Up to 1 hour : £245 for example can be ceremony or drinks reception for weddings (tracks from my repertoire list, without any new arrangements being written) |
Up to 2 hours: £345 for example weddings - ceremony and start of the drinks reception |
Up to 3 hours: £459 |
Up to 4 hours: £583 |
Able to quote for longer periods as well. |
Special events violinist and session musician Acoustic and Electric Violinist aims to prove that anything can be performed on the violin! Her Repertoire List is eclectic and spans all classical eras as well as jazz, pop, rock, dance and more! Acoustic and Electric Violinist graduated from the London College of Music and Royal Holloway University of London in 2000, specialising in Composition and Violin. She went on to compose various works for short films before studying for a Secondary Music PGCE at the Institute of Education.
After various posts as Head of Music in London and the Midlands and as leader of the Birmingham Concert Orchestra, Acoustic and Electric Violinist moved to Plymouth to become a Warfare Officer in the Royal Navy, taking her violin (and trumpet!) with her on her travels. After 7 years (mostly at sea as an Officer of the Watch), Acoustic and Electric Violinist returned to the Midlands and reignited her passion for music.
When not performing, the rest of her time is spent teaching strings, brass, composition and music theory lessons. Acoustic and Electric Violinist also performs with Lichfield Sinfonia, for whom she has composed an original symphonic work (The Three Spires Suite) premiered in 2017.
Acoustic and Electric Violinist was commissioned to compose and perform a soundscape to accompany the National Memorial Arboretum’s Art Installation: Heartfelt Messages. The installation commemorated 100 years since WWI’s Passchendaele battles.
Acoustic and Electric Violinist is a founding member of the Al Fondo Croft Ensemble.
Based in Walsall, West Midlands
This is just some of my repertoire list of over 600 tracks! It is constantly being updated and you will receive a current version upon booking:
22 Taylor Swift
1973 James Blunt
(I've Had) The Time of My Life (from Dirty Dancing) Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes from Cinderella Hoffman & David
A Groovy Kind of Lichfield CAVE
A Foggy Day Gershwin
A Million Dreams (from The Greatest Showman)
A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square Sherwin
A Sky Full of Stars Coldplay
A String of Pearls
A Thousand Years Christina Perri
A Time for Us (Love Theme) from Romeo & Juliet
A Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum
A Whole New World from Aladdin Menken
ABC The Jackson 5
Adagio Albinoni
Adventure of a Lifetime Coldplay
Ain't No Mountain High Enough Diana Ross
Air (on a G String) (C Major) J S Bach
Air (on a G String) (D major) J S Bach
All About That Bass Megan Trainor
All About Tonight Pixie Lott
All About You McFly
Allez, Allez, Allez (Every Week We Follow)
All I Ask of You (from Phantom of the Opera) Lloyd Webber
All I Want for Christmas is You Mariah Carey
All My Life K-Ci & JoJo
All of Me John Legend
All Shook Up Elvis
All You Need Is Love (Acoustic with harp) The Beatles
All You Need Is Love The Beatles
Allegro: Concerto in G Op. 3 Vivaldi
Alone Heart
Amazing Grace (5 verses)
America (from West Side Story) Bernstein
Another Love Tom Odell
Another One Bites the Dust Queen
Anyone Who Had A Heart Cilla Black
Apologize One Republic
Arpeggione Sonata in A Minor: Adagio Schubert
Arrival of The Queen of Sheba Handel
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (from Arthur) Christopher Cross
As Time Goes By (from Casablanca)
Ashes to Ashes David Bowie
Ashokan Farewell Traditional
Assassin's Creed
At Last Etta James
Atlas (from The Hunger Games) Chris Martin
Aurore Faure
Ausencias (The Absent) Piazzolla
Ave Maria Schubert
Ave Maria (piano accomp) Schubert
Baby Love The Supremes
Babylon David Gray
Back to Black Amy Winehouse
Bad Romance Lady Gaga
Baker Street Gerry Rafferty
Bamboo Stem & Jasmine Flower Traditional Chinese
Barcarolle (Belle Nuit from Tales of Hoffmann) Offenback
Bathwater Blues Malcolm Miles
Beau Soir Debussy
Beautiful Christina Aguilera
Beauty & The Beast - A Tale As Old As Time Menken
Bedshaped Keane
Believer Imagine Dragons
Be Our Guest (from Beauty & The Beast)
Berceuse (from Jocelyn) Godard
Best Song Ever One Direction
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song) from Cinderella Hoffman & David
Bicycle Race Queen
Billie Jean (Acoustic Version) Michael Jackson
Black Velvet Band The Dubliners
Blueberry Hill Fats Domino
Bohemian Rhapsody Queen
Born to Try Delta Goodram
Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell
Boulevard of Broken Dreams Green Day
Braveheart (The Secret Wedding) James Horner
Bridal Chorus Wagner
Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel
Broken Strings James Morrison
Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
Budapest George Ezra
Can You Feel the Love Tonight? (from The Lion King) Elton John
Can't Fight the Moonlight (from Coyote Ugly) LeAnne Rimes
Can't Help Falling in Love (60s Version) Elvis Presley
Can't Help Falling In Love (Piano/Acoustic Version) Elvis Presley
Can't Stop The Feeling Justin Timberlake
Canon in D Pachelbel
Canon in D (Transposed to C major & slower tempo) Pachelbel
Canzonetta D'Ambrosio
Canzonetta Herbert
Canzonetta - Violin Concerto 2nd Movement Tchaikovsky
Careless Whisper Wham!
