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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 controlsystems including hardware design and PCB layout, Windows/Linux/Android software applications and embedded software development (www.cigol.com
). His spare time is devoted to music (as both a performer and audience member (these days with a particularemphasis on opera)). Other enthusiasms include hill walking and the challenging business of wine tasting. He has been known to dabble in both composition
and water colours but is painfully aware of his failure to achieve anything of real note in either media.
He is a regular early morning walker around the hills of East Devon. He also trys to fit in visits to both Seaton and Colyton gym training facilities, if only to remind himself of how fit some other people are!
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For a truly amazing story regarding Roger and concert promotor Clive Jenkins please see
this page.
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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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In May 2025, Roger and Julie completed the Wicklow Way (through the hills south of Dublin)
Here's a picture of us celebrating this event with an early evening glass in Dublin.
( Photograph: A fellow drinker)
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In November 2024, Roger and Julie made it to the top of Pico do Fogo (Fogo, Cape Verde Islands). At 2800m it's a good walk up! And some of the descent is a good slide (on volcanic ash) down!
Here's a picture of us at the top with our local guide ("Rosy"). If you look carefully you can see the Atlantic breakers in the far distance below the clouds.
( Photograph: A fellow clamberer who (conveniently) arrived at the top shortly after us)
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The Mayflower just happened to be passing Starcross in East Devon on september afteroon in 2024.
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A celebration in Lynmouth on 21st May 2024: Julie and Roger having just completed the Two Moors Way (Devon's Coast to Coast).
( Photograph: A helpful waitress)
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Here's a picture of Julie and Roger taken on Barf (with Bassenthwaite Lake in the distance below) on New Year's Day 2024
( Photograph: A passing walker who turned out to be a professional photographer)
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Here's a picture of Julie and Roger at the North Cape (the most northerly point of mainland Europe) - July 2023
( Photograph: Nicky and husband (name unknown), a friendly German couple celebrating their pearl wedding )
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Roger Swann started to play the horn at the age of 11 and four yearslater joined the Leicester Schools Symphony Orchestra, as well as becoming apart time student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He then went onto study the horn with Ifor James, Michael Purton and Jonathon Goodhall.
Moving from Leicestershire to East Devon in 2019, he is delighted to now peform with the Isca Ensemble,
the Exeter Camerata, the Axe Vale Symphony Orchestra
and the brass quintet Abbey Brass.
( Photograph: Sue Mee)
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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 very "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 notepractice 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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