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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:11 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:39 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:50 Mending broken people 01:09 Hi, and welcome to 3ABN Today. 01:12 I'm Tim Parton, the general manager 01:14 of the Praise Him music network. 01:16 It's a delight for me to be hosting this program today. 01:20 This is not a place that I usually sit. 01:23 So I'm really excited. 01:25 And I'm excited because I'm hosting... 01:28 I'm interviewing Roy Treiyer, who is a concert pianist. 01:32 So if you are an aspiring piano player, 01:36 you'll want to tune in 01:37 and listen to what Roy has to say 01:40 and we'll just be talking about some... 01:42 piano player to piano player, just some insight. 01:45 So I hope you enjoy this program. 01:47 It's a pleasure to introduce Roy Treiyer. 01:50 Roy, thanks for being here. 01:51 Thank you. My pleasure. 01:53 Yeah, it's wonderful. 01:54 I love listening to you earlier today. 01:57 You were doing some production music for us, 02:01 and we played like 17 songs plus the... 02:06 You had some forehand piano arrangements? 02:10 Forehand piano arrangements, three of them, 02:12 with a friend of mine, Victor. 02:13 Yeah. 02:15 So hopefully we'll be watching for those over the time span 02:20 and are you going to be playing for us 02:22 from those pieces today, 02:24 during our interview, but it's... 02:29 We can just start from the beginning 02:30 I guess as everybody wants to know, 02:32 when did you start playing? 02:33 What was your encouragement, your impetus, was it... 02:38 Were your parents musical? 02:40 Well, my parents were musical, mainly my dad and his father. 02:46 I always say that I wished I would have started sooner. 02:50 My last teacher said, "Take that out of your mind, 02:53 don't say that anymore. 02:54 Okay? 02:56 Look where you've gone now and just focus on today." 02:58 And she was right. 03:00 I was 10 years old when I listened to my dad 03:03 play a piece of Mozart, the Turkish march on a piano. 03:08 We were visiting somewhere, 03:10 and I heard the tune and how he was performing it 03:13 and just for fun, 03:14 and I really liked it for some reason. 03:17 I thought to myself, 03:19 I want to learn to play a piano. 03:20 So near my 11th birthday, we were shopping in a mall, 03:25 and I told my parents, 03:26 I know what I'd like for my birthday gift. 03:29 "Oh, yes. What?" 03:31 "I'd like a keyboard, a little piano at least." 03:34 And they were surprised 03:35 and they bought me a five octave keyboard. 03:39 I think they weren't so convinced 03:41 that I would maintain it. 03:43 That's why they bought something 03:44 cheap and small. 03:45 I can't blame them because my older two siblings, 03:48 they had taken music lessons, but they didn't go too far. 03:52 So I think they probably didn't want to try 03:54 with their youngest one. 03:55 So did you have... 03:56 You didn't have a piano in the house then? 03:58 I didn't. No, I did not. 03:59 But your father played... Yes. 04:01 But he didn't have a piano to practice on at home. 04:03 He played until he got into college. 04:06 So he later studied theology and became a minister. 04:11 So he would just play piano occasionally 04:14 whenever he would find one. 04:16 So now you've got a five octave keyboard. 04:19 And if you're a piano player at home, 04:21 you know how difficult it is to find 04:24 middle C on a five octave keyboard, 04:26 because there is no middle C... 04:28 Exactly. 04:29 And so, because of what... 04:31 How many octaves are on a regular piano? 04:32 What? Eight. 04:33 Eight? Okay. 04:35 So see, I learned something. 04:36 So how did that... 04:41 Did that discombobulate you? 04:43 Well, no, because I was new to the instrument, 04:45 you know. 04:47 So I started learning on that and they gave me the method 04:49 my dad learned to play the piano, 04:51 so my mom, and my grandfather, 04:54 which is a method called Bayer. 04:58 So it's like little numbers that you pass one level, 05:01 you go to the next level until like level 100. 05:04 And once I finished that, 05:05 you could go on to other classical pieces 05:07 a little more complicated. 05:09 So I found that motivating. 05:10 And once I reached the end, 05:12 they were starting to be convinced 05:13 that I needed a piano. 