Castle on a Cloud (from Les Miserables) Schonberg
Caught in the Middle A1
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo Mascagni
Cello Suite No.1: Meneutto I & Menuetto II J S Bach
Cello Suite No.1: Prelude J S Bach
Chandelier (Acoustic Version) Sia
Chanson Friml
Chanson De La Naissance (Song of the Birth) Piazzolla
Chanson Triste Tchaikovsky
Chasing Pavements Adele
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (from Nabucco) Verdi
Christmas Concerto: Allegro Corelli
Circle of Life Elton John
Colours of the Wind (from Pocahontas) Menken
Concerning Hobbits (from The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) Howard Shore
Cool Kids Echosmith
Corpse Bride
Cosmic Love Florence & The Machine
Cradle Song Brahms
Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen
Crazy Train Ozzy Osbourne
Cruella De Vil (from 101 Dalmations) Leven
Czar of Muscovy Richard Rodney Bennett
Czardas Monti
Dambusters Coates
Dancing On My Own Callum Scott/Robyn
Dancing Queen ABBA
Danny Boy
Dark Horse (Piano Version) Katy Perry
Daydream Believer The Monkees
Despacito Luis Fonsi
Despacito (Acoustic Guitar) Luis Fonsi
Devil's Dance (from The Witches of Eastwick) John Williams
Diamonds Are Forever Shirley Bassey
Die A Happy Man Thomas Rhett
Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead (from The Wizard of Oz) Arlen
Domino Jessie J
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me Elton John/George Michael
Don't Look Back in Anger Oasis
Don't Stop Believin' Journey
Don't Stop Me Now Queen
Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds
Double Violin Concerto (1st Movement) J S Bach
Downtown Petula Clark
Dream A Little Dream of Me The Beautiful South
Dreaming of You The Coral
Dreams Wagner
Ecossaise Beethoven
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 1st Movement Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 2nd Movement Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 3rd Movement Mozart
El Viaje (The Voyage) Piazzolla
Elegie Massenet
Elegy Gordon Jacob
Elenke Traditional Bulgarian
Emotion Destiny's Child/The Bee Gees
Endless Love Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
Eternal Father (Naval Hymn)
Eternity Robbie Williams
Evergreen Will Young
Evergreen Will Young
Every Breath You Take The Police
Every Teardrop is a Waterfall Coldplay
Everything I Do Bryan Adams
Exs and Ohs Elle King
Fairytale of New York The Pogues & Kirsty McColl
Falling Slowly (from Once) The Swell Season
Fame (from Fame) Irene Cara
Fantasia on Greensleeves Vaughan Williams
Feeling Good Muse
Fields of Gold Sting
Fight Song Rachel Platten
Fix You Coldplay
Flight to Neverland (from Hook) John Williams
Flying Theme (from ET) John Williams
Flying Without Wings Westlife
Follow The Yellow Brick Road/We're Off To See The Wizard (from The Wizard of Oz) Arlen
For Your Eyes Only Sheena Easton
Forget You Cee-Lo Green
From This Moment On Shania Twain
Game of Thrones Theme Ramin Djawadi
Georgia on My Mind Ray Charles
Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr
Ghost Riders in the Sky The Outlaws
