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Geoff Horrocks
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Geoff
Horrocks
Pianist,
Fiddler
& Composer |
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BIOGRAPHY:
Born in Montreal, Quebec in the mid
1960’s, Geoff Horrocks was fortunate to have grown up with a
keyboard in the house. At the age of four, it was an old pump organ,
then later, a Hammond organ. Many hours were spent playing old
standards while his father played along on the trumpet.
At the age of 10, Geoff moved with his
family to Halifax, Nova Scotia where he continued playing his dad’s
old organ and developing his ear. Geoff developed his love for the
ocean, lakes and rivers as his favorite activity was fishing during
the spring and summer months.
Having moved to Ottawa in 1983, Geoff
completed high school and went to college to become an electronics
engineering technologist. After graduation, Geoff spent most of his
career in product development, manufacturing engineering and
operations management for Telecom and Digital imaging companies.
Fortunately for Geoff, in the early
1990’s, he discovered fiddle music through his father and his new
friend Randy Foster. At that time he was instantly hooked and
decided to take up the fiddle and piano.
Years later, with the support of his
family and encouragement from his friends, Geoff decided to focus
all his efforts towards music, and now makes his living as a full
time musician. He teaches piano accompaniment and fiddle, produces
and records at his studio in Ottawa, and performs with local country
artists and many of Canada’s premier fiddle players.
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"Geoff is one of the
best piano players that a fiddle player can ever hope to play with.
Up until this point, there's only been one of him to go around!
Thanks to technology, every fiddler can have the opportunity to be
accompanied by this world class piano player. I warn you though,
once you play along with his accompaniment recordings, it quickly
becomes addictive and before you
know it, hours can pass by! Whether it's just the basic tunes, or a
custom made recording that you'd like, Geoff Horrocks is truly a
Fiddler's Best Friend."
Patti Lamoureux
3-time Canadian
Grand Masters Fiddling Champion
3-time Grand
North American Champion
7-time Manitoba
Champion
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"I have had the opportunity to perform and
collaborate with Geoff Horrocks. His musical knowledge, feel for
the music, and creativity has provided me the comfort to explore my
own music and take it places that I would otherwise never have
found. Whether you are just beginning or are a skilled musician,
playing with Geoff’s piano will leave you inspired. Geoff knows the
tradition and has played with some of the finest fiddlers in the
world, and I can assure you, you will benefit from playing with
him. Thanks for a great product Geoff and I’m looking forward to
having a few tunes with you soon …."
Mark Sullivan
3-time Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion
3-time Canadian Open Fiddle Champion
Recording artist, respected instructor and judge of traditional
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"I highly recommend Geoff Horrocks Fiddler's
Friend CD to different age and level fiddlers. This great tool helps
the player to improve their timing especially. I have students who
use it to perform, and they all say that it motivates them to
practice as well. I can personally say that after a year of using
this CD for teaching Ii can see bigger improvements in my students
who do use it. I often tell myself I wish I would have had
this tool when I started playing! This CD helps the fiddler realize
many things when they first start practicing with it. It first gives
them an idea of what the rhythm of the tune is. Then once they can
play through it, it points out to them where they have rhythm,
timing and intonation troubles. Therefore, practicing with this
tool, make you become a fiddler with almost no timing, rhythm and
intonation issues."
Jacinthe Trudeau-Seguin
Canadian Open Class Fiddle Champion 1998 and
1999, Quebec
Canadian Fiddler Entertainer of the Year 1998.
Canadian Junior Fiddle Champion 1996 |
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