05:15 So one year after 05:16 I began taking piano lessons from my father, 05:19 they bought me an upright piano, 05:21 which they still have today, which I really like, 05:23 the Petrof piano. 05:24 So, no, we didn't tell the people 05:26 that you are not from the States. 05:30 You're not from the United States, 05:31 well, you may have been raised here, 05:33 but you were born in... 05:34 Well, my family is from Argentina, 05:37 but they were in Puerto Rico when I was born, 05:40 much a West Puerto Rico. 05:41 And when I was three, we moved to the States, 05:44 and then from there every two three years 05:46 we moved to a different state. 05:49 So I grew up in the States. 05:50 Okay, okay. 05:52 I studied elementary and then for high school, 05:53 I went to Argentina. 05:54 Okay, so I've heard you earlier talking... 05:59 I didn't understand what you were saying. 06:01 So you speak Argentinean? 06:04 Yeah, well the Argentinean and Spanish? 06:06 Okay. Okay. 06:07 Well, great. 06:08 Well, I thank you that we're translating today 06:10 and I can understand you clearly. 06:13 So you said your siblings didn't take to the piano 06:18 and you were at 10 or 11 at this point 06:20 when you just started playing. 06:24 Do you have any, other than your father, 06:26 do you have any influences as far as music wise, 06:30 is classical your influence or what? 06:33 Classical is my influence. 06:35 My father had played classical, performed classical pieces, 06:39 and he would always talk great things about Beethoven, 06:42 and Chopin, and Mozart, 06:43 and that just inspired my young mind at the time. 06:47 And, no, he was actually the main image I had, 06:52 the influence, because I was very shy. 06:56 I was a very shy kid, 06:58 especially in my early years, teenage years, 07:00 and so I just went to the piano 07:03 and I found like the best friend right there. 07:05 And I just worked hard, 07:07 I found that passion 07:08 and didn't mind practicing hours a day. 07:10 Right, so being shy, 07:12 did it ever enter into your mind 07:14 that this would lead to a situation 07:15 where you might have to get in front of people, 07:18 get on a stage, a platform and play? 07:21 Or were you just kind of consumed that, 07:23 like you said, you found your friend? 07:25 Well, I was shy in the sense of interacting with people, 07:28 but when I knew I thought I could do something, 07:32 I wasn't like hiding no longer from that. 07:35 So I loved sports, playing basketball or soccer. 07:38 I wouldn't hide the skills whatever I could do. 07:41 Right. 07:42 So I kind of used that in piano, 07:44 it was like my, 07:45 kind of get away from the shyness, 07:47 just, "Okay, 07:49 I don't talk but I can play a little." 07:51 Yeah, that's cool. 07:52 Well, now you said you were interested in sports. 07:54 Did that ever interfere with your piano, 07:58 like, practicing schedule, because I know as a child, 08:03 sports, I know you can't tell by looking 08:04 but I'm not very sports minded, 08:06 but... 08:07 No, I couldn't tell anyway. 08:09 So but, you know, 08:10 sports weren't even in the picture for me, 08:12 and so nothing was competing with practicing or, 08:17 you know, just playing the piano, 08:18 but for you, 08:19 were you involved in sports still in school? 08:21 Well, I was involved from before I even 08:24 started playing the piano 08:25 and sports were just something natural 08:27 that I loved doing. 08:29 I still do even today. 08:32 I didn't take formal piano lessons very early on, 08:35 my parents were my first teachers, 08:37 and then in high school, 08:38 that's when my formal piano teaching began, 08:40 but I was never told by any of my teachers, professors, 08:44 don't do sports. 08:45 I knew the risks, 08:47 especially with playing basketball 08:48 of the fingers. 08:49 I actually jammed my thumb a few times, 08:51 but never fractured. 08:52 Thank God. 08:54 Now I don't play that too often, 08:55 because I have kind of bad luck. 08:58 When I graduated from the master's program 09:00 in piano performance, 09:01 I had never played basketball that last year. 09:04 And we had a social event gathering at the church. 09:07 "Oh we're gonna play a little basketball tournament, 09:08 do you wanna play it?" 09:10 "Oh, yes, I'd love to." 09:11 I have three weeks until the recital, 09:14 and I played and guess what? 09:15 Since I was playing with fear, 09:17 I jammed my pinky and... 09:18 Oh, no, no. 09:20 But, you know, things happen. 