Description | Price |
Solo Viola for x1 45 mins set | £120 |
Solo Viola for x2 45 mins set | £220 |
Julia Dos Reis is a London based violist and composer/arranger, specialising in Jazz and Pop. She leads her own Jazz string groups, J.A.M. String Collective and Soli Strings, for which she composes and arranges, and also regularly performs with bands such as the grime/country outfit The Rooftop Assembly, as well as with larger ensembles such as The NuCivilsation Orchestra, Jazz Jamaica All Stars, and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Her extensive performing has taken her to venues across Europe, including Ronnie Scott’s supporting Nubya Garcia, Paris’ Grande Halle de La Villette with The NuCivilastion Orchestra tour of Marvin Haye’s ‘What’s Going On?” (“improvised solos [of] individual violin and viola players was for me the musical highlight of the entire triumphant evening” – The Blue Moment), as well as a 2019 UK tour with the legendary saxophonist Steve Williamson ("pushing at the boundaries of jazz... delivering walking lines, heavy riffs and rattles and taps, are thoroughly contemporary.... much more than a warm up act" – Financial Times 4*).
Julia begun her jazz education with award winning Jazz programme Tomorrow’s Warriors (Moses Boyd, Zara McFarlane, Shabaka Hutchings) and attended sessions there led by Gary Crosby OBE. It was from these sessions that the ‘flagship’ ensemble, StringTing trio, was formed, which years later formed the foundation for J.A.M. String Collective. Julia continued her formal training with a Masters in Jazz Performance at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where she studied under jazz violinist, Chris Garrick.
Alongside performing, Julia also frequently works as a session musician and has featured on Daniel Casimir’s award-winning album “Boxed In”, as well as tracks on by Jungle, Jelly Cleaver, KIANJA, and RYBES.
J.A.M. String Collective is Julia’s main project, for which she leads, and composes and arranges. Their acclaimed debut EP "J∆M" is out now and features the legendary British saxophonist Steve Williamson (TSWE, The Roots) and the hugely talented emerging Zoe Pascal (Zenel) on drums. The trio has also released a live video recording of Kenny Wheeler’s “Kind Folk”, an arrangement by Julia.
Based in North London
Sample Pop Set:
A Change Gon’ Come – Sam Cooke
All Night Long - Lionel Ritchie
All of the Lights – Kanye West
All You Need is Love – The Beatles
Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
Angels – Robbie Williams
As – Stevie Wonder
Bad Guy - Billie Eilish
Beat It – Michael Jackson
Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve
Blinding Lights – The Weekend
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkal
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Can You Feel the Love Tonight – Elton John/Lion King
Can’t Help Falling in Love – Elvis Presley
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Franki Valli
Clean Bandit – Rather Be
Clocks – Coldplay
Crazy in Love - Beyonce
Cry Me a River – Justin Timberlake
Don’t Worry – Bob Marley
December 1963 (Oh What a Night) – Frankie Valli
Defying Gravity – Wicked/Stephen Schwartz
Despacito – Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber
Dog Days Are Over – Florence & The Machine
Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones
Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
Dreams - The Cranberries
Empire State of Mind – Alicia Keys
Everlong – Foo Fighters
Every Breath You take – The Police
Faith – George Michael
Feel It Still - Portugal. The Man
Fields of Gold - Sting
Flashing Lights - Kanye West
For Once in My Life – Stevie Wonder
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
Gimme Some A’lovin – The Spencer Davis Group
God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
Hallelujah – Cohen
Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles
Halo - Beyonce
Happy – Pharrell
Hey There Delilah – Plain White T’s
Hit the Road - Ray Charles
Home – Edward Sharpe
Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Killing Me Softly - The Fugees
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
I Can See Clearly Now – Jimmy Cliff
I Got A Woman – Ray Charles
I Heard it through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
I Say A Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin
I Wanna Dance with Somebody - Whitney Houston
I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
In My Blood - Shawn Mendes
In My Life – The Beatles
Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
It Must Be Love – Madness
Israelites – Desmond Dekker
Juice - Lizzo
Let It Go from Disney's 'Frozen' – Lopez
Let It Be – The Beatles
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Make You Feel My Love – Adele
Marry You – Bruno Mars
My Girl – The Temptations
Mr Brightside – The Killers
My Heart Will Go On from Titanic – Horner
Nothing Compares to U – Prince
Ocean Eyes - Billie Eilish
Paradise - Coldplay
Penny Lane – The Beatles
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Riptide – Vance Joy
Rolling in the Deep – Adele
Summertime Sadness – Lana Del Rey
September – Earth – Wind & Fire
Senorita - Justin Timberlake
Shape of You - Ed Sheeran
She – Elvis Costello
Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) -Stevie Wonder
Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder
Skyfall – Adele
Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson
Something – The Beatles
Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Arlen
Stand by Me – Ben E King
Stay With Me – Sam Smith
Survivor – Destiny’s Child
Sweet Child O' Mine – Guns N' Roses
Take Me to Church – Hozier
Thanku, next - Ariana Grande
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) Song - Simon & Garfunkel
The Way – Ariana Grande
Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
Titanium – David Guetta
To Build A Home - The Cinematic Orchestra
Use Me - Bill Withers
Valerie – Amy Winehouse
Yellow – Coldplay
Yesterday – The Beatles
You Can Get It If You Really Want – Jimmy Cliff
(You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman) – Aretha Franklin
Your Song – Elton John
Wonderful World, Beautiful People – Jimmy Cliff
Wake Me Up - Avicii
Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
Wake Up - Arcade Fire
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
We Found Love - Rihanna
Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift
You’re My Best Friend - Queen
You’ve Got the Love - Florence and The Machine
Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher
and Higher - Jackie Wilson
Sample Jazz Set:
All the Things You Are
Águas de Março
At Last
All of Me
As Time Goes By
Autumn Leaves
Body and Soul
But Not For Me
Cantaloupe Island
Cheek to Cheek
Corcovado
Days of Wine and Roses
Desafinado
Dream A Little Dream of Me
Emily
Fever
Fly Me to the Moon
Georgia On My Mind
Girl From Ipanema
God Bless The Child
Honeysuckle Rose
Just Friends
It Could Happen To You
It Don’t Mean A Thing (If it Ain’t Got that Swing)
Ivy
Mack the Knife
Mood Indigo
Moon River
Moose the Mooch
My Baby Just Cares For Me
My Favourite Things
My Funny Valentine
Night and Day
No Moe
On the Sunny Side of the Street
September In the Rain
Softly As in a Morning Sunrise
Someday My Prince Will Come
Summertime
St. Thomas
Stompin' At the Savoy
Take the A Train
The Preacher
There Will Never Be Another Yo
The Way You Look Tonight
Moose the Mooch
No Moe
We Have All the Time in the World
What A Difference A Day Made
What A Wonderful World
I can provide a PA if required, along with a backing track.
If outside London I will require a parking space. A near by cupboard/storage space is useful to store my instrument case and belongings for the duration of the performance.
Bally's Corporation
The Gamesys Group
Slaughter and May
Magazine, Canary Wharf
University College London
Royal Academy of Music
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
The Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club
Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho
Mr. Fogg's Mayfair
Kensington Gardens
The Cider Works Venue, Dover
The Old Fire Engine, Ely
The Wallace Collection Museum
The Pig - near Bath
Leez Priory, Chelmsford
The House of St Barnabas
Cain Manor, Hampshire
Buxted Park Hotel, Uckfield
St. George's, Bristol
Halle at St. Micheal's, Manchester
Knight Time Studios
Loveworld TV Studios