A list of my teachers (that I can remember)

Amanda Riddell
Jul 23, 2023
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Composition: John Psathas, Chris Gendall, Michael Norris, Helen Renaud, Michael Bell. Theory: Geoffrey Coker, Michael Bell, David Cosper (?). Classical Guitar: David Smith, Jane Curry. Jazz/Rock Guitar: Hanifi Machirus, Jason Wilcox, Steve Nichols. Voice: Chris Bruerton, Ravil Atlas, Barbara Graham. Orchestration/Arranging: Kenneth Young, Michael Bell. Pedagogy: Robert Legg, Owen Moriarty. Plus Hugh Stevenson and Mark Dorrell, who took a particular interest in my career.

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Amanda Riddell

Jul 23, 2023

Yes, I took drum/percussion lessons too, but only for a few months, and 3 years of trombone. 🤣 I've got a natural feeling for it, though, so I'm good at setting the counts for the funky metres that I write in. Ken said that we should always be able to clap what we wrote, and yep, I can clap my pieces (mostly).

Amanda Riddell

Apr 24

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Manny sent the film to respected people he knew, and gave us some notes from that. One was quite memorable: he sent her - a New York vocal coach - a clip without the dream sequence which had the music and a TBD title card, and her answer was "it better be good to be that long" or something along those lines.

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