Jessie May Smart | VIOLIN Dynamic acoustic and electric violinist

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Jessie May Smart is a violinist and electric violinist, performing in London, across the UK, and internationally. She is available to hire for recording sessions, corporate events, live gigs, weddings, product launches and luxury events.

Classically trained, but with a flair for a plethora of styles, Jessie's live performances span jazz to house, and folk to fusion. Her performance experience includes touring with elbow and Sophie Ellis Bextor on violin and vocals, and also with Katie Melua on her European arena tour. Jessie has a great deal of experience in playing for shows, having depped on West End hit Wicked in London, and played on countless award-winning Off West End production.

Having improvised since she started playing at the age of 4, Jessie enjoys the freedom it allows. Her improvisation has taken her across the globe, both solo, and with countless groups and DJs.

Jessie's innovative electric string quartet Vesper, has been on the scene for a very short time, but already making waves and performing for high end clients across the globe, and performing with musicians such as Eurythmics, Nile Rodgers, Beverley Knight, Emeli Sandé, DJ Afishal, YolanDa Brown to name a few.

Jessie has been playing with legendary folk rock band Steeleye Spansince 2014. Here she plays acoustic and electric 5-string violins, sings backing and some lead vocals, and songwrites. In the last two years they have toured the USA, Canada, Europe, and the UK several times, and released two studio albums with them.

Jessie is a busy session player, with credits spanning all genres. She is also known for her improvisational sessions, which led her to create the collective Creative Session Strings,comprised of a select few talented string players who come together for string sessions and creative projects.

Jessie began learning the violin at the age of 4, training at Royal College of Music jr dept., The University of Nottingham (Music), and Trinity College of Music (postgrad training). She holds a distinction in dipABRSM performance diploma.

Jessie's acoustic violin is a 2008 Paul Collins copy of a Guanari. She aslo plays a custom made 5-string BridgeDragon electric violin in hand dyed silver/gold that was made just for her, and an electro-acoustic 5-string violin.

Jessie is contstantly honing her signature sound, and has a large and growing selection of effects pedals to enhance her performances.

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There are currently 18 user ratings for Jessie May Smart | VIOLIN

AVERAGE RATING

10 / 101

Location

Based in Windlesham, Surrey

Will travel up to 200 miles
green circle = areas covered (up to 200 miles)
pink circle = free travel (up to 20 miles)
Please note that the circles shown on the map are calculated "as the crow flies". By road distances may vary, so please get in touch for an accurate quote.

