Gerard McConnell
- self-employed musician/teacher since 1980
- part-timer at the
Cork School of Music until 2000, teaching piano6,
keyboard skills (transposition, improvisation, harmony, sight-reading, etc.) and
music technology (MIDI sequencing, use of recording equipment, etc.)
- From 95 - 01 co-Supervisor for the Togher Music Project / Study Group1
- work in classical ensembles, jazz, rock, country, and R&B bands
- piano accompanist in music exams and competitions
- musical director for a dozen theatre productions and variety shows
- composed the piano arrangements for the Mary Black Songbook
- composed music for choirs, miscellaneous ensembles, corporate videos, & TV8
- 1979 B.Mus at UCC
- 1981 Dip CSM 2
- 2001 Honours BSc with the OU3
- 2004 Honours MSc
in multimedia technology, UCC
- 2009 Certificate in Mathematics with the OU
I still have a little time available for piano or guitar students for the 10-11 school year.
Lessons are about a half hour long and cost €25.
I travel to you.
I also tune pianos.
The triad and interval training applets, and the species counterpoint applets are provided for free.
The applets require the Java Runtime Environment (plug-in); if it's not already on your computer,
the link to the download is on the First Species page. You can support the applets by buying
something you need through one of the links below, or by using the Donate button on the other pages.
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1.
A Community Employment Scheme funded by FÁS; the scheme recruited twenty-five participants
annually to attend music classes. I taught music theory, sight reading/aural training/choir,
sound engineering5,
piano, basic guitar, composition/songwriting, MIDI sequencing, and elementary
computer classes (Microsoft Office & basic HTML). My administrative tasks
included maintaining the computers (partitioning and formatting the drives,
installing software, soundcards, etc.), editing and arranging distribution of a
monthly community newspaper we published, entering the participants for music
exams (Associated Board and Trinity College), developing and
correcting homework, maintaining participant records relating to training and
attendance, reviewing our budget, directing & participating in the recording
studio's scheduling, operation & maintenance, and purchasing musical
instruments & recording equipment.
2.
The Cork School of Music teaching diploma has
been discontinued. The CSM now offers degree courses.
3.
The Open University
courses are very well presented, with good texts and supplementary videos and computer software. In the
following list the last two courses are still current, the others have been replaced/updated.
| Code |
Course Title |
| M206 |
Introduction to OO development using Smalltalk |
| MT262 |
Introduction to C++ |
| M301 |
Java, UML, concurrency, project management |
| M358 |
Relational database theory & SQL |
| T396 |
Intro to artificial intelligence programming |
| MST121 |
Using Mathematics |
| MS221 |
Exploring Mathematics |
5.
Equipment in the recording
studio included an ADAT, an Allen & Heath 20:8:2 mixing desk, Tascam DAT
machine, patchbay, condensor & dynamic microphones, compressors, reverb
& FX units, and Pentium 2 computer equipped with Echo Darla soundcard &
running Cubase VST. When the need arose I brought in my own equipment, which
included Atari STFM running C-Lab Notator, Emu E6400 sampler and MPS+ keyboard,
and Yamaha DX7 synth.
6.
"classical" piano grades 1-8 & jazz piano.
8.
Some examples on audio page. Also
library music example with my daughter Holly playing violin.KPM387.
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