Alfred Hero - Music Activities

See sound bytes to hear some .mp3 samples of VAE's 1999 spring concert.

Here I am singing the tenor Aria and Recitative movements of Bach's Cantata BWV21 with the Ann Arbor Bach Chorale and Orchestra in 1999 under George Dentel, director.

Aria and Recitative.mp3 .

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I started singing in Jazz combos in 2006 - en entirely different experience from my classical vocal activities. Nothing recorded yet but stay tuned for some clips.

Here are some pictures of me singing "Tenderly" and "There will never be another you" with Pierre Duhamel's jazz combo at the ICASSP banquet in Toulouse France in May 2006.

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My guitar activities date back to 1965 when I received my first guitar from my parents (a gut-string Goya that I now use as a "travel guitar"). A couple of years later I was given a Guild 12 steel string acoustic guitar followed shortly thereafter by an acoustic 6 string Gibson. In 1974 I purchased my first electric guitar, a Gibson SG. This propelled me into my garage band period which included sporadic performances in the Boston area in the mid 1970's. My collection of guitars grew and at one time included: a Martin D-42, an Ovation electric 12 string (with active electronics!), a Fender Stratocaster, a Fender Telecaster, a Gibson Les Paul Recording (20 pound gorilla), a Gibson "The Paul", an Ibanez hollowbody jazz electric, a sunburst Gibson ES-335, a red Ibanez copy of the ES-335 (every bit as good but a warmer sound), a Fender fretless bass, and several others which I can no longer remember. Most of my current playing is on my Gibson ES-335 and my Martin D-42.

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My brother David and I with our axes (Nov. 2000):

Here are a couple of samples of the Thanksgiving 2000 jam session with my brother David (saxophone and flute).