Pop/Rock

2 Become 1 - Spice Girls

A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke

A Thousand Years - Christina Perri

Adventure Of A Lifetime - Coldplay

Afterglow - Genesis

Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers

Ain’t Nobody (chillout version) - Jasmine Thompson

All Is Full Of Love - Bjork

All of Me - John Legend

All of Me (chillout version) - John Legend

All You Need Is love - The Beatles

Another Way To Die - Alicia Keys & Jack White

At Last - Etta James

Baba O’Riley - The Who

Babe I’m Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin

Big Log - Robert Plant

Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

Bittersweet Symphony (stripped down version) - The Verve

Blame - Calvin Harris

Born This Way - Lady Gaga

Born This Way (acoustic) - Lady Gaga

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Aretha Franklin version

Burn - Ellie Goulding

Can’t Feel My Face - The Weeknd

Can’t Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue

Can’t Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake

Can’t Take my Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli

Chandelier - Sia

Cheap Thrills - Sia

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

Cupid - Sam Cooke

Daughters - John Mayer

Despacito - Luis Fonsi

Diamonds - Rihanna

Diamonds Are Forever - Shirley Bassey

Dreams - Fleetwood Mac

Drive - The Cars

E.T - Katy Perry

Elastic Heart - Sia

Everybody Hurts - REM

Everything I Do (I Do It For You) - Bryan Adams

Everytime We Touch (acoustic) - Cascada

Faded - Alan Walker

Faded (acoustic) - Alan Walker

Fishermans Blues - The Waterboys

Forever Young - Bob Dylan

Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Galway Girl - Mike Denver

Get Lucky - Daft Punk

Gravity - John Mayer

Great Gig In The Sky - Pink Floyd

Halleluja - Jeff Buckley

Halo - Beyonce

Halo (acoustic) - Beyonce

Happy Together - The Turtles

Havana - Camila Cabello

Heartbeats - Jose Gonzales

Help! - The Beatles

Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles

High & Dry - Radiohead

Hold My Hand - Jess Glynne

House of the Rising Sun - The Animals

How Am I Supposed To Live Without You? Michael Bolton

Hurricane - Bob Dylan

Hysteria - Muse

I’ll Make Love To You - Boyz II Men

I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You - Elvis

I Follow Rivers - Lykke Li

I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin

I’m Yours - Jason Mraz

Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin

In The Waiting Line - Zero7

Into The Mystic - Van Morrison

Is This Love - Bob Marley

It Must Be Love - Madness

Joga - Bjork

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

Knights of Cydonia - Muse

Layla (acoustic) - Eric Clapton

Lean On - Major Lazer

Let Me Love You - DJ Snake

Let’s Dance - David Bowie

Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac

Long Train Running - Doobie Brothers

Losing My Religion - REM

Love Me Again - John Newman

Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding

Love The Way You Lie - Eminem/ Rihanna

Love The Way You Lie (acoustic) - Rihanna

Million Reasons - Lady Gaga

Make You Feel My Love - Adele version

Moondance - Van Morrison

My Immortal - Evanescence

Never Be Like You - Flume

No Surprises - Radiohead

One Day Like This - Elbow

One Love - Bob Marley

Orinoco Flow - Enya

Paradise - Coldplay

Penny Lane - The Beatles

Pure Shores - All Saints

Purple Rain - Prince

Rather Be - Clean Bandit

Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac

Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim

Roads - Portishead

Rockabye - Clean Bandit

Rolling In The Deep - Adele

Rose - The Feeling

Royals - Lorde

September - Earth, Wind & Fire

Set Fire To The Rain - Adele

Scared To Be Lonely - Martin Garrix

Shake It Out - Florence & The Machine

Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran

Shiny Happy People - REM

Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder

Silent All These Years - Tori Amos

Skinny Love - Bon Iver

Skyfall - Adele

Slow Dancing In A Burning Room - John Mayer

Solo - Clean Bandit

Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye

Somewhere Only We Know - Keane

Somewhere Only We Know (acoustic) - Lily Allen

Sorry - Justin Bieber

Sorry - Madonna

Sour Times - Portishead

Starlight - Muse

Starman - David Bowie

Stay With Me - Sam Smith

Strong - London Grammar

Summertime Sadness - Lana Del Rey

Sweet Child Of Mine - Guns ‘n’ Roses

Sweet Disposition - Temper Trap

Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics

Teardrop - Massive Attack

Teenage Dream (acoustic) - Katy Perry

Tenerife Sea - Ed Sheeran

Thank You - Led Zeppelin

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack

The Stranger - Billy Joel

The Times They Are A-Changing - Bob Dylan

The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby

The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson

The Wild Rover - The Dubliners

Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran

This Girl - Kungs vs Cookin’ on 3 Burners

Tilted - Christine & The Queens

Toxic - Britney Spears

Treasure - Bruno Mars

Uninvited - Alanis Morissette

Viva La Vida - Coldplay

Want To - Dua Lipa

Wasting My Young Years - London Grammar

We Found Love (acoustic) - Rihanna

What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating

Wicked Game - Chris Isaak

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - Amy Winehouse version

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

You & I (acoustic) - John Legend

You Can’t Hurry Love - Phil Collins

Show/Soundtrack

All I Ask Of You - Phantom Of The Opera

Another Way To Die - Quantum Of Solace

Can You Feel The Love Tonight - The Lion King

Game Of Thrones Theme - Game Of Thrones

I Won’t Say (I’m In Love) - Hercules

Love Theme - Romeo & Juliet

My Heart Will Go On - Titanic

Schindlers List Theme - Williams - Schindlers List

Tango De Roxanne - Moulin Rouge

Tango Por Una Cabeza - The Scent of A Woman

The Bare Necessities - The Jungle Book

The Prayer - Andrea Bocelli & Celine Dion - Quest For Camelot

You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban

Jazz

A Night In Tunisia

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

All of Me

Cry Me A River

Every Time We Say Goodbye

Feeling Good

Georgia On My Mind

I Loves You, Porgy

I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl

It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing

L-O-V-E

Misty

Misty Blue

Moon River

Moondance

My Funny Valentine

Night In Tunisia

Satin Doll

Summertime

Tenderley

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

The Girl From Ipanema

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

Classical

Albeniz - Tango in D

Albinoni - Adagio

Bach - Air on the G String

Bach - Arioso

Beethoven - Ode To Joy

Bizet - Habanera (Carmen)

Boccherini - Minuet

Corelli - Violin Sonata Op.5 No.1 in D

Corelli - Violin Sonata Op.5 No.3 in C

Debussy - Clair De Lune

Debussy - Girl With The Flaxen Hair

Dvorak - Humouresque

Elgar - Chanson De Matin

Elgar - Nimrod

Elgar - Salut D’Amour

Faure - Apres Un Reve

Faure - Pavane

Faure - Sicilienne

Handel - Arrival of The Queen of Sheba

Handel - Hornpipe from ‘Water Music’

Handel - Largo

Handel - Ombra Mai Fu

Martini - Plaisir D’Amour

Massenet - Meditation from ‘Thais’

Mozart - Voi Che Sapete

Offenbach - Barcarolle

Pachelbel - Canon in D

Paganini - Cantabile

Part - Spiegal Im Spiegal

Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1

Schumann - Traumerei

Irish

Finnegan’s Wake - The Dubliners

Fisherman’s Blues - The Waterboys

Galway Girl - Mike Denver

The Rare Old Mountain Dew - The Dubliners

The Wild Rover - The Dubliners

Whiskey In The Jar - The Dubliners

Recent Clients

Jessie May Smart | VIOLIN has performed for these clients:

Betty TV

Bridge

Diplomat Cruises

Dior

Epsom Derby

Illamasqua

LEMA

Liketoknow.it

Meisei

Porsche

Shen London

The Open

Wicked UK

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