{"id":4230,"date":"2017-10-20T11:08:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T11:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aims.cat\/?page_id=4230"},"modified":"2018-11-18T20:51:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T20:51:38","slug":"richard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aims.cat\/en\/aims-wind-academy\/faculty\/richard\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Bissill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px|0|50px|0&#8243; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;padding-bottom:0px;&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Texto&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.86&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;18&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#ea4951&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;14px|21px|21px|24px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>\nAIMS Wind Academy<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243;][et_pb_post_title admin_label=&#8221;T\u00edtulo de publicaci\u00f3n&#8221; meta=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; text_color=&#8221;light&#8221; text_background=&#8221;on&#8221; text_bg_color=&#8221;#222222&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.83&#8243; title_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; title_all_caps=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0)&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_effect=&#8221;on&#8221; module_bg_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0)&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_post_title][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px|0|50px|0&#8243; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;padding-top:0px;&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=&#8221;MENU&#8221; area=&#8221;et_pb_widget_area_6&#8243; show_border=&#8221;off&#8221; module_id=&#8221;FestivalMenu&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.86&#8243; remove_border=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/aims.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/RB-ROH.jpg&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.92&#8243; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; use_overlay=&#8221;off&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; show_bottom_space=&#8221;on&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Highlights&#8221; module_class=&#8221;highlights&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Richard Bissill<\/h3>\n<h3>French Horn<\/h3>\n<h3>Royal Opera House, Covent Garden &#8211; London<\/h3>\n<h3>Guildhall School of Music &amp; Drama &#8211; London<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Texto&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.92&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>\nProfessor Richard Bissill, FGS, FRAM is a horn player, award-winning arranger and composer. He studied horn and piano at the Royal Academy of Music then joined the London Symphony Orchestra, aged 22. From 1984 he served for 33 years as Section Principal Horn of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. He has been a professor of horn at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama since 1983.<\/p>\n<p>As a freelance player he has appeared on countless film soundtracks including <em>The Return of the Jedi<\/em>,<em> Gladiator, Shrek, The Lord of the Rings <\/em>and the last seven <em>James Bond <\/em>films to name but a few. He has also worked and recorded with artists such as Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell and Quincy Jones.<\/p>\n<p>As a member of London Brass since 1990 he has taken part in some of the world\u2019s major music festivals and has taught and given master-classes in Europe, Japan and the USA. Many of his virtuoso arrangements for the 10-man ensemble have been recorded for Teldec and have become staples of the repertoire.<\/p>\n<p>As a composer he has written several large-scale commissions. For the London Philharmonic Orchestra he composed <em>Christmas Carnival<\/em> (recorded by the RPO, RSNO and Hall\u00e9 orchestras and winner of the first MU\/YTV Peter Knight Award), <em>Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra<\/em> and <em>Excite!<\/em> The London Symphony Orchestra commissioned his <em>Sinfonia Concertante<\/em> to open its centenary season in 2004. He has also written numerous concert pieces for chamber groups along with music for film and TV plus a huge amount of educational brass music that regularly appears on exam syllabuses.<\/p>\n<p>He was chief arranger on the highly successful 2001 London Horn Sound CD, which was voted \u2018the best French horn CD ever\u2019 by the International Horn Society. The 2007 follow-up CD, Give it One, again featured his compositions and arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>Richard has been honoured with fellowships from both the Guildhall School and the Royal Academy of Music and received the Conferment of Title of Professor in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AIMS Wind Academy &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Richard BissillFrench HornRoyal Opera House, Covent Garden &#8211; LondonGuildhall School of Music &amp; Drama &#8211; London\u00a0\u00a0 Professor Richard Bissill, FGS, FRAM is a horn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4507,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4230","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aims.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aims.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aims.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aims.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aims.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aims.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4230\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aims.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aims.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}