About Rick: Rick is an accomplished pianist, organist, composer, freelance musician working and teaching in the Denver Metro area.
Rick holds a Master of Music degree in organ performance from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Music degree in [+]About Rick: Rick is an accomplished pianist, organist, composer, freelance musician working and teaching in the Denver Metro area.
Rick holds a Master of Music degree in organ performance from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the University of Denver. He has also studied piano abroad with the Royal Danish Conservatory.
Rick has been active as a church musician in the Denver area for 18 years, and is currently organist at the historic Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado.
Rick has just completed his next album "Such Dreams" which was debuted in concert on May 27, 2006 at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts, University of Denver. CD's now available.
Go to www.rickseaton.com for audio samples. Find "Such Dreams" here at CDBaby.com
QUOTES AND REVIEWS OF IVORY ANGELS
Review of Ivory Angels:
Michael Woodhead of Wind and Wire - March 04 Issue
Date: 02/17/04 20:44:34
Ivory Angels: Christmas Carols Reinvented
Seaton Studios (2003)
Christmas comes early this year or, perhaps if you missed it last year, you can recall the joyous season with this marvelous collection of 'reinvented' Christmas carols.
And it doesn't have to be Christmas for anyone to enjoy this CD-the carols are so unlike the carols we normally associate with Christmas that we can delight in the music at any time of the year.
With a sprinkling of light jazz, contemporary pop, new age fusion and a very improvisational feel, Rick Seaton offers charming renditions of familiar melodies that delight, uplift and inspire on the one hand, and that make us pause for reflection on the other.
Just a few observations on some of the eleven pieces-
A sprightly version of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" stirs together fuzz guitar, piano, recorder, drums, and cymbals to yield a very contemporary version of this ages-old song.
"In the Bleak Midwinter" is a passionate piano solo that instantly draws one into a concert setting. Close your eyes and be carried away.
A carpet of synth music introduces "It came Upon a Midnight Clear" which is then carried along by piano, again, as the synth flows in and out to punctuate and enhance further verses on flute. A slight off-beat gives a new and different, bu
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