About me.
My name is Tina Humphrey, and I live in the U.K. with my canine partner, Chandi. I longed to play the piano as a child and started lessons on my sixth Birthday, after 3 years of nagging my parents for a piano! I absolutely loved playing, and happily sat at the piano all day. I discovered that I had perfect pitch soon after starting to learn the piano, and this has brought me a great deal of pleasure over the years: being able to tell what key a vacuum cleaner hums on, as well as the key a Symphony is playing in, adds to the rich tapestry of life!
Music was my main focus growing up; I was a Junior Exhibitioner at The Royal Academy of Music from the age of 8, and took every opportunity I could to perform on both the piano and violin, that I began playing a year after starting the piano. I graduated from St Hugh’s College, Oxford, aged 21, with a B.A. (Hons) in Music, and since then have also been awarded an M.A.
I am currently working as a freelance musician, and teacher to a small tribe of promising pupils!
November 5, 2008 at 12:01 PM
You are music…it is in your soul and in the soul of the small puppy who found you all those years ago. I loved the video but love even more your compassion, your heart and your beauty. I hope the two of you have many more wonderful and musical years.
November 26, 2008 at 12:17 AM
You seemed to have enjoyed life to the full,good on you.
Love the photo,all three of you look great.xx
It’s always lovely to see such a wonderful bond
December 18, 2008 at 8:01 PM
I am the pastor of a church in Albany, Oregon. I just saw you and Chandi on a You Tube video (to music called ‘I Giorni’ by Ludovico Einaud). Is an “original” copy of this available for purchase – one that I can project onto a larger screen? It’s a tremendous and absolutely beautiful illustration of the kind of relationship God seeks with us.
March 10, 2009 at 2:50 PM
Hello Tina,
congratulation to your 3 victorys on cruft 2009
We would like organize a workshop with you
I write from Austria/Vienna. Please can you contact me
Thank you very much
Monika Fritz
March 12, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Hi Tina,
It was great to meet you after your HTM @ Crufts 2009, do you remember the couple that came up to congratulate you on your performance, and your choice of music! Dr. Terry Merrill is right that your dancing was a ‘beautiful illustration of the kind of relationship God seeks with us.’ It really meant a lot to both of us! And, we loved seeing such a great partnership in action!
Our daughter is a dancer, so we loved your freestyle routine!
I hope you are both well.
Keep Dancin!
Love Yvonne and Robert
July 12, 2009 at 5:35 PM
great stuff. well done.
October 12, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Hi Tina,
I work on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross the BBC One Friday night chat show. I wonder if I could give you a call to talk to you about the possibility of you and Chandi coming on the show?
Please feel free to email me and I can call you back on this email address or my telephone number is 020 7298 0281
December 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Every time I watch the video of you and your dog doing dressage it makes me cry. I love that you two are so bonded and your dog seems to be loving every second of it. I can also appreciate how much time it took to teach all your routines but I think the dressage is the most beautiful because of the music and grace, no visible cues to Chandi.