09:22 I just think of myself of wanting to do several things 09:27 and don't want to just, now, hide it behind the piano, 09:31 I love many things, so... 09:33 Yeah. 09:34 And I think that's important to be well diversified. 09:35 Well, you know, well-rounded. 09:38 I tell people sometimes and it's not far from the truth 09:41 that other than piano I don't know much. 09:44 I don't change the oil in my car. 09:45 I don't mow the yard, 09:47 you know, because these are things 09:48 I just don't know how to do. 09:50 Well, my wife complains... 09:52 Oh, does she, okay. 09:53 Well, that's another subject for another day. 09:55 Okay? We won't go there. 09:56 Let's enjoy our time together. Yes. 09:58 No. Well, as... 09:59 Okay, so you're piano player, 10:01 so I think it's perfect that we would go to a song 10:03 that you have performed. 10:06 I think we'll start with Power in the Blood. 10:07 Sure. 10:09 You wanna set this up, 10:10 this is an arrangement of yours, right? 10:11 Yes. Okay. 10:13 Let's listen to Roy Treiyer 10:14 play "Power in the Blood." 14:16 That is great, Power in the Blood, 14:18 Roy Treiyer, what a wonderful song, 14:20 what a wonderful arrangement of that, 14:23 I love your style, love your influence. 14:25 And as you can tell, Roy is not, 14:28 he's wearing a different color suit, 14:31 so he's not a quick change artist. 14:33 He is just, 14:34 we recorded those songs earlier and they're going to be 14:38 played throughout the year as production music. 14:41 So just wanted you to know that this is not magic, 14:45 it's just, 14:47 it's an actually different suit, 14:48 because it was done at a different time. 14:50 But that's... 14:51 But it's still you, you playing I think... 14:53 Yeah, I think it's still me. 14:54 Right, thank you. 14:55 In fact, you've said that you were in here yesterday 14:57 for 10 hours practicing. 15:00 Yes. And that's normal for you? 15:03 No way. 15:05 I mean, before back in a few years 15:08 where every time I have to give a recital, 15:10 I try to spend as much time as I can 15:12 with family and other work and obligations, 15:15 it's definitely difficult. 15:18 I have some days that I don't even practice, 15:20 but I try to get some practice in whenever. 15:23 But for example, this weekend, I was without my family. 15:26 So I don't want to put the blame on them 15:28 but I was able to just stay here the whole day. 15:31 Sure, sure. No, I totally get that. 15:33 So you have a three-year-old? Is that... 15:35 I have a two-year-old, he will be three. 15:37 Okay, well, good. A lot of fun, and... 15:39 So yeah, especially with a two-year-old, 15:41 you don't have time to practice. 15:43 I remember I have two sons 15:46 and they were both two year old at one time, 15:48 not at the same time, 15:49 but which made it even more difficult, 15:51 the fact that they were, you know. 15:53 But finding time to rehearse, to practice, 15:57 it's sacred time once you finally get it, so... 16:00 Yeah, their nap time and when they go to bed, 16:02 that sometimes I'm just tired at night, 16:04 but when I have an event coming up, 16:07 I just sit on the piano, 16:09 that's the hardest thing, sitting on the piano. 16:11 Once you start just 5, 10 minutes, 16:13 you don't care about time, at least in my case. 16:15 I think you probably might agree with that. 16:17 I do agree with that. 16:19 So you're married. 16:20 You live in Collegedale, Tennessee? 16:22 Yes. 16:23 And what made you wind up in Collegedale? 16:26 Well, 16:27 I was living in Argentina after studying high school, 16:31 that's where I met my sweetheart though, 16:34 the last year... 16:35 In Argentina? 16:36 In Argentina, south of Buenos Aires, 16:38 the high school, the boarding school. 16:39 Then we went up north to Buenos Aires, 16:41 we have an SDA University, 16:44 Universidad Adventista Del Plata. 16:46 That's where I decided to study psychology 16:48 following my brother's steps. 16:51 He was major in psychology, 16:53 studying for a major in psychology 16:54 here at Southern in Tennessee. 16:56 And I thought psychology was very cool 16:58 and was interested in learning more about that. 17:01 And it was a five year degree. 17:03 Thankfully for my older sister, 17:05 she suggested that I continue doing music 17:07 at least on a side. 17:09 So I ended up with both degrees finished, 17:13 but now I dedicate myself more to music. 