An accomplished cellist,
Tony Hinnigan is also a renowned expert on indigenous Andean wind instruments amongst his plethora of talents. Since 1985, he's been sought by a host of heavyweight film soundtrack composers such as James Horner, Michael Nyman, John Williams and Ennio Morricone for his versatility in style and expertise. It was his penny whistle that accompanied Celine Dion on her massive hit single “My Heart Will Go On” which also featured in the blockbuster film Titanic. His panpipes were the backbone of the haunting and evocative sound from “The Mission” and his soulful flute and whistle melodies stirred the senses in the action-packed “Braveheart.” He was a founder-member of the celebrated band “Incantation” and is a soloist/collaborator to the composer James Horner in many more films including “Apocalypto.”
Anna Noakes broadcasts for BBC Radio3 and Classic FM and works as Guest Principal Flute with the LPO, Philharmonia, RPO, ASMF, and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. She has also recorded a vast repertoire of scores which include “Harry Potter,” “Shrek 1 2 3 and 4,” “The Da Vinci Code,” “Casino Royale,” “Love Actually,” “Lord of the Rings,” “The Narnia Trilogy,” “Robin Hood,” “Dark Knight,” “Cranford,” “CHE” and “Volver.” Anna is Professor of Flute at Trinity College of Music and has performed concerti with major London Orchestras; she also gives recitals at many of Britain's most respected festivals, which include Brighton, Leicester, Salisbury, City of London and Dartington. Composers such as Martin Yates, Cecilia McDowall, Dominique Le Gendre, Elgar Howath and Simon Holt have all been inspired to write for her. Anna has recorded numerous CD's, receiving Gramophone Magazine's coveted 'Critics Choice' a number of times.
Julie Murray is a busy free-lance flautist in Manchester where she is a member of the Carlton Ensemble and a well-known flute teacher. She has performed with some of the UK’s best orchestras including the Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic and Opera North. This summer Julie has performed in various festivals including Buxton and Yoxford and has been on a recital tour of the south of France.
Gary Kettel became co-principal percussionist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with Pierre Boulez at the age of 20 and since then has become one of Britain’s most sought after percussionists. He has worked with every major London Orchestra as Principal Percussionist including the London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Philharmonia and Academy of St Martin in the Fields. For many years he was the percussionist with the Nash Ensemble and Peter Maxwell Davies’ “Fires of London.” Well known for his stylistic versatility, he has a huge experience in all musical fields from Latin American and Ethnic through straight Classical to Pop and Contemporary. John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein and Paul McCartney are just a few of the great composers he has worked with on films including the Star Wars series, James Bond series, Harry Potter series and Pirates of the Caribbean, to name but a few.
He gives master-classes and coaching sessions to the percussionists at the Royal Northern College of Music, Trinity College of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the London Symphony Orchestra’s Sheel Competition and is a regular Examiner for the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music and Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Grant McFarlane Dowse started playing guitar in 1999. In 2007 he gained a place to study at Trinity College of Music with guitarist Graham Devine. Whilst at college he played in many concerts throughout London in both solo guitar and chamber music recitals, and performed in master classes with guitarists such as John Mills, Jose Antonio Escobar, Sven Lundestadt and the great Cuban composer and guitarist Leo Brouwer.
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Charango is a small South American stringed instrument of the lute family, about 66 cm long, traditionally made with the shell of the back of an armadillo. They typically have ten strings in five courses of two strings each, although other variations exist.
The instrument was invented in the early 18th century in the Viceroyalty of Peru, a South American entity that was controlled by Spain during the times of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. It is specific to the region of Cerro Rico in the city of Potosi in present day Bolivia.
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Quena is the traditional flute of the Andes. Usually made of bamboo, it has six finger holes and one thumb hole and is open on both ends. To produce sound, the player closes the top end of the pipe with the flesh between his chin and lower lip, and blows a stream of air downward, along the axis of the pipe, over an elliptical notch cut into the end. It is normally in the key of G, with G being the lowest note (all holes covered). It produces a very breathy or airy tone.
Andean Panflutes (or
“Zampoña Pan Pipes”) have two rows of pipes with one row one set behind the other. The pipes comprising it are stopped at one end, at which the standing wave is reflected giving a note an octave lower than that produced by an open pipe of equal length. In the traditional South American style, pipes are fine-tuned to correct pitch by placing small pebbles or dry corn kernels into the bottom of the pipes.
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Caxixi is a percussion instrument consisting of a closed basket with a flat-bottom filled with seeds or other small particles. The caxixi is an indirectly struck idiophone. Like the maraca, it is sounded by shaking. It is found across Africa and South America, but mainly in Brazil. Natives believed the caxixi could be used to summon good enchanted spirits and to ward off evil ones.
Bongos are a Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of single-headed, open-ended drums attached to each other. The drums are of different size: the larger drum is called in Spanish the “Hembra” (female) and the smaller the “Macho” (male). It is most often played by hand and is especially associated in Cuban music with a steady patter or ostinato of eighth-notes known as the “martillo” or "hammer". Bongos are membranophones, instruments that create sound by a vibration against a stretched membrane.
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“Guitarrón Chileno” or
Chilean Guitarron is a plucked string instrument with 25 strings whose origin dates back to 16th century Chile. It is traditionally used to accompany “el Canto del Poeta” (the Poet Singing), an old Chilena folk genre that cultivates “décima” poetry and improvisation, known in Spanish as “payada.” The themes embraced can be either “Canto a lo Divino” (solemn, religious, more prepared themes) or “Canto a lo Humano” (humorous, amorous, or social criticism themes). This instrument is also performed in many other musical forms.
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, acoustic or electric, an exhilarating and fascinating musical journey through Native South American Folk Music. Song or Dance, Cancion or Ballecito, Bolivian, Mexican or Peruvian, the music is brought to life by these musicians, all virtuosos in their own field, who are hotfooting it from Abbey Road Studios where they record scores for Blockbuster Films and major TV series.