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Tag: RCM Preparatory
Dreams by Richard Summers
Dreams comes to us from the founder of the Toronto Guitar Institute. According to his biography, nine of his pieces are featured in the Royal Conservatory literature. He is also a member of The College of Examiners for RCM Examinations. That means he conducts Royal Conservatory guitar examinations across Canada. His students have seen success…
Moorish Dance by Aaron Shearer
Moorish Dance comes to us from the famous pedagogue Aaron Shearer. I was fortunate enough to study with Aaron while I was a student at Duquesne University. He would make a trip each semester to work with my teacher, Tom Kikta, and on his books. While at school, we would have weekly lessons with him…
Bransle de Poitou by Adrian Le Roy
Bransle de Poitou comes to us from Adrian Le Roy, a multi-instrumental French composer 16th century. Le Roy has an interesting history as a publisher with his cousin Robert Ballard. Together, they established a virtual monopoly in publishing in their region of France. It lasted well beyond their deaths into the 19th century. You can…
Contentment by Shawn Bell
Contentment comes to us from an eclectic Canadian musician, Shawn Bell. His works are published by Doberman-Yppan Editions. A number of them appear in the Royal Conservatory series both past and present. His interests seem to currently lie in the field of media and electronic music rather than straight ahead classical. He currently co-designed, and…
Danse des îles by Florian Lambert
Danse des îles comes to us from another hard-to-find composer, Florian Lambert. With each video, I like to give some biographical information. Therefore, if someone finds their way to this site and has some information other than his birth year (1942), then I and those reading would be greatly appreciative. Publications of Danse des îles…
Exercise 13 by Elías Barreiro
Exercise 13 comes to us from a performer, teacher, and composer who is little known to most guitarists. That is unless you went to Tulane University in New Orleans. There is a nice interview with him on the Tulane University website (click here) that took place at the 2016 New Orleans International Guitar Festival. Barreiro…
Valse d’automne by Lyse Gingras
Valse d’automne comes to us from a composer that I cannot find a single ounce of biographical information through internet searches. I can only assume that he is either French or French Canadian. I assume the latter is due to his appearance in the Royal Conservatory editions for guitar. However, the most current editions do…