Warning about the MIDI files:
Clicking on any of the "[click for MIDI]" links above will jump you into a separate window right in the middle of Rod's Concert Hall. There, if you have the right plug-ins (Beatnik for Netscape or Cresecendo for Internet Explorer), you can hear the MIDI files played for any of the above 4 pieces. Afterwards just close this extra window -- or you will accumulate too many open browser windows.
You don't know? -- what 'Beatnik' or 'Crescendo' 'plug-ins' mean? Then it would be better (after you've finished the sculpture show) to enter Rod's Concert Hall by the front door (close up any extra browser windows; then, from the Art Gallery Foyer return to RodMer Home and then select Rod's Concert Hall).
Fred Cory studied at Vancouver Community College and at the University of Victoria where he earned a diploma in Jazz & Commercial music and a Bachelor of Music (flute performance) respectively. Since returning to his native Cobourg in 1995 he has become involved in the local music scene as a teacher and performer. He presently teaches woodwinds at TCS, instructs fledgling recorder players at Port Hope United Church and is busy in many and varied musical groups in the area, including the Northumberland Orchestra.
Ed Hoad began playing the guitar in his early teens. He plays a variety of styles, today concentrating mainly on classical guitar. He studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music with John Perrone, and privately with noted teacher Eli Kassener. In addition to the Cory-Hoad Duo, Ed is a member of the Bach Porch Trio (flute, cello, and guitar), an Oshawa area group. He lives in Port Hope, where he has a growing number of guitar students.
The Cory-Hoad Duo can be heard playing flute and guitar duets at the Oasis Bar and Grill in Cobourg every Sunday night.
Janko Marjanovic graduated under André Navarra in Paris and took master classes with Vaclav Czerny in Prague. He lives in Toronto and is locally active as a recital cellist and music teacher. He is a member of the Toronto Sinfonietta and the Toronto Classical Players and is principal cellist in the Northumberland Orchestra.
Rod Anderson has goofed around on the piano all his life - beginning half a century ago with lessons from Edmund Cohu at TCS. He took up composing in 1994 after discovering how well MIDI synthesizers give one the ability to hear one's mistakes immediately during the composing process (without having to wait for a live performance to reveal all the embarrassing flaws).
His 'Sonata for Organ and Brass' was performed at Trinity United Church in Cobourg in August 1996. It will be performed there again as part of the Cobourg Celebration Concert of the Northumberland Orchestra on Sunday, October 4, 1998. His cello & piano duet 'For Barbara' was performed at the Proctor House in Brighton in July 1996. 'Minor Suite', 'Wood Thrush', 'Keeping On', 'For Barbara', and 'For Ellen' were performed at the Art Gallery of Northumberland in February 1998 as part of the Walking Tour of Merike's Sculpture Show: Transient States. He is married to sculptor and poet Merike Lugus.