17:14 Okay. 17:16 So you have a degree in psychology? 17:17 Yes. 17:18 And going back to your question, sorry. 17:20 Once I decided I wanted to stay more in music, 17:24 wandered off more in music than in psychology. 17:26 I started searching some universities 17:28 where I could study piano performance, 17:29 that was my passion. 17:31 So that's where I found Chattanooga, Tennessee, 17:33 the professor there at the time, Dr. Sin-Hsing Tsai. 17:37 She had been in Argentina for 10 years, 17:39 in Germany, California, 17:41 and her bio really attracted me, 17:42 and I sent a few emails. 17:44 Everything went well. 17:46 Scholarships came in, 17:47 so I thought that was where God led, 17:50 and I think he did because we have been blessed. 17:53 So your degree from psychology came from Southern...? 17:57 No, from Argentina. 17:58 Argentina? 17:59 Okay, but your degree in music, 18:01 your piano... 18:02 Also from Argentina, 18:04 but the master's in piano performance 18:05 from Tennessee. 18:07 Okay. Okay. Perfect. 18:08 So now let's talk about just for a second, 18:10 the link between, 18:12 have you been able to use psychology in music? 18:15 I know there are like programs, music therapy, 18:18 which I'm not really steeped in, 18:22 but I understand that it's a wonderful thing 18:24 and music can be very therapeutic, 18:27 of course. 18:28 Do you... 18:30 Have you made a connection with that? 18:31 Have you done any work in that? 18:32 I've been interested. 18:34 I haven't made a really strong connection. 18:37 Since I have both degrees, 18:39 I feel obliged to do that a bit. 18:42 What I have done for example, in the past in some, 18:45 I have more an Hispanic churches, 18:48 given music seminars, 18:50 the importance of music in the church 18:52 and how music influences the brain, 18:54 and how we react to music 18:56 and what kinds of music is better. 18:59 Sure. 19:00 Science backs it, 19:02 not only science but the Bible as well, 19:03 which is very, very interesting topic. 19:06 So what I like to do, 19:09 particularly my passion in piano 19:11 is making arrangements of well-known hymns 19:13 that are inspiring. 19:15 Arrangements, what I try to do is, 19:19 match the music to the lyrics 19:21 and all of that has a more powerful influence 19:25 to what we experience. 19:27 Now obviously, that's not always the case. 19:28 My wife complains saying, 19:30 "You don't know the lyrics of that song." 19:31 "You're right." 19:33 And I was focusing more on the music. 19:35 Right, I understand that. 19:36 But we try to, but that's about the connection 19:38 I try to make with psychology and music. 19:40 Very nice. 19:41 So if I were to... 19:43 If you were analyzing me psychologically, 19:47 would you be playing music to it to where I could, 19:50 I don't know, maybe that's a stretch I guess. 19:51 Anyway... 19:52 We can talk about that later probably. 19:55 Okay, because I definitely need it. 19:57 So we've gone through... 20:00 Now let's talk about your, 20:03 when you began to play concerts, 20:07 when you began to like do some traveling, 20:10 accepting engagements to perform in churches, 20:15 when did this start? 20:17 Do you remember your first concert 20:19 as far outside of like recitals or things 20:21 that were done in the university? 20:24 Outside of universities? 20:25 Do you mean sacred concerts? 20:27 Okay, right. So... 20:28 Okay, when I first did that, well... 20:30 Because let's just tell the people 20:31 this is what you do now. 20:33 You go around doing, giving the sacred concerts, 20:36 church concerts. 20:37 And so where did that start after your classical training? 20:42 Okay. 20:43 I occasionally give some classical concerts, 20:45 but it's not my strength in the present, 20:47 right now I'm all focused on the sacred. 20:50 It started back in Argentina 20:53 before even recording my first CD, 20:55 I was friends with a Quartet, very good singers. 21:01 And I started composing and arranging some songs 21:04 for Quartet just starting, 21:06 that's where my creativity started. 21:08 Vocal arrangements? Okay, nice. 21:10 Vocal arrangements, and I would just improvise 21:11 on the piano sometimes because 21:13 I was a bit lazy to write it all out. 21:15 But that's when we would tour Argentina, 21:19 and we even went to Brazil 21:21 to give some concerts in the sacred music. 