Name: John Andrew English
Contact
Information: info@papermusic.org
Background:
U.S. Navy, 1986-1991,
Radioman Second-Class (E-5); Sta NavFac, Guam, M.I., 1987-1989; Sta U.S.S.
Rodney M. Davis, 1989-1991;
Bachelor's Deg. in Music,
Theory/Composition, NMSU; Master's Degree in Music, Theory/Composition, UNM;
Currently in Albuquerque, NM.
Member, National Braille Association (www.nationalbraille.org)
Member, Dialogue, Blinkskills, Inc. (www.blindskills.com)
Member, Music Education Network f/t Visually
Impaired (menvi.org)
Recipient of the 2009 Dr. Jacob Bolotin
Award (Sponsored by the Alfred & Rosalind Perlman Trust, Presented by the
National Federation of the Blind (NFB))
Transcriber for New England Conservatory of
Music, the University of the Pacific, the New Mexico Commission for the Blind,
Dancing Dots, and many private clients.
Specializations:
U.S. Library of Congress Literary Braille
Certification (2009)
Braille Music
Transcription (certification pending)
Enlarged Music
Transcription; information from Thomas Green
Standard Music Engraving
(from manuscript or audio) - including "lead sheets" and scoring with
sep. parts;
Orchestration and
Arranging.
Formats available: Lime,
GoodFeel, Duxbury, Finale, Sibelius, Music XML, General MIDI and, of course,
paper. (Other, more obscure formats are available. Contact me at: info@papermusic.org for more
information.)
Favorite Classical Works and Recommended
Recordings:
Arvo Pärt, Te Deum,
1986. Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir w/ Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, cond.
Tönu Kaljuste.
Henryk Gòrecki, Symphony
No. 3 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs,' Opus 36, 1976. Dawn Upshaw w/ the
London Sinfonietta, cond. David Zinman.
Carl Orff, Carmina
Burana, 1937. St. Louis Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Leonard
Slatkin.
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto
in G-minor, op. 8/8 RV 332. Il Giardino Armonica, dir. Giovanni Antonini.
(Teldec)
Bobby McFerrin, Paper
Music. The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, dir. Bobby McFerrin. (Sony)
Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg,
It Ain't Necessarily So. Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg, violin; Sandra
Rivers, piano. (EMI Classics)
Claude Bolling, Suite
for Flute and Jazz Piano. Jean Pierre Rampal, flute; Claude Bolling,
piano. (Milan)
Rebel, Rossi and His
Circle. dir. Jorg-Michael Swarz. (Teldec)
George Frideric Handel, The
Handel Collection. The City of London Sinfonia, dir. John Rutter.
(American Gramaphone)
Johann Sebastian Bach, The
Well-Tempered Clavier. Vladimir Feltsman, piano. (BMG)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano
Concertos Nos. 21 & 24. Cleveland Orchestra, dir. George Szell. Robert
Casadesus, piano. (CBS Great Performances).
Ofra Harnoy, Romantic
Cello Sonatas (of Chopin, Franck). Cyprien Katsaris, piano. (RCA Victor
Red Seal)
Felix Mendelssohn, Elijah.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, dir. Robert Shaw. (Telarc)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Cheryomushki.
Pimlico Opera, dir. Wasfi Kani. (BBC Music Vol. III, No. 8)
Philip Glass, Dracula.
Kronos Quartet. (Nonesuch)
Michael Torke, Color
Music. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, dir. David Zinman. (Argo)
Morten Lauridsen, Lux
Aeterna. Los Angeles Master Chorale, dir. Paul Salamunovich. (RCM)
Steve Reich, Music for 18 Musicians. (Nonesuch)
