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Heard In Unity
© Tony O’Brien 2020 All rights reserved
Educated by the Christian Brothers in Plymouth during the 1970s, and inspired by their sadistic methods, Tony contemplated joining the priesthood until an embarrassingly loud attack of flatulence during the most solemn office of the Mass put paid to that ambition. Instead Tony won a scholarship to study at Oxford University and graduated with a first class honours in chemistry, and subsequently gained a masters in statistics.
Tony then slid down the greasy pole to his first job in the civil service at the
central statistical office. Here he met the swash-
Tony’s career stumbled on through other humdrum jobs and professions -
The Colonel had just opened his first wildlife sanctuary, “The Fat Cats of Penge”,
and employed Tony as game warden. Tony loved rehabilitating the real victims of the
great 2008 financial crash -
Throughout life’s ups and downs, and since the age of 6, Tony has avidly, if not
always musically, played the piano. In his teens, he was awarded a LTCL performer’s
diploma in piano and has performed, intermittently and always reluctantly, at such
prestigious venues as Shirley Methodist Church and Cadogan Hall. He is the first
recording artist to record all Chopin’s “Ballades” backwards with ACCED, receiving
rave accolades from critics and audiences alike -
Convinced that great piano music has much broader appeal than to just those who frequent concert halls, Tony founded
Heard In Unity to bring the wonder of superb live music to the home audience, with
all the convenience and comfort of ordering a take-