Video Excerpts from Richard Grayson's
Improvisation
Concerts on YouTube:
Sundays Live Concert, Bing
Auditorium, LACMA
Full-length
concert for Sundays Live, May 15, 2016
Mimoda Studio, March 30,
2016
Fritz
Kreisler's "Polichinelle" in the style of Beethoven
Crossroads School,
February 21, 2016
Baroque Prelude and
Fugue on a melody by Dale Jergenson
Bach's Passacaglia in C minor in
the style of Ralph Vaughan-Williams
"Sweet Georgia Brown" in the
style of Brahms
"This Land is Your Land" in the
style of Mozart
"Fever" in the style of Chopin
"Chopsticks" in the style of
Debussy
"Chopsticks" in the style of
Bartók
Beethoven's Piano Sonata op. 109
in the style of Stravinsky
"Star Trek" theme in the style
of Scott Joplin
Crossroads School,
February 15, 2015
"Call Me Maybe" in
the style of Scott Joplin
"Indiana Jones" theme in the
style of Chopin
"God Bless America" in the style
of Leonard Bernstein
"Here Comes the Sun" in the style
of Brahms
Paganini's Caprice no. 24 in the
style of Duke Ellington
"Close Encounters of the Third
Kind"in the style of Beethoven
Bach's Italian Concerto, 1st mvt.
theme, in the style of Debussy
Showa College of Music,
Kawasaki, Japan, June 26, 2014
Student theme in the style of Chopin
Faculty Theme in a
chromatic/atonal style
Pop-style improv on a chord
progression by Yoshio Ikeda
Crossroads School,
February 24, 2013
“Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” in the
style of Beethoven
“Use Ajax, the Foaming Cleanser”
in the style of a Tango
“The Pink Panther” in the style
of Tschaikovsky
“Tristan and Isolde” in the style
of Scott Joplin
Paganini’s Caprice no. 24 in the
style of Debussy
Encore for two pianos (RG and
Nikita Sokolov)
Hanoi National
Conservatory, Vietnam, June 26, 2012
Student theme in the
style of Dvorak
Student theme in the style of
Chopin
Showa College of Music,
Kawasaki, Japan, June 22, 2012
Student theme in the
style of Chopin
Student theme in the style of
Brahms
Pandiatonic improvisation with
student Yuri Ogawa
Improvised encore [4 keyboards]
Audience theme in the style of
Brahms (Yamanashi Univ., June 23)
Crossroads School, March
4, 2012
Children's
Song ("Hänschen klein") variations
"Singin' in the
Rain" as a Chopin waltz
"The Pink Panther"
as a Bach Gigue
Bach's "Art of
Fugue" theme in the style of Brahms
Beethoven's
"Moonlight Sonata" in the style of Khachaturian
Showa College of Music, Kawasaki, Japan, June 15 & 17, 2011
Showa Conservatory
chimes in the style of Brahms
4-note student
theme in an Impressionist style
Pandiatonic
improvisation with Prof. Yoshifumi Fujiwara
Crossroads School,
February 27, 2011
"The Lonely
Goatherd"(Sound of Music) in the style of Bach
"Three Blind Mice"
in the style of Scarlatti
"It's a Small
World" in the style of Mozart
Bach's "Ich ruf zu
dir" in the style of Schubert
Two-piano
improvisation on Paginini's Caprice No.24 in A minor
"Happy Birthday"
in the style of Debussy
"Can-Can"
(Offenbach) in the style of Stravinsky
Showa College of Music, Kawasaki, Japan, June 17, 2010
Student theme in the
style of a Bach Fugue
Student theme in
the style of Mozart
Student theme in
the style of Chopin
Bach, Concerto in
F (excerpt from 1st mvt), BWV 1057
Improvised encore
[2 keyboards and percussion]
Crossroads School, February 28,
2010
Chopin's
A major Prelude in the style of Schumann
"How Much is that
Doggie in the Window" in the style of Pergolesi
"How Much is that
Doggie in the Window" in the style of Samuel Barber
"Smoke Gets in
Your Eyes" in the style of Schubert
"Good Vibrations"
in the style of Bartók
"Star Spangled
Banner" in the style of Rachmaninoff
Santa Cruz Museum of Art
and History (SCMAH), October 8, 2009
A short excursion through musical styles:
Schubert's
Unfinished Symphony Theme as a Pavane & Galliard (Renaissance)
Schubert's
Unfinished Symphony Theme as a Bach Fugue (Baroque)
Chopin's "Raindrop
Prelude" in the style of Mozart (Classical)
"Three Blind Mice"
in the style of Chopin (Romantic)
Chopin's "Raindrop
Prelude" in the style of Bartók (20th century)
Shanghai Conservatory of
Music, June 24 & 25, 2009
Student
theme in the style of Mendelssohn (June 25)
Student theme in
the style of Beethoven (June 25)
Student theme in
the style of Debussy (June 25)
"Twinkle,
Twinkle..." as a Bach Fugue" (June 24)
"Twinkle,
Twinkle..." in the style of Brahms (June 24)
Crossroads School, March 8,
2009
"Star
Wars" theme in the style of a Baroque Gavotte
Darth Vader's
theme from "Star Wars" in the style of Beethoven
"Colonel Bogey
March" in the style of Brahms
"Rhapsody in Blue"
in the style of Debussy
"Third Man Theme"
in the style of a late Renaissance Madrigal for Keyboard
"Some Enchanted
Evening" in the style of Prokofiev
Giglio Hall, Showa College
of Music, Kawasaki, Japan, July 12, 2008
"Sakura" in the
style of Debussy
Audience theme in
the style of Chopin
Audience theme in
the style of Gershwin
Tunghai University,
Taiwan, July 1, 2008
Bach's "Rondeau"
from the Suite in B minor in the style of Brahms
Bach's "Rondeau:
from the Suite in B minor in the style of Bartok
Student theme in the
style of late Scriabin/Alban Berg
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, 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 30th
Annual Concert, February 26, 1999
Stravinsky's
"Rite of Spring" in the style of Mozart
"I Could Have
Danced All Night" in the style of a Stravinsky Tango
"James Bond" and
"Pink Panther" themes as a double fugue
Pachelbel Canon in
a Renaissance style
"Heart & Soul"
in the style of Mahler
Beethoven's 9th
Symphony (Chorale) as a Tango
West Los Angeles Music
Teachers Assoc. of Calif. (MTAC) Dec.6, 1994
"More" (from
"Mondo Cane") in the style of Chopin
Beethoven's
"Moonlight Sonata" (1st mvt.) in the style of Bartók
"We Three Kings"
in a Spanish style
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
Occidental College 22nd
Annual Concert, March 1, 1991
"I'm Gonna Wash That
Man Right Outa My Hair" as a late Beethoven Sonata
"Ode to Joy"
(Beethoven) in the style of a Chopin Waltz
Compositions on YouTube:
Mr. 528 (2012
version)
Rain
(part 1) [piano, Ring Modulator, tape delay]
Rain (part 2)
[piano, Ring Modular, tape delay]
Homage
to JS Bach (harpsichord and tape delay)
Meadow
Music (piano solo)
"Reveries"
for Yamaha HX-1
"Rocky Road Ripple"
Fantasy on
Broadway Boogie Woogie
St.
John Passion
Stephen
Malinowski's Music Animation Machine realization of Rocky Road Ripple
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