Apologies as usual for neglecting to update my website regularly! (May I remind you of the last line in the movie "Some Like It Hot".)
The newsletter referred to in 2022 was a huge disappointment. Very little response. However I am now trying a new approach with the help of a fine band director, Mike Fansler (Western Illinois University), which should make it easier for American band directors to locate my music at the Australian Music Centre. This will take some time to establish, but it should be well worth it.
I have added two new CDs to the CD page. A live performance in 1999 of myself conducting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra - "Prelude to a Drama" by Franz Schreker and the famous "Symphonic Dances" by Rachmaninoff - was recently published by Tall Poppies. The second is a double CD of live two-piano performances given during the early 1980s. David Bollard and I were then members of the University of New South Wales Ensemble (now the Australia Ensemble). Over a two or three year period we regularly collaborated in a wide range of two-piano repertoire. Both David and I were delighted that the old tapes could be re-mastered in digital form and published by Tall Poppies.
Marlena got first-class honours on completing her Bachelor of Music degree and is now playing in the Queensland Symphony Orchestra viola section for a time. My elder daughter Isabella, after some years experience working backstage for opera and musical productions, is now taking the first steps to appearing on stage as a singing performer. Brava to both!
David Stanhope may be contacted
at the following email address:
dstanhope AT bigpond DOT com
Just replace the AT with @, and the DOT with .
Many thanks to
- Bob Hower -
The Elder Conservatorium Wind Ensemble
and
for excerpts from the 'Little Ripper!' CD