Richard
Grayson's Home Page
Revised June 5, 2016
Professor of Music, Emeritus, Occidental
College
Music Faculty, Crossroads School
e-mail: rgrayson@oxy.edu
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here for YouTube excerpts of Richard Grayson's concerts
Click here to download my latest improvisation handbook
Richard and
Susan's cat, Mitsou
2016
Mimoda Studio Concert
(Feb.6, Mar.30)
Faculty Recital, Crossroads School
(February 21, 2 pm)
Sundays Live
Concert at LACMA (May 15, 6pm)
2015
Foothill-L.A. Phil
Auxiliary concert (January 13)
Faculty
Recital,
Crossroads School (February 15, 2pm)
Mimoda Studio Concerts (April 15, June 24,
Nov.11)
Interview
on Improvisation with Jeffrey Goodman (Dec.11)
2014
Workshops
for "Improvisation Saturday" at MTNA convention, Chicago (Mar.22)
Long Beach-L.A. Phil
Auxiliary concert (April 29)
Seminar at
Showa Conservatory, Japan (June 18-29)
Prof.
Umemoto's 1st year class, Prof.
Terashima's 1st year class 1, Prof.
Terashima's 1st year class 2
Prof.
Terashima's 2nd year E. O. 1 ens, Prof.
Terashima's 2nd year E. O. 2 ens, Prof.
Okudaira's 2nd yr improv class
Prof.
Aki's 3rd year students, Prof.
Terashima's 3rd year ens 1, Prof.
Terashima's 3rd year ens 2
Prof.
Moroi's 4th year students, Prof.
Terashima's 4th year ens, Workshop
poster, 4th
year students at Workshop party
Improvisation workshop, CalArts
(Nov.3)
2013
Faculty
Recital,
Crossroads School (February 24, 2 pm)
Seminar at
Showa Conservatory, Japan (June 18-29)
Prof.
Terashima's 1st year class A, class
B; 2nd
year class A, class
B, class
C
Prof.
Umemoto's 1st
year class A, class
B; Prof.
Okudaira's 1st year class; 4th
year class (and Prof. Moroi)
Prof.
Morisaki's 3rd year class; Prof.
Moroi's 4th year class English
class
Workshop
Workshop
Party
Party
(4th year students) After-Party
Party
(Profs. Hojo, Nishiyama, Grayson, Morisaki)
Concert,
lecture and workshop,
National
Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, Chicago (July 25-27)
2012
Faculty
Recital,
Crossroads School (March 4, 2 pm)
Seminar
and concert at
Showa Conservatory, Japan (June 12-22)
Prof.
Umemoto's class Prof.
Morisaki's class American
Music Lecture
Prof.
Terashima's class (w/Prof. Nishiyama) Prof.
Kosai's English class RG
handbook for Prof. Hojo
concert
rehearsal post-concert
party post-concert
party
Japan
Society for Music
Expression
workshop, Yamanashi Univ.
(June 23)
Master Classes at Hanoi
Conservatory of Music, Vietnam (June 26-27)
Hanoi
National Conservatory Prof.
Minh’s introduction Profs.
Minh, Agata and Grayson in Hanoi
Dinner
after the class Yamaha
School in Hanoi Hanoi
street scene
Presentation
at the
International Electronic Keyboard Development Conference, Guangzhou,
China (Nov. 19-23)
Poster
Group
photo
2011
Faculty
Recital,
Crossroads School (February 27, 2 pm)
Seminar
and concert at
Showa Conservatory, Japan (June 8-19)
Prof.
Okudaira's class
Prof.
Nishiyama's students
Prof.
Terashima's class
Prof.
Umemoto's class
Prof.
Agata and students Piano
profs. Mori, Eguchi and
Koike Profs.
Nori, Fumiko and
English class
Prof.
Terashima's 4th year students+Prof. Okudaira
Sakai
san and Profs. Moroi and Mazen
After-concert
party
Seminars at Xinghai Conservatory and Guangzhou University, China (June
20-23)
Xinghai
conservatory, Profs.Xie, Jang, Agata et al
Students
Piano
teachers
Seminar
with students
Seminar with
students
All the
participants
Guanzhou
Univ. musical insts. museum Newly
created "Chinese-European cello"
2010
Faculty
Recital,
Crossroads School (February 28, 2 pm)
Seminar and concert at Showa Conservatory, Japan (June 8-17)
Electr.
Mus. Insts.
Class Prof.
Morisaki's Class Prof.
Nishiyama's Class
Prof.
Hojo's Class #1 Prof.
Hojo's Class #2 Prof.
Kaizu's Class
With Prof.
Moroi With
Prof. Eguchi and Mr. Shimoyagawa
(grandson of Showa founder)
Concert
(Bach
Hpschd Conc) Concert
(Ensemble piece)
After-concert
party
2009
Faculty
Recital,
Crossroads School (March 8, 5 pm)
Seminars and concert at
Showa Conservatory, Japan (June 10-20) Concert
Classroom
Photo; Concert;
Farewell
Party; Susan
& Richard
Seminars
and concerts at Shanghai
Conservatory, China (June 23-25)
RG Kbd
seminar; RG
presentation; Shanghai
Conservatory; Lunch
with Faculty;
Concert
Ensemble Piece;
After
the Concert; Hotel Lobby;
Old
Shanghai
2008
Faculty Recital,
Crossroads School (March 2, 5 pm)
Seminar
at Tunghai University, Taiwan,
(June 30-July 1)
Seminar at Showa Conservatory, Japan (June 30-July 12) Final Concert
(July 12)
Yamaha JOC Summer Music Camp
faculty,
Biola Univ. (July 24-26)
2007
Faculty Recital,
Crossroads School (March 11, 5 pm)
Seminar at Showa Conservatory, Japan (June 20-29)
1stYearStudents
1stYearStudents
2ndYearStudents
Party
Party
Party
Party
Yamaha JOC Summer Music
Camp faculty,
Biola Univ. (July 26-28)
Improvisation seminar for Showa Conservatory
students (Aug. 26-Aug.31), Yamaha Music Center, Irvine
Lunch@RG Organ seminar In class
Lunch: Eri,
Asaka, Yuri, Mai S.
