{"id":16,"date":"2021-07-08T08:48:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T07:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/derekbuchan.enablecomcloud.co.uk\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2021-10-23T12:15:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T11:15:51","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/derekbuchan.com\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/derekbuchan.enablecomcloud.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20210809_130607-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"206\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/derekbuchan.enablecomcloud.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20210809_130607-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/derekbuchan.enablecomcloud.co.uk\/20210809_130607\/\" class=\"wp-image-206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derekbuchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20210809_130607-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/derekbuchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20210809_130607-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derekbuchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20210809_130607-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/derekbuchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20210809_130607-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/derekbuchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20210809_130607-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/derekbuchan.enablecomcloud.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211001_163505-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"207\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/derekbuchan.enablecomcloud.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211001_163505-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/derekbuchan.enablecomcloud.co.uk\/20211001_163505\/\" class=\"wp-image-207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derekbuchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211001_163505-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/derekbuchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211001_163505-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derekbuchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211001_163505-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/derekbuchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211001_163505-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/derekbuchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211001_163505-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">I&#8217;ve been playing piano for over 50 years and was fortunate to study in Aberdeen with the much respected Gina Dallas Harper and Donald Hawksworth.  More recently I&#8217;ve had the privilege to work with Nigel Clayton, Professor of Piano at the Royal College of Music in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">I am a Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music in piano teaching and hold a Diploma in piano performance with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.&nbsp; I am also closely involved with the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nesms.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">North East of Scotland Music&nbsp;School<\/a>&nbsp;based in Aberdeen where I sit on the Council of Management.  I was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the School in November 2015.  Alongside tuition, I perform regularly in Dundee and Aberdeen and enjoy a repertoire of works ranging from&nbsp;Bach through to the 20th&nbsp;century, with an emphasis on the classical and romantic eras.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been playing piano for over 50 years and was fortunate to study in Aberdeen with the much respected Gina Dallas Harper and Donald Hawksworth. More recently I&#8217;ve had the privilege to work with Nigel Clayton, Professor of Piano at the Royal College of Music in London. 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