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Welcome to Gaynor's Dancing Horses Tour

This was such an amazing show, words do not describe how magical the evening was, so let a video do it.

Hartpury Gaynor's Dancing Horses

The sell out audience saw Working Equitation, Grand Prix Dressage, Classical Dressage, RORs, Lusitano's. What a night. The videos will give you a good idea of what you will see at Hartpury.   on April 11th.

The Kelsall demo was a huge success, with a sell out audience.

In October 1980, Olympic rider Jennie Loriston Clarke met Gaynor Colbourn who, at the age of 17, was already an established classical and session musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist in the recording and TV/film industry. Their first collaboration was a demonstration of dressage to music at Wellington Riding in Heckfield, UK, in which Colbourn played keyboards live in the arena to match every single movement of Loriston-Clarke riding Dutch Courage and Benjamin Bunny. The demonstration also featured a pas de deux with Jeremy Michaels and Neirede Goodman, the co-owner of Wellington Riding who rode Wellington Oliver. This event marked the beginnings of dressage to music and Colbourn's trademark style of playing keyboards live in order to match every movement, tempo, change and nuance, wherefore she was awarded the Merle Park Rose Bowl Award at the Goodwood International Dressage Festival. 
Freestyle to Music was officially recognised by British Dressage in 1980 and the FEI after its official debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and has since grown. Not only is it compulsory in equestrian Olympic competitions, but it has spread beyond the grand prix circuit to freestyle classes at local riding club competitions around the world and at all levels.
As a multi-instrumentalist, for competition music, Gaynor plays and records all instruments from scratch, making her music both unique and accurate to every nuance and dynamic. Her music is always beautiful, so scores highly for artistic and music content.
Gaynor Colbourn, who rides and trains to Grand Prix level, remains the only person to have performed live music alongside the horses, which allowed her to tailor music to each individual rider and horse. She continues to lead clinics and demonstrations including performances by top international and Olympic riders, but creates music for horses and riders at all levels, which have won freestyle classes more than 11,522 times with Colbourn's music.

When playing in concert, or Dressage to Music Demos, Gaynor has used KORG Keyboards for over 30 years.



1. Gaynor Colbourn

Your Horse Live Sound Check. 

Setting up for Your Horse Live, surrounded by KORG, the main keyboards I us

What do you want from Dressage to Music
Do you want tailor made music that no one else has, music that fits your horse and transitions exactly. Do you want music composed for you, do you want music no one else can source, do you want to impress the judges? Do you want your music to win? Do you want music which is Unique, not patch and pasted music from a Karaoke Play list?

As the inventor of Dressage to Music as a competitive sport with Jennie Loriston-Clarke in 1980, Gaynor creates the music for riders to give joy and pleasure to the riders and the Demonstrations have always been in aid of charities, so over the years is proud do have donated to so many. Gaynor does not make any financial gain out of either creating the music or performing, as the sport she invented, it is something she feels should be created for beauty. 

As a multi-instrumentalist,  you can be really involved with your music, even choosing the instruments you would like your music to be played on. 

The costs she incurs in creating the music for everyone, cost of travel to venues, hire of venues are recouped from riders, but are nonprofit making, and could be considered her hobby. Gaynor as the inventor of the sport continues to enjoy creating the music, and gets immense pride from the performances of the riders using her music, whether they win or not.   

Gaynor. A. Colbourn Dressage to Music

Support Crew, Laura Rose, and Gaynor Colbourn, sound check at Your Horse Li

You could win £250 Voucher one for each show, generously donated by  FLYING CHANGES. You could win a £250 hand made Bridle  very kndly doated by EVOEQUINE, you could win a £200, tailor Made Competition Music from the originator of Dressage to Music, Gaynor Colbourn.

HARTPURY EVERY TICKET QUALIFIES FOR ENTRY IN THE PRIZE DRAW

Again, a different show, lots of new horses and riders, but just as exciting.

Merrist Wood, Guildford, April 19th

This is the first in the series of 7 shows in aid of CANCER RESEARCH UK, and it is promising to be an absolutely stunning start to the tour. If you are in the area, do come and watch.

SOLD OUT  Kelsall Hill on March 26th.

We are also the exclusive distributors in the UK and Republic of Ireland for a portfolio of world class brands including Takamine guitars, Mapex drums, Paiste cymbals and Vater drumsticks products and are committed supporters of the independent specialist music retailers who provide local, high-quality sales and service to our customers.

Our Milton Keynes base is home to our warehousing, distribution, customer service, marketing, product support, accounting and executive operations. Korg UK is also a highly active member of our local community, from holding learn-to-play days to our sponsorship of MK Dons F.C. From product concept to the concert encore, our aim is to deliver a musical experience that is beyond expectation; at home, in the studio, on the stage and in the audience.

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