21:24 So I started more as an accompanist 21:25 and in their concerts 21:27 I would have one or two solo pieces, 21:29 which I found very fun and inspiring. 21:31 Sure, and so that you didn't have issues 21:34 with being shy at this point like you have been younger. 21:37 Oh, no, during high school, 21:39 since I was in a boarding school, 21:40 that's where my shyness left. 21:42 Left at school. Thank God. 21:43 Good. Awesome. 21:45 Well, that's... 21:46 Yeah, I'm trying to think if I... 21:48 I never have really been a performer in the sense, 21:53 you know, 21:54 you see a lot of performers that really, 21:56 you know, 21:57 work the crowd and that's not my style. 22:01 And so as I've watched you on YouTube 22:04 and even as you're performing 22:05 you, you look like you're enjoying it, 22:07 but you don't try to work the crowd 22:09 and, of course, 22:11 I realized we were in a studio situation 22:12 when you were recording songs today. 22:15 But there's a little crowd in the background. 22:16 Well, there is, right, yeah. 22:19 We are judging you actually, 22:20 we were back there critiquing you. 22:22 The negative side of music. 22:24 Yeah, we'll send you results later. 22:25 But, no, so it's important, 22:28 you know, when you, 22:29 when you think about performing stage fright is a huge thing. 22:35 And I want to be sure 22:36 and get to another song really soon, 22:38 but I just want to hit on, 22:40 you know, 22:42 putting aside our stage fright and for me, 22:47 I think it's a matter of having grown up in music 22:50 and always being on stage, 22:52 it wasn't difficult... 22:54 Stage fright wasn't necessarily an issue 22:56 but as far as, like, 22:59 when you memorize your songs, these are your arrangements, 23:02 but that doesn't necessarily mean 23:04 that they're always gonna be right there 23:05 at the front of your mind. 23:07 Exactly. Yes. 23:08 So is there any, like, 23:09 do you have any tips that you do for yourself 23:13 before you go out on stage, on a platform? 23:16 Because even if you're in church, 23:18 it doesn't matter, 23:19 you can pray the Lord's near you. 23:21 But your mind can be far from you. 23:22 So... 23:23 Well, obviously, prayer is excellent, 23:25 but we shouldn't be, how do you say this? 23:30 Ask for the Lord for everything when we haven't done our part. 23:33 Exactly. 23:35 So practice obviously is one. 23:36 Like I mentioned, 10 hours yesterday, 23:38 I was trying to refresh some arrangements. 23:40 I was busy with a classical concert 23:42 at the beginning of this month. 23:43 And I thought to myself, 23:45 "No, but, 3ABN is more important right now." 23:47 And I just didn't have that time. 23:49 So last week 23:50 I was refreshing some arrangements. 23:52 Some of them I haven't even played 23:54 in a couple of years 23:55 and two of them I actually, 23:57 one of them I made them this week. 23:59 So that's why I was trying to practice so much 24:01 getting things fresh. 24:04 What I tried to do before a concert 24:06 is, obviously, 24:08 if there's a difficult part of a piece 24:11 that I don't have to secure, 24:13 I'm doubting a bit, just take it very slow, 24:16 review it slowly, just work on it, 24:18 probably not too much. 24:19 Don't overdo it. 24:20 Just relax. 24:22 I always try to get to a relaxed state of mind. 24:25 That's what works best 24:27 and having reviewed a certain piece 24:31 that just for some reason, 24:32 feels a little bit more uncomfortable. 24:34 Just helps me be more relaxed. 24:36 "Okay, I've got it down in the real thing, 24:40 when we're out there just go with confidence." 24:43 I mean, 24:45 I was reading James 1:6 yesterday, 24:47 saying that, 24:49 "The doubtful person 24:50 just is blown away by the surge of the sea easily." 24:54 So we have to go with confidence, 24:55 but there are certainly good tips 24:58 that we should follow 24:59 to be able to reach that mind of relax and confidence. 25:04 Well, that's a great segue into this song. 25:06 I want to hear you play It is Well. 25:09 And this is a favorite hymn of mine. 25:11 And so let's see what skill you bring, 25:13 an arrangement you bring to, "It is Well." 25:15 Enjoy this. Thank you. 29:54 Great, that was so great. 