Gigue from Suite in D J S Bach
Give Me Joy in My Heart (4 Verses)
Glad You Came The Wanted
God Save the Queen (The National Anthem)
Goldfinger Shirley Bassey
Gonna Fly Now (from Rocky) Bill Conti
Good Vibrations The Beachboys
Greek Wedding Traditional Greek
Grenade Bruno Mars
Grey Dove Komorowski
Hallelejah Lindsey Stirling
Hallelujah (Long) Alexandra Burke
Hallelujah (Short) Geoff Buckley/L. Cohen/Alexandra Burke
Hallelujah Chorus (from The Messiah) Handel
Happy Birthday
Havana Camila Cabello
Hay Barn Blues Iles
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother The Hollies
He's A Pirate (from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) Klaus Badelt
Hearts of Oak
Heaven Can Wait Meatloaf
Heaven (Piano/Acoustic Version) Bryan Adams
Hedwig's Theme (from Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone) John Williams
Hello Adele
Here I Am, Lord
Hero Enrique Iglesias
Hey Jude The Beatles
Hey There Delilah Plain White Ts
Hey There! (from Pajama Game)
Highland Cathedral
Hi Ho Silver Lining Jeff Beck
Hold My Hand Jess Glynn
Holiday Madonna
How Beautiful Are the Feet (From Messiah) Handel
How Long Will I Love You? Ellie Goulding
How Sweet it is (to be Loved by You) Marvin Gaye
Human The Killers
Human Rag n Bone Man
Hungarian Dance No.5 Brahms
I Can't Get No Satisfaction The Rolling Stones
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) The Four Tops
I Could Have Danced All Night (from My Fair Lady) Loewe
I Don't Feel Like Dancing Scissor Sisters
I Don't Know How to Love Him (from Jesus Christ Superstar) Lloyd Webber
I Don't Want to Miss A Thing Aerosmith
I Dreamed A Dream (from Les Miserables) Schonberg
I Got Rhythm Gershwin
I Have a Dream Westlife/ABBA
I Just Called to say I Love You Stevie Wonder
I Love You Always Forever Donna Lewis
I Miss You (Acoustic Version) Clean Bandit
I See The Light (from Tangled)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2
I Want It All Queen
I Will Always Love You (Long) Whitney Houston
I Will Always Love You (Short) Dolly Parton/Whitney Houston
I'll Be There The Jackson 5
I'll Never Love Again Lady Gaga
I've Got a Girl in Kalamazoo
If I Were a Boy Beyonce
If You Come Back Blue
In Dreams (from The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring) Howard Shore
In My Life The Beatles
In The Air Tonight Phil Collins
In the Mood
It Ain't Me Kygo & Selena Gomez
It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)
It Must Be Love Madness
James Bond Theme (from Dr. No) John Barry
Jar of Hearts (Long) Christina Perri
Jar of Hearts (Short) Christina Perri
Jealousy Will Young
Jersey Bounce
Jerusalem Parry
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring J S Bach
Jolene Dolly Parton
Just Give Me a Reason Pink
Just the Way You Are Bruno Mars
Karma Chameleon Culture Club
Keep The Home Fires Burning
Killer Queen Queen
La Cinquantaine Gabriel-Marie
La Cucuracha
La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin Debussy
La Serenata (Angel's Serenade) Braga
Landler Reinecke
Land of Hope & Glory Elgar
Largo Handel
Last Christmas Wham!
