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Utterly unreliable A to Z of music

Adrian has completed his light-hearted dictionary of musical terminology. All your favourite (and least favourite!) musical terms are described and, when necessary, made fun of. And not one single musical example or musical symbol is included, so you don't even have to be a music reader to understand something about music's nuts and bolts!

The book is now available, published by Kevin Mayhew at £9.99. Just one thing: have you discovered the one mistake in the book that guarantees it's Utterly Unreliable status? There are no prizes, sorry, but do let me know if you've found the false definition.

Adrian selling his isolated Mayo home

Adrian has decided to sell his isolated cottage on the north-western edge of Europe, in that wonderful area between the Nephin Beg Mountains and the shores of Blacksod Bay.

He will only be moving a few miles, hopefully to set up a small local music academy.

Adrian's little cottage has been largely renovated over the last five years, and comes with about 29 acres of blanket bog, and 1000 feet of shoreline. He has turned the entire land over as a little nature reserve, complete with hares, foxes, otters, corncrakes, snipe, little ringed plovers, herons and much more.

The place is an ideal, quiet, peaceful location for any creative artist. The amazing light has to be experienced, and the whole is part of the elemental nature of Ireland's Atlantic coast.

A guide price of around Euro240,000 is being asked. For further details, please use the contact link.

Recent performances

It's always nice to know if you play any of Adrian's works, even if it's only in the church on a sunday.
Recent known performances include the following:

Four Preludes on Greenlandic Christmas Hymns Randall Harlow, organ
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York December 2007

The Forgotten Whalers of Kitsissuarsuit Randall Harlow, organ
First Baptist Church of Penfield, New York 7 December 2007

The Forgotten Whalers of Kitsissuarsuit Randall Harlow, organ
Penfield United Methodist Church, Penfield, New York 22 February 2008

Recent Greenland talks

Adrian's Greenland talks have been a little thinner on the ground recently. However, he has given talks at the following places, over the last couple of months:
Arranmore Island, County Donegal
Knockrooskey, Westport
Newport, Mayo
Cuilmore, near Castlebar
Mulranny, Mayo
Knock, Mayo
The Village Centre, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, UK
Ballybay, (nr Athlone), Co Roscommon
Tarmon, Drumkieran, Co Leitrim

Further details, endorsements etc: please click on the Greenland link.

Cartoon by Kris

Thanks to Chris Burchell (Kris) for his cartoon. Adrian had a beard for a few years, but that was shaved off in October 2007, so he looks even more like the eejit above!

Rachmaninov for depression!

The above is an anagram of "Adrian Vernon Fish - composer." Whether Sergei causes or salves depression, is open to interpretation...... If you can better that, let me know!

Publishers

Adrian's music and editions are published by
Kevin Mayhew Ltd
Oecumuse,
Brunton,
Royal School of Church Music,
Creative and Expressive Arts in Education
Atuakkiorfik (Greenland Publishers)
Sermersuaq Edition (Adrian's own edition)

Tillertutut ittuartoq pigaarput

The Greenlandic song-writer Ulrik L.G. F. Rosing is finally seeing his complete songs in print. Adrian spent the second half of 2003 and large chunks of 2004 editing Rosing's 164 songs for Greenland publisher Atuakkiorfik A/S. The 339-page volume is now out. Visit www.atuakkiorfik.gl for more details.

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