William Walton – Sean Shibe

ROSL arts competition

on February 18, 2009April 30, 2009 By Sean Shibe

Yeah so err yesterday I was in the String section final of the ROSL arts competition. I didn't win, but got some prize for a 'ayoung string player of promise'. So yeah. That was fun.

Chanterelle guitar prize

on December 13, 2008April 30, 2009 By Sean Shibe

Last Thursday I won the Chanterelle guitar prize, winning £200 of music vouchers.

Concert today

on November 28, 2008November 28, 2008 By Sean Shibe

Hi basically to say that if you're in Glasgow tonight, then at 7pm there's a concert in the RSAMD guinness room. So please come along.

Concert tomorrow

on November 22, 2008April 30, 2009 By Sean Shibe

I am playing for 15 minutes in a concert in central Glasgow, so if you are free to come please do. It promises to be good. All performers are from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. This is the church interior. It's pretty nice actually...I thought it would be a kinda modernish one, but this [...]

Chanterelle guitar prize

on November 19, 2008April 30, 2009 By Sean Shibe

I will be competing for the RSAMD chanterelle guitar prize on the 11 December. I will be playing the Prelude from the 4th Lute Suite (J. S. Bach) and Bagatelle no. 1 by William Walton. The prize is £200 worth of music published by Chanterelle.

New youtube video

on September 25, 2008April 30, 2009 By Sean Shibe

I have uploaded a new video to youtube, another excerpt of my Summer recitals. This time it is a bit of Brazilian music, that of Heitor Villa-Lobos. His most famous works for guitar were probably the 5 Preludes, and this is no. 4. So now I have the Walton Bagatelles nos 1 and 5 and [...]

Audio files

on September 24, 2008April 30, 2009 By Sean Shibe

I realise that the point of a musical blog would seem to be so that you could post your own music but of course I can't post pure audio which is a bit of a pain. However I can put youtube videos of me onto this so here's a taster. We had two cameras recording [...]