Last Friday Night (Long) Katy Perry
Last Friday Night (Short) Katy Perry
Lay All Your Love on Me ABBA
Lean on Me Bill Withers
Les Plaisirs (From Recorder Suite in A Minor) Telemann
Let it Be The Beatles
Let it Go James Bay
Let it Go (from Frozen) Idina Menzel
Let's Do It Cole Porter
Libertango Piazzolla
Life Is A Rollercoaster Ronan Keating
Life On Mars David Bowie
Listen to Your Heart Roxette
Locked out of Heaven Bruno Mars
Loin du Bal Gillet
Longer Dan Fogelberg
Look What You Made Me Do Taylor Swift
Los Suenos (Dreams) Piazzolla
Love Goes Down Plan B
Love is All Around Wet Wet Wet
Love Me Like You Do (Original Version) Ellie Goulding
Love Me Like You Do (Piano Version) Ellie Goulding
Love Moves in Mysterious Ways Julia Fordham
Love Unspoken (from The Merry Widow)
Love Yourself Justin Bieber
Mack the Knife Bobby Darrin
Mad World Tears for Fears
Madrigale Simonetti
Magic Moments Perry Como
Make You Feel My Love Adele
Mama Clean Bandit & Ellie Goulding
Mamma Mia (Long) ABBA
Mamma Mia (Short) ABBA
Maria (from West Side Story) Bernstein
Married Life (from Up)
Marry You Bruno Mars
Mazurka Mlynarski
Meditation from Thais Massenet
Melody Paderewski
Memory (from Cats) Lloyd Webber
Menuetto Boccherini
Million Reasons Lady Gaga
Milonga Piazzolla
Minuet Haydn
Mission Impossible
Morning Has Broken Cat Stevens
Mrs Robinson Simon & Garfunkel
My Cherie Amour Stevie Wonder
My Girl The Temptations
My Heart Will Go On (From Titanic) Celine Dion
My Way Frank Sinatra
Nessun Dorma (from Turandot) Puccini
New York Paloma Faith
Nimrod (Enigma Variations) Elgar
Nobody Does it Better (from The Spy Who Loved Me) Carly Simon
Nothing Breaks Like A Heart Miley Cyrus & Mark Ronson
Oblivion Piazzolla
Ode to Joy Beethoven
On Melancholy Hill Gorillaz
On My Own (from Les Miserables) Schonberg
On The Street Where You Live (from My Fair Lady) Frederick Loewe
Once Upon A Dream (from Maleficent) Lana Del Rey
Once Upon A Dream (from Maleficent) (No Accompaniment) Lana Del Rey
One Call Away Charlie Puth
One Day Like This Elbow
One Kiss Dua Lipa & Calvin Harris
One Last Time (Acoustic Version) Arianna Grande
One Love Bob Marley
Only You (Short Acoustic Version (Harp)) Yazoo
Only You (Long Acoustic Version (Harp)) Yazoo
Only You (Original Version) Yazoo
Other Side of the World KT Tunstall
Out of Africa: Title Theme (I had a Farm in Africa) John Barry
Out of The Black Royal Blood
Outside Ellie Goulding & Calvin Harris
Ouverture from Famille d'Artistes Piazzolla
Panic Chord (Long) Gabrielle Aplin
Panic Chord (Short) Gabrielle Aplin
Pastime with Good Company Henry VIII
Peer Gynt: The Death of Ase Grieg
Pensylvannia 65000
Perfect (Original Accompaniment) Ed Sheeran
Perfect (Piano/Acoustic Accompaniment) Ed Sheeran
Perfect (Shortened Version) Ed Sheeran
Perfect Moment Martine McCutcheon
Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Doris Day
Petite Rhapsodie Hongroise Bohm
Pillowtalk Zayn
Play The Game Queen
Pompeii Bastille
Portuguese Love Song (from Love Actually)
Queen of the Night (from The Magic Flute) Mozart
Queen of My Heart Westlife
Radioactive (Acoustic Version) Imagine Dragons
Real Love Tom Odell
Remembrances (from Schindler's List) John Williams
Reverie Vieuxtemps
Rigaudon Purcell
Right Place Right Time Olly Murs
Rise Gabrielle
Roar Katy Perry
Rockabye Clean Bandit
Romance Sibelius
Romance Svendsen
Romance - From The Gadlfly Shostakovich
Romance - Violin Concerto No. 2 Wieniawski
Romanze Shostakovich
Rondo (from Abdelazer) Purcell
Rosamunde - Entr'acte No.3 Schubert
Royal Fireworks Suite: La Rejoussance Handel
Royal Fireworks Suite: Menuet Handel
Rule the World Take That
Run Leona Lewis
Salut D'Amour Elgar
Save Me Queen
Say Something A Great Big World feat. Christina Aguilera
Schindler's List Theme Williams
See You Again (from Furious 7) Whiz Khalifa ft. Charles Puth
Send My Love (To Your New Lover) Adele
Sensuel (Sensual) Piazzolla
Sentimental Piazzolla
Serenade Haydn
Serenade Pierne
Serenade Schubert
Serenata Moszkowski
Seven Years in Tibet John Williams
Shallow (from A Star is Born) Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Shape of You Ed Sheeran
Si Ji Ge Traditional Chinese
Signed, Sealed, Delivered Stevie Wonder
Simply The Best Tina Turner
Sin Rumbo (Aimless) Piazzolla
Skinny Love Birdy
Skye Boat Song: Theme from Outlander
Skyfall Adele
Slipping Through My Fingers ABBA
Slow Hands Niall Horan
