Video Excerpts from Richard Grayson's Improvisation Concerts on YouTube:


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Crossroads School, March 2, 2008
"Singin' in the Rain" in the style of Wagner
"La Cucaracha"  in the style of Prokoviev
Dvorak's New World Sym. (1st mvt) in the style of Debussy
Cell Phone Ringtone in the style of a Renaissance Galliard
Beethoven's 5th (1st mvt) in the style of a Chopin Waltz
"Girl from Ipanema" in the style of Poulenc
"Let's Face the Music and Dance"(?) in the style of Gershwin/Ellington

Showa College of Music (Kawasaki City, Japan), June 2006, 2007
Student theme--"Three Blind Mice" in the style of a folk-song arrangement (2007)
Student theme as a Baroque fugue (2007)
Student theme played in the Classical style (2007)
"Sakura" (traditional Japanese song) in the Style of Brahms (2006)

Crossroads School, April 18, 2004
Paganini's Caprice no.24 in the style of Debussy
"Home on the Range" in the style of Brahms
Bizet's "Habanera"(Carmen) in the style of Shostakovich


Occidental College 32nd and final Annual Concert, March 31, 2001
Audience tune in the style of a Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody (does anyone know this tune?)
"Shave and a Haircut" as an 18th century French Harpsichord piece
"Take the A Train" as a Chopin Funeral March
"Chopsticks" in the style of Charles Ives

Occidental College 25th Annual Concert, March 4, 1994
"The Blue Danube" in the style of a Chopin Nocturne
The Muppets' Theme in the style of Bach fugue
"The Old Grey Mare" Variations in the style of Beethoven
 Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" in the style of a Tango
"Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing" in the style of Brahms
"Anybody's Guess" [a jazz-inspired piece]
"Mr. 528" for six keyboards, synthesizer and computer


Visual-Electronic pieces on YouTube:

Stephen Malinowski's Music Animation Machine realization of Rocky Road Ripple  description