Audris Ho
Piano . Vocals . Keyboard . Teach
Europe Street Pianos
Glasgow Piano City Tour:
There is a ' Pianos in Public Spaces ' initiative to create more opportunities for people to play. Some public pianos in Glasgow are named after artists who decorated them.
Piano name: Tampopo
Venue: Theatre Royal
Design: Handpainted cherry blossoms with turquoise base
Played: Mario Bro, Phantom of the Opera Overture
There were displays of opera gown outfits..... fitting to play Phantom of the Opera overture! and with some mischief Mario Bro.
Piano name: Floyd
Venue: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Design: White wooden finish piano
Played: Music Time Travel (interrupted)
Grateful to have a very appreciative old man listening to my playing. I was playing my self-arranged Music Time Travel and he didn't know when I'm stopping so that he could clap for me. In the end, he came over and chatted with me a little to show his appreciation before he rushed off for his bus!
Piano name: Libby
Venue: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Design: White wooden finish piano with pen drawings of Glasgow landscape
Played: Swan Lake, Claire De Lune
Piano Libby was temporarily placed in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for few days and I was lucky to play Swan Lake + Claire De Lune there! And I chanced upon Tom who's managing the street pianos for Glasgow Piano City! You can see the other piano Floyd in the background at the end of the video.
Piano name: Mac
Venue: The Project Cafe
Design: Simple classic wooden piano with a backdrop wooden carving of Glasgow landscape.
Played: Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Played "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" since the cafe was playing light jazz music from their playlist. Had a hot cuppa yummy chocolate before I played.
Piano name: Ming
Venue: The Lighthouse
Design: Landscape painting with lights dotting around the piano. Chinese inspired design.
Played: Music Time Travel (still perfecting)
On my way to perfecting my self-arranged Music Time Travel.
Andy was there to support me during his lunch break!
Piano name: Calisia
Venue: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Design: Dried maple leaves are used to decorate the white piano.
Played: Pachelbel Canon in D, Minuet in G, Turkish March
Piano Calisia is right in the centre of Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, steps away from information counter, gift shop and cafe.
Piano name: Rosie
Venue: The Unexpected Artist @ St. Enoch
Design: Dark brown in colour.
Played: Ballade Pour Adeline, Star Wars (Darth Vader Theme)
Just an extract of "Ballade Pour Adeline" and Star Wars (Darth Vader theme)
Piano name: Bob
Venue: Lieper Gallery
Design: Brown Matt wooden finish piano
Played: Pachelbel Canon in D, Minuet in G, Turkish March, Fur Elise
An extract of my arrangement "Music Time Travel"
Other Street Piano Venues:
United Square @ Aberdeen, Scotland
Music Time Travel (Partial) - Arranged by Audris Ho
It's a pity it's an incomplete video. At the end of it, a bystander was whistling along with my playing! Thank you bystander for staying around listening to my playing! I didn't even know someone was whistling along till I watched back this clip :)
Gauksmýri (North Iceland)
Music Time Travel (Partial) - Arranged by Audris Ho
Unglam moment for my feet! Barefooted because I was wearing slippers having my breakfast at the B&B and chanced upon this piano. Impromptu playing of piano had other guests staying on watching me play and danced along, clapped along, sang along.
Newcastle Railway Station (entrance)
Hedwig's Theme + River Flows in You - Arranged by Audris Ho
A high human traffic for this station. Many people walking in and out of the station but this video didn't capture it.