Gary O'Shea

Pianist

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Site update – new Note Game app

I have just added a new 'Note Game', which can help students of all levels identify notes, improving sightreading skills. The app was created using React and Tailwind styling: Note Game.

Posted on: 25/04/2025, 16:03:33

Site update – new Scales Helper app

For the past few weeks I’ve been working on a web app that generates random scales to practise. This is a helpful tool for students preparing for grade exams, and teachers alike, being customisable by grade level. There are numerous other search options, too, as well as the ability to see the gi more...

Posted on: 12/02/2024, 10:37:29

Concert review – Víkingur Ólafsson, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall – 1 November 2023

Performing Bach’s Goldberg Variations is a magnificent achievement for any keyboardist, but to deliver a fresh reading of it while preserving the ingenuity in the score takes something else altogether. It is a work that exposes tremendously the capabilities of a pianist in so many ways. Every so more...

Posted on: 03/11/2023, 09:03:15

Concert review – RLPO/Petrenko/Li – 19 October 2023

There is a deep affinity between Vasily Petrenko and the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra so it is always a pleasure to see the conductor return, especially for some of the core Russian repertoire he is renowned for. I was drawn to this concert by Shostakovich’s Eleventh Symphony, as it is a wor more...

Posted on: 23/10/2023, 23:21:22

Welcome

I am going to keep up with updating this website after rather neglecting the old one (it was in need of a redesign, being around 10 years old!). The major difference between this version and the last is that it has been designed and implemented entirely by myself using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and more...

Posted on: 23/10/2023, 23:08:48