Lunch:
Richard, Kyle, Sachiko, Steve
At the Hotel
Rehearsal:
Nana, Mai
K., Richard, Satomi (pianist), Eri, Yuri) Grieg Piano
Concerto: Shizuka, Kaori, Julie
(pianist), Satomi, Asaka, Ayaka)
After
the Concert
2006
Yamaha Passport to Music Course, Crystal Cruise
(Jan4-10)
Faculty
Recital, Crossroads School (March 19, 5 pm)
Seminar at Showa Conservatory,
Japan (June 20-30) In class with 3rd
year students Party with 4th
year students
Improvisation seminar for Showa
Conservatory students (Aug. 27-Sept. 1), Yamaha Music Center, Irvine
Lunch@RG
Lunch@RG
Church
Irvine
Seminar Concert
2005
Recital for Westside LA Philharmonic
women's group (Jan.19)
Faculty Recital, Crossroads
School (Feb.27, 5 pm)
Improvisation
seminar for Showa Conservatory students (Aug.20-25), Yamaha HQ,
Buena Pk.
2004
Lecture-recital,
RCSC, Huntington Museum (Feb.20)
Improvisation concert,
Crossroads School, Roth Hall (April
18)
Moorpark
Symphony Concert (May 7)
Yamaha Passport to Music Course, Crystal Cruise
(June 23-July 5)
TEDMED
conference, Charleston, SC (Oct.13)
2003
MTAC concert, San Gabriel chapter (Jan.10)
Chanson recital with Marie Devellereaux, soprano,
Alliance Française (Mar.21)
Improvisation concert, Crossroads School (April
13)
Noon
concert at Our Lady of
the Angels cathedral (June 18)
MTAC
State Convention, Santa Clara (July 4-5)
MTAC concert, Orange Cities chapter (Sept.17)
Sundays
at 6 pm
concert at Bing Auditorium, LACMA, broadcast live on KMZT-FM (Oct.19)
2002
Pasadena City College
Piano Master Class, Colburn School (Feb.23)
Iolani School, Honolulu (Mar.7)
Punahou School, Honolulu (Mar.8)
MTAC (Music Teachers' Association of California)
State Convention, Riverside (June 23)
Coronado (San Diego) Public Library
(Sept.20)
UCLA performance class (Oct.16)
CalTech performance class (Oct.30) excerpt
San Francisco University HS (Nov.15)
2001
UCLA, Tufts University, Dartmouth College, Cal
Tech, CSU Northridge, CSU Los Angeles
Armand Hammer Museum, San Francisco University
HS,
Los Angeles County
Museum
of Art (Sept.30)
World
Music Days, Yokohama, Japan (Oct.9) photo
from concert
Oxy
Concert: 32nd and last Annual
Classical
Improvisation and Live Electronic Music Concert
Saturday, March 31, 2001, 8 pm, THORNE HALL,
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE--Admission
Free
Featuring the Occidental-Caltech Orchestra,
the
Occidental-Foothill Master Chorale
and new
works
by Prof. Grayson
Richard's compositions on YouTube:
Coventry
Carol-strings & oboe score
Download
Coventry Carol score
Mr. 528 (2012
version)
Mr. 528 (original
version, 1994)
Meadow Music
(piano solo)
Download
Meadow Music score
Rain part 1
(visual-electronic)
Rain part 2
(visual-electronic)
Homage to J.S. Bach
Rocky Road Ripple
(visual-electronic)
Fantasy
on Broadway Boogie Woogie
Download full
scrollable visual score
Reveries
(for Yamaha HX-1 electronic organ) Download
Reveries score
St.
John Passion (soloists, chorus and organ)
Download
St. John Passion score
More free scores to download:
Five
Poems of Stephen Crane (SATB)
Loveliest
of trees..., A. E. Housman (SATB)
Sonata mvt
for Clarinet & Piano in the style of Schubert
The
Owl and the Pussycat [Lear] (SATB)
All
Day I Hear the Noise of Waters (J. Joyce) for high voice and piano
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (Marlowe) for tenor and piano
With
Rue My Heart is Laden (A.E. Housman) for medium voice and piano
Homage
to Debussy (piano)
Reviews
from the Los Angeles Times
Reviews
from the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy (1994)
RG's electronic pieces featured at
Antheil
festival in November, 1999
The
Concert
Review
from the Boston Globe
Review
by Mark Lutton from online Mechanical Music Digest
RG
pieces from Antheil festival on CD AMP
review of CD
Short
Biography
Curriculum
vitae
Screen shots from RG's Visual-Electronic pieces
Rocky Road Ripple
Mr. 528
Fantasy on
Broadway
Boogie Woogie #1
Fantasy
on BBW#2
Fantasy
on BBW#3
Fantasy
on BBW#4
Listen for the
Bell
#1
Listen
for the Bell #2
Listen
for the Bell #3
Listen
for the Bell #4
Off Broadway #1
Off
Broadway #2
Off
Broadway #3
Off
Broadway #4
Video
excerpt
from "Listen for the Bell"
Video
excerpt
from "Off Broadway"
