User:Harfo32

Harfo32
Hello. I am John Foss, and I live in Athens, in the shadow of the Akropolis.

I was educated at Harrow School, The Royal College of Music (where I studied the organ with Ralph Downes, winning the Walford Davies prize for organ performance (Vierne's 2nd Symphony) and singing with Hervey Alan), and the Universities of Grenoble and London(The Institute of Education). My interests include music, in particular the pipe organ, painting, photography, writing, food, travel in general and trains in particular, history, teaching and cats. I have contributed to Wiki articles on Greek Trains, The Battle of Pydna, Dion (the village, municipality and Archaeological site in Greece) Leon Heuzey and Harrow School. I have given concerts in venues ranging from the Royal Festival Hall in London (Poulenc's Concerto)Neidaros Cathedral, Norway, The Kaiser Wilhelm Gedacktnis Kirche,Berlin (the Berlin Bach Festival) in a programme of English music, Melk Abbey,Austria, and  tours of Australia, Europe and the U.K. A website, written by my Greek students in English, is The English Times of Katerini http://www.musesnet.gr/etimes/  and a Blog http://harfo32.blogspot.com / which combines poetry, art, photography and opinions, both mine and those of others.

The Photo was taken at the organ of St. Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne during a recital tour in 2004. ,