Get to know me!
Being a polymer; in the sense that I have more than one profession, musician, author, photographer and art video creator for classical music, art historian now by the studies in my art history certificate I'm completing at Cambridge University and MA qualified and certified linguist. I see my future here on the web. Over the last ten years since returning from Germany I have written no less than 15 publications; these were in poetry, life writing and autobiography, novels, and a cookbook. I have also written no less than 220 pieces of Classical Music and songs and have made nearly 360 recordings for Soundcloud. It is my intention to finish my music degree and get a masters and PhD in composition, or creative writing or something which combines both. What I would see as success is to be so renowned for composition that my music survives my death to give the world not just a genetic but artistic legacy. Here you can buy and view my books and scores. You can also listen before you buy and read extracts from the books on sale on my blog.
I have spent many years as a linguist and language consultant, EFL teacher and translator already. I'm always on the hunt for new work online. I spent 7 happy years living and working in Kassel, Hessen, and Wuppertal and Cologne in Germany North-Rhein-Westphalia. The love of my life is German. I speak fluent German to native speaker level. I have worked for some global players in language teaching and translation freelance. I studied music at Cologne Conservatoire and Musicology, English and German at the University of Cologne on a casual rather than formal basis enjoying a lavish party and student lifestyle out there as well as working up to 52 hrs a week in languages from 2001-2007 and for 8 months in 2010. This cultural exchange was a major part of my life and the source of much of my life writing so far. It also made me campaign for yes and Stand Up for Europe as much as possible.
Ditsy, bright, and beautiful
All girlfriends short and tall,
Ditsy, wise, and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all!
He gave them sexy makeup,
He gave their tampons wings.
He gave them mighty handbags,
To beat us at bloody-minded things!
Ditsy, bright, and beautiful
All girlfriends short and tall,
Ditsy, wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all!
Combined anthology of all 415 poems so far
coming out in approx. 1 year!
A prize winning entry into the Suffolk Virtual Festival of the Performing arts this year it is my translation of Richard Wagner's Prize Song from Act III of the Master singers of Nuremberg the opera performed as a piece of drama in English. the original is in German.
Performed in German by the late tenor from South Africa John Botha in 2008
There's much composing and a display of my skills as an author, musician and linguist, on this website. So, take your time, look around. Then make sure to drop me a line. Or why not brush up on your foreign languages?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Played and Sung by Me the Musician
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