29:55 Thank you. Praise God. 29:56 Yeah. Amen. Praise God. 29:58 Roy Treiyer, wonderful pianist, that was your arrangement, 30:02 It is Well. 30:03 So tell me what's going on in your mind 30:06 when you're arranging a song like that? 30:09 And what does it mean to arrange, 30:11 I mean, you know, the song is written It is Well. 30:14 So talk to me about that? 30:15 Well, the passion I have arranging hymns for piano solo 30:20 is, well, there's several ways I can take this. 30:23 One of them is that I've been practicing classical pieces 30:28 and when you learn a classical piece 30:29 you might be months practicing it 30:32 until you finally perform it. 30:34 And I thought to myself, 30:36 why am I practicing months for a classical piece 30:39 I will perform once, 30:40 and maybe for special music in church 30:43 I just practice one day and supposedly it's fine. 30:46 So I wanted to make piano arrangements, 30:49 at least for myself, 30:51 that were at about the same level 30:53 of the classical pieces that were demanding to find 30:56 that more fun and inspiring and... 30:58 Satisfying. 30:59 Would motivate me too. Sure. 31:01 But as far as what goes in my mind 31:03 when I arrange depends the day, 31:06 obviously I try to study the hymn a little bit, 31:11 the composer behind it, the lyrics. 31:14 And... 31:15 Well, even like the story of It is Well, 31:17 in fact, it's a huge, 31:19 that's a wonderful story on the ship 31:22 where this ship sinks, 31:23 and so I can understand, 31:25 in fact, I was feeling as you were playing the emotion 31:29 of it at certain points. 31:30 There's a little minor section there, unsteady, 31:34 just the emotions might drift a bit 31:35 and then finally the victory comes 31:37 and it is well with her soul, 31:40 because we have a mighty God. 31:42 Right, that's awesome. 31:44 I love the process that any creative person, 31:47 artist, 31:48 that has a story behind what they do 31:51 and all the time that they are creating whatever, 31:54 piece that they're creating, 31:56 there's something going on in their mind. 31:58 It's not just a random, 32:00 although sometimes it may look random, 32:02 but that's a great gift. 32:06 When it comes to the structure of the pieces, 32:09 I try to, like, 32:11 have a general structure of the piece 32:12 and then I start working on details in the section. 32:15 Okay, what kind of passage, what kind of technique, 32:17 what kind of runs can I do here? 32:20 And I always try to make it sound interesting for me, 32:24 because if it's not interesting for me, 32:25 it won't be interesting for the audience either. 32:28 And sometimes you wake up and you didn't like 32:32 what you did yesterday or the week before 32:34 and you have to change it. 32:35 And it's kind of having that flexibility 32:37 that can help just take your pride away. 32:40 You might have worked on something 32:41 for an entire week, 32:43 but if something else sounds better just move on, 32:46 and I try to do that. 32:47 Not always works but I try. Sure. 32:50 Now you are a... 32:52 You're teaching right now at a college, right? 32:56 Yes. Okay. 32:59 Where is this? Lookout Mountain, Georgia. 33:01 Okay. 33:02 And the name of the college is... 33:04 Covenant College. 33:05 Okay, great. 33:07 And so that's located in North Georgia? 33:08 Northwest Georgia. 33:09 Yes. Okay. 33:11 And that's not far from Collegedale, 33:12 so you still live in Collegedale, 33:14 it's right across the border. 33:15 I live and commute. 33:17 Yes, about 45 minutes. 33:18 So what are you teaching? 33:19 I teach piano. 33:21 I'm the main piano adjunct professor there. 33:24 So I have about 12 piano students 33:26 and I teach a class piano pedagogy. 33:29 Okay. 33:30 And that's, how to teach piano? 33:32 How to teach piano. 33:33 So these students are learning how to be piano teachers. 33:35 Yes, yes. 33:36 So do you have the opportunity to teach any arranging 33:41 as far as how you arrange, do you... 33:44 Well, there is a chapter in the book. 33:47 I use the textbook I use for piano pedagogy. 33:50 There is a chapter and so we dedicate one class 33:52 just on arranging and things like that, 33:56 but it's not what most of the teachers do. 33:59 So that's not the main emphasis. 34:01 Okay. Okay. Well, that's interesting. 34:02 Another thing that you also do is, 34:05 you are a church pianist. 34:06 Would that be safe to say? Yes. 34:08 And that sounds pretty outrageous. 34:09 I really enjoy doing that. 34:11 Well, that's dynamite. 