Karl Harper - Music Review Officer
- Our Music Review Officer obtains new music both from publishers and from composers, and publishes reviews in News & Views.
- PERSONAL INFORMATION
- Karl is Musical Director of Gresley Male Voice Choir and has been MD since 1994.
- He owns his own company called Karl Harper Music Services. He started this in 1998 and under this umbrella he offers singing and voice training, and also repair of brass and woodwind instruments.
- Karl is a semi-professional singer in his own right whose performances include oratorio, lieder recitals, opera and shows; many of which are themed evening as requested by clients.
- Karl trained as a soloist under John Dethick in Sheffield and as an instrument engineer under Trevor Head and his associates. He now uses the skills acquired as an Automation and Robotics Engineer for repairing instruments following redundancy over ten years ago. Karl is proud of his latest expedition into instrument manufacture, which has resulted in a thriving export trade in plastic trumpets.
- Karl is a member of NAMIR the National Association of Instrument Repairers
- He is married and has three children all of whom are involved with music, two who are music teachers, and the third a professional trombonist.
Email: karlmusic@live.com
