav Israel & her group of dancers/movement artists. I had not met them until I got to Edinburgh (as with my collaboration with tanzmedia for transit station Berlin), and I was honoured to be asked to perform with them after she heard me improvising (on keyboard) with another musician (Ricardo Wende, trumpet). There were perhaps three elements to the piece; movement/dance, recording of train sounds, and my improvisation.

Tanzmedia

Above; "It's me Rick from the movement performance with the audience. We (Rick, Rebecca and Carsten) did have a real good time, also because of you joining in with us. I do hope that we will be able to work again." *Photo by K Jarbenski, © 2005 www.foreigner.de

Zsi (fine arts, Kingston University)
After discussions in Edinburgh regarding some film work she was working on, I agreed to make some music for some of her films. We met a few times (at Kingston University) so that she could show me her work-in-progress. Our working practise was for me to improvise music at a piano whilst watching the silent films. For some of the films, we recorded a number of different improvisations so that Zsi could choose which to use. She shared with me her fascination for trees. We would like to perform/present work like this at a future transit station, so that the music can be improvised/performed/heard live. See more here; nature

� Rupert Cheek 2012, unless otherwise stated

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