{"id":26859,"date":"2024-02-01T22:20:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T22:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/?page_id=26859"},"modified":"2024-03-12T11:02:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T11:02:53","slug":"richard-michael","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/faculty\/richard-michael\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Michael"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Richard Michael BEM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26860 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Richard-Michael-300x228.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Richard-Michael-300x228.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Richard-Michael-1024x779.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Richard-Michael-768x584.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Richard-Michael-1183x900.jpeg 1183w, https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Richard-Michael.jpeg 1262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Richard occupies a unique place in the musical life of his native Scotland, as he has the versatility to improvise on any theme, in any key and in any given style.<\/p>\n<p>He has a virtuosic piano technique enabling him to give recitals on \u201cThe History of Jazz Piano\u201d, encompassing every major jazz pianist from Fats Waller to Keith Jarrett.<\/p>\n<p>He has directed the award winning Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra since its inception in 1976, and many of his former players are leading figures in the UK jazz scene.<\/p>\n<p>He is Honorary Professor of Jazz Piano at the University of St Andrews, and leads improvisation workshops throughout the UK and Europe. He can improvise a fugue\/blues\/standard\/eightsome reel at a moment\u2019s notice!<\/p>\n<p>He is a prolific composer and arranger and has released 6 CDs, the most recent of which is \u201cContemplation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>His most recent book is \u201cJazz Piano for Kids\u201d published by Hal Leonard (and according to Richard, the book won\u2019t go wrong for adults!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Michael BEM Richard occupies a unique place in the musical life of his native Scotland, as he has the versatility to improvise on any theme, in any key and in any given style. He has a virtuosic piano technique enabling him to give recitals on \u201cThe History of Jazz Piano\u201d, encompassing every major jazz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":26925,"parent":47,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26859"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26862,"href":"https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26859\/revisions\/26862"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}