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Elle Torry

About Me


I hope that the music on this page is currently enough to describe what i am about!! I Perform and Teach Oboe, Violin, Flute and guitar for a living....

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 09/03/2008
Band Members: Elle Torry- Oboe, Violin, Guitar, Vocals

Influences: Albinoni, J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, Steve Reich, Vaughan Williams, Terry Reily, Arvo Part, Various jazz violinists, Folk music, Anything Middle Eastern with Shawms in it, Paganini, Chopin, Shostakovich, Beethoven, Mozart, Mahler, Ravel, Carl Nielen, Sibelius, Benjamin Britten, Elgar, Faure, Ravel, Debussy, Handel, Rameau, Rimsky Korsakov, Bartok, Stravinsky, John Dowland, Scarlatti, Bowen, Rubbra, Alan Richardson, Elgar, Sarasate, Rachmaninov, Kodaly, Messaein, Tim Torry (my dad) Shining,Cacophony, Bathory, Dream Theater, Carcass, Peccatum, Emperor, Death, Symphony X, Orphand Land, Gus G. Heinz Holliger, Natalie Clien, Nicholas Daniel, Joseph Saunders, Janet Brook, Joshua Bell,Yehudi Menuhin, The Dali Lama, Itzhak Perlman
John William Waterhouse, Monet, Byzantine Church mosaics, Boudicca, English Countryside, Southwold and Dunwich, Under a Willow tree by the River Colne, Pure Silence, Beautiful things, The Seasons, The View from my window, My Childhood, My Musically Talented Parents (who's Musical Legacy means the world to me) and my deepest thoughts and emotions, which are the driving force behind any musicians' deliverance of expression and creativity!
Sounds Like: ............some of what i might hear in my head upon waking in the morning!!Heres a few old shred videos from the Old Profile. I do intend on updating ASAP Shred 2
..Shred 1
..Shred 3
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Record Label: Does anyone need one?

My Blog

Update

This Blog is rather belated! I should start by wishing everyone a Happy New Year! Thanks for all your kind messages and support through the rather rough 2008, it was much appreciated!2009 hopes to bri...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:25:00 GMT

The Tracks

'Ethereal Embrace' - Written in 2006, after a long time of sadness and contemplation on this track i finally decided to work on it some more and complete it. The track is dedicated to my friend Sharon...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:22:00 GMT

Addicted!

And, yes....i'm listening to the Soundtrack, which i was lucky enough to get for my birthday!John Tavener and Richard Rodney Bennett are amazing! Thats all for now!
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 10:46:00 GMT

Great Loss

As Many of my close friends will know, My Adorable Step mother Lesley lost her battle to cancer yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately i was too late to say my last goodbyes. The month of May, the month o...
Posted by on Fri, 09 May 2008 07:46:00 GMT

Lady Barbirolli- Oboists Obituary

Evelyn Rothwell was one of the most distinguished oboists of her time and as Lady Barbirolli cared loyally and unselfishly for her husband John Barbirolli especially during his years as conductor of t...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:45:00 GMT