Howerd Oakford’s Personal Page
As if anyone is interested! Maybe
someone is, so here is some info :
I was born 28th October 1954 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK.
On June 4th 2007 I was divorced, then on January 9th 2009 I married Rita Aulig, and we moved back to Bracknell, UK, and then in 2011 to Lowestoft, the town where I was born.
Now I have two children and two step-children!
Howerd & Rita in Queenstown, New Zealand 2010
New! Even more music - MP3’s for you to download…
The Pianists Piano Competition I’ve recorded four pieces of my solo piano pieces for the Yamaha/The Pianists magazine competition. I don’t like the concept of competition, especially in the field of music, but “it felt right”…
I heard from the competition organisers that I did not make it into the final 20 performers. I’m glad I took the time to create a CD – its all part of the learning process…
I am a member of Subud, an international, non-denominational spiritual association. Here is the account of my weekend at the Subud UK National Congress in 2004.
I like playing Ice Hockey, but I don’t get much time to do this at the moment….
I like playing the piano. For my 49th birthday ( 2003 Oct 28 ) my family bought me 2 hours in a recording studio – here is my son Sam ( then aged 13 ) on drums and me on Yamaha PS6100 synthesiser ( twice ). One take, not much practice and no rehearsal, so lots of mistakes, presented as is : Sam & Howerd jamming ( about 4Mbytes mp3 file). I like to play the piano at Glastonbury.
I like listening to music, especially live. Some recent favourites are : Florence and the Machine, Supertramp (again), Katie & Kirsty Lawrence and Moot (both from the Isle of Man), Jimi Hendrix, Steam ( Na na … na, kiss him goodbye… ), Sugarbabes, Fall Out Boy, Alison Krauss, Waterboys, Zero7, The Bees, Kanye West, Miri Ben Ari, Cobario.
HuniBuni – a very special rabbit, but no match for a fox…
I like programming in Forth, and especially colorForth. Forth is the simplest and most elegant way to program a computer. It works in harmony with the human brain to produce better programs, faster. It is also lots of fun!
Howerd at Lake Tekapo, New Zealand, 2010
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