34:12 And any church would be blessed to have 34:15 your skill and your ability. 34:18 So let's listen to another song. 34:20 And is this song, 34:21 maybe something that you would play 34:23 at a church offertory. 34:25 Sure, most of my arrangements 34:27 I've played for offertory. 34:28 Okay. Sweet. 34:29 I'm always excited. Yeah. 34:31 Well, we're excited to hear this song. 34:33 "My Jesus I Love Thee," Roy Treiyer. 39:47 That's awesome. I love that. 39:50 Okay, so we have to tell the people 39:52 if you didn't notice there were two people 39:53 sitting at the piano, four hands, 39:55 an arrangement from Roy Treiyer. 39:57 You act like you're third person. 40:00 But it's really, it was you. 40:01 So tell us who your partner 40:02 there on the piano bench was? 40:04 Oh, he's a friend of mine living in Chicago, 40:06 Victor Moreno. 40:07 Okay. 40:08 And how, what's the connection of you, 40:10 just a good friend? 40:11 Well, he was a very good friend of my sister-in-law 40:14 when she lived in Chicago. 40:16 And when we came back to... 40:18 When I moved back to the States with my wife now in 2012, 40:23 his church in Chicago, 40:25 he actually invited me to give a piano concert. 40:27 So he was one of the first to actually invite me 40:31 when we came back to have a piano concert. 40:32 So I feel very grateful for that. 40:34 Yeah, so I was thrilled that Victor drove down 40:38 and spend some time just and recorded I believe three. 40:41 Three of the four hand. 40:43 So a four hand piano is like to me, 40:47 a three legged race, you know, where you're, 40:49 I don't know if you ever ran in a three legged race 40:51 where you've got, you know, one of your legs 40:53 tied to one leg of the other person 40:55 and your happened make it work 40:58 because you've got to be on the same page literally, 41:01 not only on the music, 41:02 but in your mind and in your same tempo and, 41:05 and so that's something and especially if you don't, 41:08 you don't often play the piano with Victor, do you mean... 41:12 No, no, I mean 41:13 we only rehearsed yesterday a little bit. 41:15 Okay, so to me it's a difficult thing. 41:20 When you're... 41:21 Maybe if you're on two different pianos, 41:23 but to have that person that close, 41:26 first of all, you're in my space. 41:27 Sure. 41:29 And, you know, you can see him. 41:30 You saw him earlier today, he's big. 41:32 Right, exactly. 41:33 And yesterday I was a little bit 41:34 too far to the right. 41:36 He said, "Just pushed me out." 41:37 Yeah, like, that's easy. 41:39 That's great, though. I love that. 41:41 So you wrote this originally for four hands? 41:45 Yes, so first I made an arrangement 41:47 for piano solo, 41:49 but then I adapted it for four hands 41:50 so that Victor could play as well. 41:52 That is wonderful. 41:54 What a great gift you have arranging and performing, 41:58 just as all around nice guy, my goodness, that's great. 42:01 Praise God. Okay. Thanks. 42:02 So I wanted to see talk about... 42:07 Oh, I wanted to mention that you have CDs, 42:10 you have two CDs right now. 42:14 The first was, "Shine Jesus Shine." 42:16 And then one, your most recent, 42:19 more recent is a, "Mighty Fortress is Our God." 42:23 And these are just solo piano, right? 42:26 Solo piano. I do have a third one. 42:28 It came out the beginning of this year. 42:30 I forgot to bring that today. 42:32 Sorry, but it's not piano solo, 42:35 I accompany a baritone friend from Argentina. 42:38 Okay. Diego Aravena. 42:40 And he also sings in English. 42:42 So we have both in Spanish and English. 42:44 And again, most of them 42:46 I arranged the hymns for him too. 42:48 Okay, so I believe I saw him on a YouTube, 42:52 on your YouTube channel. 42:53 Yes. 42:54 There was a song of you accompanying him. 42:56 Yes, or on the Facebook. 42:57 I can't remember, but one of them, yes. 42:58 Yeah, but I believe this was YouTube. 43:00 Okay. 43:01 But it's great and wonderful, deep baritone voice. 43:05 That was him though. 43:07 Yes. Right, okay. It was him. 43:08 So that's wonderful. 43:10 So be sure and go to, your website 43:14 to purchase those, right? 43:15 That's the best place to do that 43:17 unless they come to your house in Collegedale. 43:18 Sure. 43:20 Or coming all across to meet your class in college. 43:24 So you've got Facebook, YouTube. 43:28 Talk about your schedule. 