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Compared to 'Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Tim Rice' by his local press, this is a multi-talented wedding guitarist (for over 10 years), who is also a composer, transcriber, producer, publisher and a former director of a theatre company.
Thank you letters:
"Hi I just wanted to say a huge thank you to you for playing at our wedding, you somehow managed to slip away before I could say a proper thank you. Everyone has commented on how wonderful the music was and just the right volume. Will you be available in 25 years for when we do the renewal of our vows?!! Thanks once again, Joanne."
Style:
Classical, modern, easy-listening, popular, Latin American, Spanish, Irish and folk
Training:
GCE O Level and A Level, Top Grade Achieved in both (1969/70), Trinity College Guitar Grade 8 with Honours (1970), Grade 5 Theory (1968) Studied Guitar under Arthur Parker ( 1962/1969), under Martin Roberts (1970/3)
Biography:
He was a joint Musical Director of a major theatre company in 1970's, and his co-writing/arranging led to a prominent local radio station referring to him and his associate as their city's 'answer to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice'. Their work was featured at the prestigious Royal Exchange Theatre on more than one occasion. As a respected classical guitarist he has transcribed the complete recorded works of Agustin Barrios in seven volumes. These transcriptions are rapidly establishing themselves as the definitive reference edition for some of the world's leading guitarists.
He composes pieces for one, two, or three guitars and also produced a highly publicised composition which was premiered at the Brighton Festival in 1997 and has since been published. A piece for guitar and flute has recently been completed and is due to be debuted this year. In singer/songwriter mode, he is a prolific writer with some 120 titles to his credit spanning the last 30 years. He is presently working on a showcase CD of his favourite compositions. In the last 8 years, he has played as part of a guitar trio, arranging and performing songs and creating 'suites for guitar' from well-known musicals. He is also on the review panel of a major guitar magazine.
Performances:
He has long enjoyed playing music in public since very early in his teens. After performing for several years in his guise as Musical Director of a theatre group, he began to establish himself as a classical guitarist who could provide the ideal sort of background music to accompany private functions, parties, meals, restaurant gatherings, birthdays, weddings and other similar functions.
Repertoire:
His repertoire is very extensive and includes over three hours of non repeatable material, including over an hour of his own arrangements of popular songs, which were accumulated over a number of years, (many as a result of requests by his audiences).
Sample Repertoire - various styles and arrangements:
Something, Annie's Song, Leaving on a Jet Plane,
Vincent, And I Love You So, Killing Me Softly,
Michelle, If I Fell, Here There and Everywhere,
And I Love Her, Moon River, Memory,
Crazy, Scarlet Ribbons, Dream a Little Dream of Me,
Sealed With A Kiss, Scarborough Fair,
If, Girl From Ipanema, Misty,
Romance, Sons De Carrilhoes, Cavatina,
Buddy Can You Spare a Dime,
Somewhere My Love, Recuerdos De La Alhambra,
In My Life, Let There Be Love,
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,
Summertime, Lark in The Clear Air,
Po De Mico, Circle's end, Beguine,
Estrellita, Various Sor Studies, Cancion (Habanera),
Recuerdo Pampeano (Abloniz),
El Noi De La Mare,various Lauro Pieces,
Baden Jazz Suite (Jirmal), Sambalamento & Ilha De Coral (Bonfa)
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows, Mimi,
Over the Rainbow, Shadow of Your Smile,
Arthur's Theme, As Time Goes By,
Days of Wine And Roses, The More I See You,
Song from Moulin Rouge, Secret Love,
That's All, Three Coins in The Fountain,
She, Left My Heart in San Francisco,
Women Of Ireland, Love is Blue,
My Gentle Harp, Boulavouge,
Blue Moon, Deep Purple, Green Leaves of Summer,
Gymnopedie No1, Greensleeves,
Any from Robin Pearson's Guitarra Flamenca,
Twelfth of Never, Time After Time,
Autumn Leaves, Raining in My Heart,
True Love Ways, Your Song,
Vals Sen Nome (Baden Powell)
Various Venezuelan Waltes (Cisneros)
Various Brazilian Pieces (Garoto, Dilermando Reis)
Spanish Harlem, Aint Misbehavin',
The Girl Next Door, Taking A Chance on Love,
Lullaby of Birdland, Basin Street Blues,
Far Away Places, What A Wonderful World,
The Mountains Of Mourne,
Don't Get Around Much Anymore,
Stardust, Annie Laurie, My Ship,
Satin Doll, Silent O Moyle (Trad. Irish),
Plus various original compositions.
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