Frederick Naftel
Speaker Topics
Music
Locations Covered
West Midlands
Fees
£150 - £500
Availability
Short Notice, 1 Month Minimum
Profile Bio
I taught music in secondary schools and sixth form colleges for 25 years
and am an active composer and percussionist. I have several new projects lined up for the next
couple of years and an album of my music was released in October 2024. I am passionate about
classical and film music and enjoy sharing my enthusiasm and knowledge.
I offer audio-visual musical presentations on a variety of topics, in which a slideshow
of images accompany the music. I also relate anecdotes in between the music, often of an amusing
character. My presentations last around 50-60 minutes, longer if required and are suitable for primary
and secondary schools(assemblies, lessons, GCSE and A Level), community groups, professional
organisations, after dinner events, care homes, hospitals and many more occasions.
Talk Description
Music to While Away The Hour
Great Film Music: Music from the Golden Age of Hollywood
through to more recent soundtracks. A feast of evocative and imaginative scores by
composers such as Erich Korngold, Franz Waxman, Miklos Rozsa, Jerry Goldsmith,
Alex North, Bernard Herrmann, John Williams and Hans Zimmer. Music accompanied
by stills from those very same movies featured.
Other Talks
A Musical World Tour - A whistle stop journey around the world, from London to Armenia, Paris to Australia.
The Great American Symphony - Stirring visions of prairie, urban and country landscapes, all saturated with "Americana"
The Greatest British Symphonies - From countryside to seascapes, visions of peace to visions of war, featuring Malcolm Arnold, Arnold Bax and Vaughan Williams.
Landscapes in Music - Spanish Flamenco to Whalesong, Autumnal New England to Icelandic volcanoes.
Gustav Holst, The Planets and Beyond - Notwithstanding Holst's most popular work, what else did he create and how did his style change with each new composition?
The Best of British - The two faces of Malcolm Arnold contrasted with the pastoralism and anger of Vaughan Williams] - Other comparisons between George Butterworth and Herbert Howells/Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett
British Light Music [A delightful sequence of bright, breezy, charming and tuneful miniatures by Ronald Binge, Eric Coates, Albert Ketelbey and many more]
Winter and Seasonal Delights - Music for the Winter season and for Christmas
To Be A Composer - with a personal selection of my own compositions.
How does a composer start working on a piece, what are the inspirations,
type of ensemble, format, idiom.