43:29 What kind of a schedule 43:30 do you keep as far as traveling? 43:33 Do you do a lot of concerts? 43:35 Have you've been giving... 43:37 Well, concerts, 43:40 I gave on this past weekend here 43:41 this Sabbath here at the church, 43:44 Thompsonville, 43:45 but I hadn't given a concert until, well, actually, 43:48 I kind of, I am forgetful. 43:50 I gave a concert about a week ago 43:52 with a music director? at a church I work at, 43:57 United Methodist Church. 43:58 He's a trumpet player, so we gave a joint concert. 44:00 Okay. 44:01 And before that was a classical concert, 44:03 but sacred solo concert. 44:05 I hadn't given that since like September, 44:08 just the busy scheduling in college 44:10 and teaching and family, 44:12 but I'm always open 44:14 whenever there's a church that would be interested, 44:16 I make that time available. 44:17 I always love that. 44:19 So during summers, 44:20 or when I have a week off from college, 44:22 spring break, or fall break, I try to go places. 44:25 So some of the places I've gone 44:28 for the last two years was one, Puerto Rico, 44:32 what, Tanzania was the last one I've been to, 44:34 but that was more for mission work 44:36 of teaching piano. 44:37 And they were amazing people. 44:40 That was a lot of fun. 44:42 I also went to Norway, 44:43 where Diego was leaving at a time, 44:45 the baritone, so he invited me. 44:47 And then last year I went to Portugal, Spain, 44:49 and Italy like very quickly, just... 44:51 Wow! It was pretty fun. 44:53 How very neat. 44:54 And so you always relying on a piano that's in tune... 44:58 Yes, which isn't always the case, 45:00 but I think I'm an easygoing person. 45:03 So I played on pianos 45:05 that haven't had the ivory on the key. 45:07 Oh, wow, wow. 45:08 Anyway, we won't go there. 45:10 No, but that's awesome that you can easily adapt, 45:12 and you have to, you're right, 45:14 unless you carry one around in your back pocket, 45:16 which is a little difficult to go through security 45:18 with a grand piano in your back pocket. 45:20 It's a risk but we have to adapt. 45:22 Right, you're exactly right. 45:23 Well, I want to. 45:25 I've got to hear one more song and then, 45:28 we'll just finish up, 45:29 but I want to hear "Tis So Sweet." 45:32 Hope you enjoy this. 49:26 Roy Treiyer, 49:28 "Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus. 49:30 Do you have a favorite composer? 49:32 You are busier. 49:35 Well, again, 49:38 sometimes I wish I had more time to practice, 49:39 but every time I can listen to music I try, 49:43 because as a musician it's always good to stay tuned 49:46 to other artists' music, 49:48 and what's going on in the world, 49:49 and not only back in the days 49:51 like Beethoven, Chopin, and list, 49:53 but current artists too. 49:54 As a matter of fact it might sound curious to you, 49:56 but I've listened to you the past month. 49:58 Oh! 50:00 I thought I recognize a song of mine 50:02 that you would slid in there 50:04 into our viewing verse. 50:05 This is my father's world where you just sing and play, 50:07 when we were together. 50:08 That's fun. 50:09 But yeah, I think 50:11 every time I have the option of listening to other music, 50:12 it's always good to get ideas 50:14 and see what's going on out there. 50:16 Very cool. 50:18 Well, I think that's wonderful 50:19 and I'm flattered that you've been listening, 50:21 because I certainly am going to listen to you now 50:22 that I have your CDs 50:25 and I'm going to go to sleep with them 50:26 and memorize your lyrics 50:28 and your moves and all those things. 50:30 So I want to quickly roll to the, 50:33 to where people can contact you. 50:34 Okay. 50:35 To have you come into their church. 50:37 So let's watch and see where they can contact you. 50:41 Roy performs piano solo concerts 50:43 in churches 50:45 and also gives talks and seminars 50:47 on how to make music a true worship experience. 50:50 If you would like to invite him to your church for a concert 50:54 or if you would like to obtain a copy of his CDs 50:57 entitled, "Under the Same Sky." 51:00 "A Mighty Fortress is Our God," 51:02 or his newest one called, "Shine Jesus Shine." 51:05 Please visit his website RoyTreiyer.com, 51:09 that's R-O-Y T-R-E-I-Y-E-R.com. 51:14 You may also call him 51:15 at 423-504-7549. 51:20 That's area code 423-504-7549. |
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