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** Electronics Engineer **
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Franz Strauss - Horn Concerto in Cmin Op 8
Roger is pleased to have been invited to perform the Franz Strauss horn
concerto with Rutland Sinfonia on 9th Oct
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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 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.
His most recent walking project was to wander around Dumfries and
Galloway - without it raining !
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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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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 in an alley towards the higher part
of the village of Frigiliana in Andalucia.
(Photograph: A helpful passing German tourist)
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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: David Calow - CalowCraddock Ltd
david@calow2craddock.co.uk Tel: 07825 537647 )
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Click here for just a few other odd
photos taken along the way
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Click here for some pictures from the not so
recent 50th Birthday celebrations
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Compositions
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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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