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News Update 30 June 2008 For all you Stormy Monday fans, the band has gone to that great gig in the sky. We might re-form at some point, but there were several factors contributing to the decision. I'm currently working on different projects including a rock opera, and a website starring the teen guitar heroine LYLETH. Check out her website <www.lyleth.net> Still playing rhythm guitar, backing vocals and percussion in the Dire Straits tribute band DIRE TRAITS. Ray (from Stormy Monday) fronts this band.We have been playing at large theatres around the SouthWest of England. Check out their website is <www.diretraits.net>for gigs. Recently I was honoured to have one of my poems included in The First Anthology of Works from the Friends' Poetry Reading. This is an international publication put together by supporters of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The other English poet included was John Donne. I wonder what on earth he would have made of having his poem and my The Parcel (click on Poetry page Standing on Your Head) printed side by side?!
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Traits dates Live performance and CD reviews
On the first Friday in February the Great Hall at Dartington resonated with the huskily soulful voice and multi-coloured guitar playing of Rosemary Schonfeld The set was peppered with examples of Rosemary's quirky humour which led us seamlessly from one song to the next.... The guitar styles Rosemary used varied as much as the subject matter of the songs. From rock through jazz to country and western, from the terrors of falling in love to satires on shopping and normality, both music and words have twists and turns which keep a sense of surprise alive. There is a depth and complexity to the songs which ask for them to be listened to again and again. Jane Lopresti, Event South West.
Review of 'Away from Here' in Folk Roots magazine Ten powerful and witty original songs by Rosemary Schonfeld. As you'd expect from her previous work with Ova, her experience as a sound engineer and her reputation as an expert percussionist and guitar player, the album is well-produced and accomplished, with A variety of subtle, interesting backings.... Check it out for good songs: Nights Without Armour (without emotional protection), Why Did I Let, and a strong, warm voice. Peta Webb, Folk Roots Magazine
Standing On Your Head with illustrations by Ann Barefoot A delightful and moving collection of new poetry. Rosemary Schonfeld deals deftly and humorously with a variety of issues... Her rhythmical blend of serious emotion and nonsensisms forms an engaging collection that is a treat to read, and teenagers in particular will enjoy this life affirming verse. There are many poems about lovers of different ages, of relationships that might happen, of a strange almost ghostly encounter, of lovers lost, mistakes made, tender hopes for the future. Most are told as stories, using imaginative scenarios that immediately draw the reader in and allow subtle yet unobtrusive explorations of an idea, feeling or experience. A poem called The Clown on the Merry-go Round is one of the most memorable examples of this. It's worth getting the whole anthology just for that one. Elaine Miller Rosemary is currently writing music for a percussion/guitar based album. A recording called 'Rivendell Rhythms' sponsored by the Home Farm Trust is soon to be released. Rosemary was musical director of this project! and had the instruments used especially made by Kevin Renton (see Creative and Therapeutic Music for more details plus a real audio preview from the cd). Now, at the beginning of 2005, she is undertaking another, similar but more ambitious project. More information will be availalbe shortly on the Therapeutic Music page.
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Education 1989-1992 BA Hons. Degree in Music at Dartington College of Arts Devon, majoring in Composition, with guitar and percussion as second and third instruments respectively. Graduated with an upper 2nd Degree.
Professional Experience Formed the band 'OVA'. Wrote and performed songs (electric and acoustic guitars, percussion), touring both nationally and internationally across England Scotland Ireland, Holland, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia; and the USA. Co-wrote and Co-produced four full length recordings with OVA. While continuing to perform in England and abroad! also developed and worked for the OVA Music Studio in London (now called 'Overtones'). Runs residential drumming and percussion workshops in England and Germany and produced teaching package for drumming (an instruction book and 30 minute cassette titled DRUMATRIX). Performances in a number of bands as singer/guitarist, including The Honest Jon Band; and playing Rhythm Guitar in 'The Chris Gibbons Blues Band'. Performing/recording as a solo artist with own touring bands in both England and Germany Wrote and produced full length solo recording 'AWAY FROM HERE'. Wrote and produced EP CD 'better day'. Occasional lecturer at Dartington College of Arts in the Performance Technology Center. Part-time lecturer in Music and Technology at Estover Community College. Plymouth. Occasional lecturer in Music at South Devon College. Runs Creative and Therapeutic Music sessions for adults with learning difficulties. |