Smooth Criminal Michael Jackson
Somebody to Love Queen
Someone Like You (Long) Adele
Someone Like You (Short) Adele
Someone to Watch Over Me Gershwin
Something Stupid Frank & Nancy Sinatra
Sometime Maybe Wedgwood
Somewhere (from West Side Story) Bernstein
Somewhere Only We Know Keane/Lily Allen
Somewhere out There from American Tale
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz)
Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No.2, I.Allegretto Clementi
Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No.2, II.Allegretto Clementi
Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No.2, III.Allegro Clementi
Souvenir Drdla
Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin
Stand By Me Oasis
Star Wars Theme (from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) John Williams
Stay Rhianna feat. Mikky Ekko
Stay With Me Sam Smith
Stitches Shawn Mendes
Stop! In The Name of Love The Supremes
Street Tango Piazzolla
Strict Machine Goldfrapp
Suicide is Painless (from M*A*S*H*)
Summer of '69 Bryan Adams
Summertime Gershwin
Sunday Girl Blondie
Supermarket Flowers Ed Sheeran
Surise, Sunset (from Fiddler on the Roof) Bock
Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Jazz version)
Symphony Clean Bandit
Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": Allegretto Haydn
Symphony No. 75: Minuet & Trio Haydn
Take 5 Dave Brubeck
Take Me Home Cash Cash
Take Me Home Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Tango Final Piazzolla
Tempo di Minuetto Kreisler
Teri Meri Prem Kahani
Thank You For the Music ABBA
The A Team Ed Sheeran
The Boxer Simon & Garfunkel
The Cave Mumford & Sons
The Chain Fleetwood Mac
The Closest Thing to Crazy Katie Melua
The Entertainer Joplin
The Fear Lily Allen
The First Cut is the Deepest Cat Stevens/Sheryl Crow
The Four Seasons: Autumn I Vivaldi
The Four Seasons: Autumn I Vivaldi
The Four Seasons: Autumn III Vivaldi
The Four Seasons: Spring I Vivaldi
The Four Seasons: Spring III Vivaldi
The Four Seasons: Summer II Vivaldi
The Four Seasons: Winter II Vivaldi
The Good The Bad & The Ugly Ennio Morricone
The Great Escape March Elmer Bernstein
The Greatest Love of All Whitney Houston
The Irish Rover The Pogues & The Dubliners
The Lady in Red Chris De Burgh
The Magic Flute: March Mozart
The Magnificent Seven Elmer Bernstein
The Mastersingers Wagner
The Muppet Show Henson
The Music of the Night (from Phantom of the Opera) Lloyd Webber
The Notebook (from The Notebook) Aaron Zigman
The Perfect Year Dinah Carroll
The Power of Love Frankie Goes to Hollywood
The Prayer (from Quest for Camelot) Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli
The Rains of Castamere from Game of Thrones (Harp Accompaniment) Ramin Djawadi
The Rains of Castamere from Game of Thrones (Orchestral Accompaniment) Ramin Djawadi
The Rising Sun (WWE Shinsuke Nakamura Theme)
The Rose Bette Midler
The Scientist Coldplay
The Siamese Cat Song from Lady & The Tramp Peggy Lee
The Silver Swan Orlando Gibbons
The Son of Puszta Keler-Bela
The Swan Saint-Saens
The Tide Is High Blondie
The Tracks of My Tears The Miracles
The Wild Rover The Pogues & The Dubliners
The Windmills of Your Mind (from The Thomas Crown Affair)
Theme from Jurrasic Park John Williams
Theme from Superman John Williams
Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran
Three Lions The Lightning Seeds, Baddiel & Skinner
Three Little Birds Bob Marley
Three Times A Lady The Commodores
Thriller Michael Jackson
Thunderstruck AC/DC
Tightrope (from The Greatest Showman) Michelle Williams
Time After Time Cyndi Lauper
Tiny Dancer Elton John
Titanium (Long) David Guetta & Sia
Titanium (Short) David Guetta & Sia
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor J S Bach
To Love Somebody Bee Gees
Too Good At Goodbyes Sam Smith
Total Ecplipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler
Toxic Britney Spears
True Colours Cyndi Lauper
Trumpet Voluntary Clarke
Unchained Melody The Righteous Brothers
Under Pressure Queen
Use Somebody Kings of Leon
Valse-Bluette Drigo
Violin Concerto in A Minor Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in A Minor J S Bach
Viva La Vida Coldplay
Vuelvo al Sur (I'm Returning South) Piazzolla
Wake Me Up Avicii
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go Wham!
Walk of Life Dire Straits
Warwick Avenue Duffy
Waterloo ABBA
We Are The Champions Queen
We Are Young fun.
