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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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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 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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Here's a picture of Julie and Roger celebrating the coronation of King Charles III - May 2023

( Photograph: Dusan, a friendly neighbour )

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Here's a picture of Julie and Roger celebrating a birthday over breakfast on the island of El Hierro - November 2022

( Photograph: Gustavo, the friendly hotel owner )

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Here's a picture of Julie and Roger on top of Ill Bell (a ridge walk N. of Windermere) - June 2022

( Photograph: a passing fellow hiker )

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Here's a picture of Julie and Roger enjoying a glass of Champagne on the "sky deck" of the Shard in London - June 2022

( Photograph: a passing fellow sightseer )

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Here's a picture of Julie and Roger enjoying an excellent lunch (including canarian potatoes!) on Tenerife - November 2021

( Photograph: the friendly waitor )

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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 and the Axe Vale Symphony Orchestra.

( 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

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 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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