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** Electronics Engineer **

By profession, Roger Swann is a director of a busy electronics company specialising in the design and manufacture of microprocessor based control systems including hardware design and PCB layout, Windows software applications and embedded software development (www.cigol.com). His spare time is devoted to music (as both a performer and audience member). Other enthusiasms include hill walking (recently completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks) and the challenging business of wine tasting. He can be seen perspiring at the cross-trainer, jogging on the tread-mill and ploughing up and down the swimming pool (rough crawl) at the local gym reasonably regularly.

When time permits he also dabbles in a little water colour painting.

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Roger Swann has a beautiful 2 bedroom holiday cottage called Swann Cottage in Derbyshire. You can get information about renting it here.

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Who is Roger Thumb?

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Have you tried the ultimate wind / brass BreveEasy long note practice software? You can download a free version of this product developed by Roger Swann from here.

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Here's a picture of Roger and Julie on a rock in a gorge in Sardinia

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Here's a picture of Roger happily astride what was a newly installed (but not yet painted) cat flap patch....

(Photograph: Sue Pike)

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Roger Swann started to play the horn at the age of 11 and four years later joined the Leicester Schools Symphony Orchestra, as well as becoming a part time student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He then went on to study the horn with Ifor James, Michael Purton and Jonathon Goodhall. He plays regularly with many Leicestershire based ensembles including the Bardi Symphony Orchestra of Leicester, The Helix Ensemble, The University of Leicester Sinfonia, COMA-East Midlands, Cameo Brass and the Unique-Horns.

(photograph: Mike Tupling)

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Compositions

You can download (and perform!) some of his compositions by clicking here

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He is also the conductor of the flexible group I Postini.

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Roger Swann is the head of the software development team that produce the wind / brass BreveEasy long note practice software. Wind or brass players can download a free version of this valuable tool by following this link.

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For some reviews of selected concerts you might like to visit www.cigol.com/review

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