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Andover Hearing Center is located at 11 Chestnut Street and is owned and operated by Wendy J. Ring.  Before being bought by Ring on July 1, 2008, the hearing aid company was known as Amore Hearing. Amore Hearing opened in 1954.
*Bill Cunliffe is a jazz pianist and composer who grew up on Poor Street and on South Main Street in Andover.


When asked about signs that your hearing might be worsening, Ring sited the following indicators<sup>1</sup>:
*His mother played the piano and his father was a fanatical collector of records.


  You favor one ear over another.
*He studied piano with Albion Metcalf at Phillips Academy where he graduated in 1974.
You have been told the TV is too loud.
 
  You have trouble following conversations in groups.
*While in college, he considered a career in medicine or psychology, but finally decided on music. He graduated from Duke University, and got a masters degree from Eastman School of Music.
Family and friends have commented on your inability to hear.
 
  Hearing from a distance is getting more difficult, such as in church or a theater.
*He has won a number of awards: 1981 Downbeat Awards for big band orchestral pieces, a Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Award in 1989, a 2003 Kimmel Jazz Center Award for his composition ''El Optimista''. and a 2010 Grammy Award for an arrangement of a West Side Story medley, among others.
 
*He toured with Frank Sinatra.
 
*He has written music for the TV shows ''Another World'' and ''Passions'' and for the feature film The ''Banger Sisters''.
 
*He wrote the book Jazz Keyboard Toolbox which became a standard reference in jazz.
 
*He is a professor of Music at California State University, Fullerton, and was named a "distinguished faculty member" there in 2010. He has also taught at Central State University, Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California State University, Northridge, the University of Southern California, and Temple University.  
 
*His music has been played by many orchestras: the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, the Illinois Philharmonic, and the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, among others.
 
*Among his many CDS are three which achieved recognition in nationwide jazz polls: ''Bill in Brazil'', ''Imaginacion'', and ''How My Heart Sings''.


See
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"New owner for hearing aid company" ''Andover Townsman'', August 7, 2008.
*[http://www.billcunliffe.com/Bill/HOME.html Bill Cunliffe's website]
 
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cunliffe]Bill Cunliffe, Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
Wikipedia Foundation, Inc. 5 March 2012
 
 
*Jazz Musician Urges Students to Follow Their Dreams. ''Andover Townsman'' 2/26/2004, p.9
 
 
 


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  • Bill Cunliffe is a jazz pianist and composer who grew up on Poor Street and on South Main Street in Andover.
  • His mother played the piano and his father was a fanatical collector of records.
  • He studied piano with Albion Metcalf at Phillips Academy where he graduated in 1974.
  • While in college, he considered a career in medicine or psychology, but finally decided on music. He graduated from Duke University, and got a masters degree from Eastman School of Music.
  • He has won a number of awards: 1981 Downbeat Awards for big band orchestral pieces, a Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Award in 1989, a 2003 Kimmel Jazz Center Award for his composition El Optimista. and a 2010 Grammy Award for an arrangement of a West Side Story medley, among others.
  • He toured with Frank Sinatra.
  • He has written music for the TV shows Another World and Passions and for the feature film The Banger Sisters.
  • He wrote the book Jazz Keyboard Toolbox which became a standard reference in jazz.
  • He is a professor of Music at California State University, Fullerton, and was named a "distinguished faculty member" there in 2010. He has also taught at Central State University, Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California State University, Northridge, the University of Southern California, and Temple University.
  • His music has been played by many orchestras: the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, the Illinois Philharmonic, and the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, among others.
  • Among his many CDS are three which achieved recognition in nationwide jazz polls: Bill in Brazil, Imaginacion, and How My Heart Sings.

See


  • [1]Bill Cunliffe, Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
Wikipedia Foundation, Inc. 5 March 2012


  • Jazz Musician Urges Students to Follow Their Dreams. Andover Townsman 2/26/2004, p.9





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