Roland Colton | Apr 18, 2017 | News
In conversation with Roland Colton, author of Forever Gentleman In Conversation with Roland Colton 1. At the beginning of Forever Gentleman, struggling architect and pianist, Nathan Sinclair, encounters the glamourous and beautiful heiress, Jocelyn Charlesworth. What...
Roland Colton | Dec 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Earlier this month, we had a book signing at the Barnes & Noble store in Main Place Mall in Orange, California. This is a magnificent store; it consists of two floors and is certainly one of the largest bookstores in Southern California. It certainly makes good...
Roland Colton | Nov 25, 2016 | author, book tour, concert, music, writing
My First Book Signing with Piano Concert On November 13, 2016, I had my first combination book signing and concert at the Carlsbad City Library, in Carlsbad, California, sponsored by the Amateur Pianists of San Diego. We had an excellent turnout, estimated at between...
Roland Colton | Oct 14, 2016 | architecture, concert, music
I mentioned in an earlier blog the late John Ogden’s summation of Chopin’s Quatrième Ballade. Since I have been spending an hour or two a day on this composition, I have come to appreciate his words more than ever. He said: “[It is] the most exalted, intense and...
Roland Colton | Oct 8, 2016 | book tour, concert, music
Georges Bizet: The Lost Composition A few years ago, my wife and I were returning from the grocery store in Savigné-sur-Lathan, just a few miles from our summer home in the Loire Valley. The radio was playing and I remember hearing a beautiful piano solo that was...
Roland Colton | Sep 25, 2016 | architecture, history
Magnificent Estates As Settings One of the great treats of a good historical movie is viewing the settings where the drama unfolds. In my opinion, a setting or location can make or break a movie. It is part of the time displacement which occurs in a historical movie,...
Roland Colton | Sep 11, 2016 | author, book tour, music, writing
Exciting Times Ahead! But first… My first book signing took place at Mystery Ink in Huntington Beach, California, on September 10th. My first impression of the bookstore was quite positive. I found the bookstore very charming and intimate. In an adjoining room,...
Roland Colton | Aug 27, 2016 | author, book tour, mystery, writing
We have returned from France, and the book tour now starts. There are five bookstores presently scheduled, with a few more pending. We are beginning with Southern California bookstores and will then gradually extend to other areas. I hope that some of you are in close...
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