We Will Rock You Queen
We've Only Just Begun The Carpenters
Wedding Day Bee Gees
Wedding March Mendelssohn
Wedding Processional from The Sound of Music Rodgers & Hammerstein
We'll Meet Again Vera Lynn
What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
What About Us Pink
What If Kate Winslet
What Kind of Fool Am I? (From Stop The World) Sammy Davis Jr
What Makes You Beautiful (Long) One Direction
What Makes You Beautiful (Short) One Direction
What Shall we do with the Drunken Sailor?
What's Going On Marvin Gaye
Whatever (Strings Version) Oasis
When I was Your Man Bruno Mars
Where is Love? Lionel Bart
White Wedding Billy Idol
Who's That Girl? Eurythmics
Whole Again Atomic Kitten
Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton
Wonderwall Oasis
Wrecking Ball Miley Cyrus
Writing's on the Wall Sam Smith
Yellow Coldplay
Yellow Submarine The Beatles
Yesterday (Longer G Major) The Beatles
Yesterday (Short F Major) The Beatles
You S Club 7
You Are So Beautiful Joe Cocker
You Are The Reason Callum Scott
You Only Live Twice Nancy Sinatra
You Raise Me Up Westlife
You're My Best Friend Queen
You're So Vain Carly Simon
You've Got A Friend in Me (from Toy Story) Randy Newman
You've Really Got a Hold on Me The Miracles
Younger Than Springtime (from South Pacific) Rodgers & Hammerstein
Your Song Elton John
I need a performance space of 2m x 2m and enough ceiling height for the bow as I play standing up. If I am not performing for the whole time e.g. wedding ceremony, I will need a chair for when I am not performing.
I can perform outdoors in fine weather on hard ground. Any moisture, wind, excessive heat etc. would prevent outdoor playing as my violin is around 200 years old and I use electrical sound equipment. If the weather is hot, I will need a shaded area.
I provide my own sound system to play the accompaniment tracks and amplify my electric violin. It is rechargeable so I don't necessarily need electrical socket access.
I require parking at the venue and it's helpful if I know in advance if there are any stairs etc. I transport the gear and instruments in a trolley.
I tend to play for the whole time!
I have performed all over the country and even abroad in some amazing locations, such as the Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Lichfield Cathedral and Greek Amphitheatres. I have performed on national radio and TV and have even had my original compositions played by full orchestras! I love my job and being able to add that unique, memorable and emotive soundtrack to people's special events - it doesn't matter how big the venue or the audience, they're all special!
As an avid Aston Villa fan, I obviously have a soft spot for Nigel Kennedy and was lucky enough to meet him and enjoy swapping violin stories over a pint at Wembley during half time at the 2015 FA Cup Final.
I cannot pick a favourite song or piece of music as I enjoy so many genres and styles. My favourite composers are Shostakovich, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky. My favourite artists are so varied! Everything from Madness to Zero 7, Sophie Ellis Bextor to Royal Blood, The Smiths to RAYE.
I started gigging at the age of 16 when I started my own string quartet! I studied music at the London College of Music and Royal Holloway before completing a PGCE in Secondary Music. I took a break from music for 7 years when I became a Warfare Officer in the Royal Navy - literally running away to sea and navigating warships! I then started performing again as a Special Events Violinist in 2016 and I haven't looked back. This is now my full time job and I love it.
I am also a qualified school teacher and now teach violin, viola, trumpet, composition and music theory privately.
I just love playing, so anything at all!
Arrival 30 minutes before performance and will require 20 minutes to pack down afterwards.
Extra fees may apply for an early arrival.
Yes! So long as the weather is suitable. My acoustic violin is around 200 years old and (although I love the sun and heat) it needs shade on days. Any wet, windy or extreme conditions could prevent an outdoor performance and so an indoor back up would be required.
I have a repertoire list of over 600 tracks of varying genres and styles. I send this to you after you book. If what you want isn't on the list,, don't worry as I am a composer and arranger too and offer this as an additional service.
ALL of my reviews have been 5 stars! Clients have mentioned how they felt I was one of the most memorable and commented upon aspects of the special event and that their guests really enjoyed my music.
Unfortunately not - I am a classically trained violinist and read music from my iPad that also controls my accompaniment tracks. I perform in one location, but can move the set up to a different room or area as required.
Global Air Training
The Royal British Legion
The National Memorial Arboretum
Kate Spade
Lichfield Festival
Royal Albert Hall
Birmingham Town Hall
Birmingham Symphony Hall
National Memorial Arboretum
Lichfield Cathedral