Teacher

Lecturer and Guest Speaker

An experienced and well qualified lecturer and guest speaker; with a background in Music, the Arts and Education; Adrian Finnerty can offer a variety of topics and presentations on a wide range of music and education related subjects.

Talks are delivered in an interesting and engaging manner, accompanied by multi-media PowerPoint presentations including colourful illustrations with a wide range of captivating slideshows, audio excerpts and video clips, providing a very enjoyable insight into music and culture.

Adrian’s musical interests are very wide, including many aspects of Classical, Jazz, Popular and Traditional Music.

Adrian Lecture 1

Examples of Lecture Topics

Talk titles include:

Symphonic Seascapes - Music Inspired by the Sea

Musical Pictures - Music Inspired by Art and Artists
Sounds of the Cinema - A celebration of music for the Silver Screen

Musical Journeys - From Russia to Bohemia and Scandinavia to Spain
Musical Journeys - From the USA to the UK

Music at Sea – Experience as a cruise ship speaker

Sounds of the Baltic

Sounds of Norway

Sounds of Sweden

The Music of Edvard Grieg
Sibelius - Symphonist and Storyteller
The Russian Musical Tradition
The Life and Music of Tchaikovsky

Classical Music of Scotland
Traditional Music of Scotland
Musical Impressions of Scotland

A Scottish Musical Journey

Music of the British Isles

Melodies of the Rhine

Melodies of the Danube

The Life and Music of Beethoven
The Life and Music of Brahms

Vienna, City of Music: Patronage and Politics

Vienna, City of Music: Romance and Revolution

Hungarian Rhapsodies

The Story of Jazz
Music of the Big Bands

The Story of ABBA

Sounds of Cape Verde

Sounds of Spain

Sounds of Portugal

Provençal Songs and Dances
Symphonic Poems and French Impressions
Sacred Music: Plainsong to Polyphony
The French Choral Tradition

Adrian Lecture 2

Adrian Lecture 3

Adrian has been engaged as a Guest Speaker with several cruise companies, including;

Fred Olsen,

Saga,

Ambassador,

Princess,

Royal Caribbean,

Noble Caledonia,

Hebridean River Cruises and Hebridean Island Cruises.

His talks are both informative and entertaining, and are always very popular, with excellent feedback from those in attendance.

Adrian Lecture 4

Comments and feedback from recent cruises

“Adrian is an incredibly interesting speaker, covering a wide range of cultural topics under the banner of music. His talks were in a series of presentations that linked together to form and broader subject matter, and this led to a loyal following of guests that attended his presentations.”

“Excellent pacing, interesting transitions between slides, brilliant graphics and relevant images to chosen music. A nice crisp Scots accent.”

“Was amazing and introduced one or two little known composers. I wish his lectures could have been longer and more of them.”

“With the music and the way he frames the pieces, it really was something you could immerse yourself in. A solid crowd at each talk.”

“Adrian had two good audiences and music relating topic to our destinations in the way of talking about Edvard Grieg in his first and other Norwegian composers in his second, apt for our voyage.”

“Adrian has a very endearing way about him and his presentations are a pleasure to watch.”

“Excellent as evidenced by the large attendance, a highlight of the cruise, an expert in his field.”

“Good Speaker, and the guests that attended really enjoyed him.”

Left: An article, published in The Hebridean Times, promoting the music themed Melodies of the Rhine cruise on the Royal Crown with Hebridean River Cruises.

Below: A description of the music themed Melodies of the Danube cruise on the Royal Crown with Hebridean River Cruises.

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