Description | Price |
Up to an hour | £200 |
Two hours | £300 |
Three hours | £400 |
Four hours | £500 |
Five hours | £600 |
Mia is a solo violinist based in Cornwall, with 30 years of weddings, gigs, festivals & events under her belt. Whether playing Bach, Bon Jovi or Britney, she relishes any opportunity to play live or record. Classically trained from age 4, she fell in love with folk in all its forms while studying music at university, & enjoys blending the styles.
MUSICAL QUALIFICATIONS
Grade 8 violin with distinction | 2005
BANDS
Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
Ottersgear
Seacoles
Inti Rowland
ORCHESTRAS
Lancashire Youth Orchestra | 2004
Lancaster University Orchestra | 2006-2009
FESTIVALS
Dent Folk Festival with Ottersgear
Holmfirth Folk Festival with Ottersgear
How the Light Gets In with Inti Rowland
Cambridge Folk Festival with Inti Rowland
Get it Loud in Libraries with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
Two Thousand Trees with Inti Rowland
Sofar Sounds with Inti Rowland
SUPPORT
Trembling Bells with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
Diane Cluck with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
The Lovely Eggs with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
The Unthanks with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
The John Langan Band with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
A Hawk & a Hacksaw with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
Nancy Elizabeth with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
Josephine Foster with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
The Tallest Man on Earth with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
Patch and the Giant with Inti Rowland
The Young’uns with Inti Rowland
VENUES
King Tut’s
Òran Mór
Sneaky Pete’s
The 13th Note
The Dukes Theatre
The Storey
The Yorkshire House
The Gregson
Dulcimer Bar
Royal Northern College of Music
The Met
Cafe Oto
Carousel London
Union Chapel
The Slaughtered Lamb
The Lexington
The Good Ship
The Sebright Arms
The Gallery Cafe
XOYO
Jamboree
London Hippodrome
National Portrait Gallery
St Bartholomew’s Church Brighton
RECORDINGS
With Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
With Inti Rowland
With Sam Green and the Midnight Heist
With Jordan Francis (vox)
Based in Helston, Cornwall
POP/FOLK
Alicia Keys – Fallin'
Alison Krauss – Down to the River to Pray
Atomic Kitten – The Tide is High
The Beatles – Here, There & Everywhere
The Beatles – Let It Be
The Beatles – Something
Ben E King – Stand By Me
Bill Withers – Ain't No Sunshine
Blue – All Rise
Bruno Mars – Just the Way You Are
The Calling – Wherever You Will Go
Craig Armstrong – Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually)
Craig Armstrong – Music from Far From the Madding Crowd
The Cure – Friday I'm In Love
Dr Hook – Years From Now
Elvis – Can't Help Falling In Love
Eric Clapton – Layla
Fleetwood Mac – Songbird
Foo Fighters – Everlong
Frank Sinatra – As Time Goes By
Frank Sinatra – Fly Me to the Moon
Frank Sinatra – Somethin' Stupid
Green Day – Time of Your Life
Howard Shore – Concerning Hobbits (from Lord of the Rings)
Hozier – Take Me to Church
Il Divo – I Believe in You
Jamelia – Superstar
Jefferson Starship – Jane
Joni Mitchell – Blue
Joni Mitchell – California
Kate Rusby – High on a Hill
Kate Rusby – Underneath the Stars
Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
Louis Armstrong – Dream a Little Dream of Me
Lukas Graham / Daniel Jang – Love Someone
Metallica / Apocalyptica – Nothing Else Matters
Miriam Stockley – Perfect Day
Modjo – Lady, Hear Me Tonight
Nelly Furtado – I'm Like a Bird
Nicholas Hooper – Farewell Aragog (from Harry Potter)
Norra Rada
Over the Rainbow – Judy Garland
Paul Desmond – Take Five
The Ramones – Baby I Love You
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge
Rihanna – Pon de Replay
Roxette – It Must Have Been Love
Sam Cooke – Summertime
Same Cooke – You Send Me
Santana – Smooth
Sara Bareilles – I Choose You
Savage Garden – I Knew I Loved You
Savage Garden – To the Moon and Back
Sean Kingston – Beautiful Girls
Sugababes – About You Now
Taylor Swift – Carolina
Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams
Toploader – Dancing in the Moonlight
Van Morrison – Moondance
The Weathergirls / Geri Halliwell – It's Raining Men
Weezer – Island in the Sun
Yann Tiersen – La Valse d'Amélie (from Amélie)
The 1975 – About You
Folk medley
Sea shanty medley
Christmas music
MUSIC FROM FILMS
Amélie
Beauty & the Beast
Far from the Madding Crowd
Harry Potter
Home Alone
Lord of the Rings
Love Actually
Master & Commander
CLASSICAL
Bach – Partita II
Brahms – Hungarian Dance
Corelli – Gavotta
Debussy – Clair de Lune
Dvořák – Sonata in G Major
Elgar – Salut d'Amour
Fauré – Pavane; Sicilienne for flute
Kreisler – Siciliano & Rigaudon
Monti – Czardas
Schubert – Allegro Molto
Senaillé – Allegro
Telemann – Andante; Presto in F
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Vivaldi – Grave; The Four Seasons
COMPOSERS
Bach
Bartók
Beethoven
Brahms
Chopin
Corelli
Debussy
Dvořák
Elgar
Fauré
Percy Grainger
Handel
Haydn
Kreisler
Edward McGuire
Mahler
Mendelssohn
Mozart
Pachelbel
Poulenc
Prokofiev
Ravel
Satie
Schubert
Schumann
Stravinsky
Steven Spielberg
Tchaikovsky
John Williams
Vaughan Williams
Verdi
Vivaldi
No technical requirements, I play acoustically.
No.
Address.
No.
Inti Rowland's 17th Century Japanese Aviary album launch at the Sebright Arms, London.
Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.
I started playing violin when I was 4 & played with various youth orchestras and groups as a child; started playing in bands when I got to university at 18; began playing weddings and solo events in my 30s.
Wedding.
Setup time is 5 minutes. I usually play two hours at a time before taking a break.
Yes.
Clients may choose from the repertoire list and/or pay £50 per hour of practise for me to learn personalised set lists.
"Ambient";" atmospheric"; "brilliant"!
BANDS
Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
Ottersgear
Seacoles
Inti Rowland
ORCHESTRAS
Lancashire Youth Orchestra | 2004
Lancaster University Orchestra | 2006-2009
FESTIVALS
Dent Folk Festival with Ottersgear
Holmfirth Folk Festival with Ottersgear
How the Light Gets In with Inti Rowland
Cambridge Folk Festival with Inti Rowland
Get it Loud in Libraries with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
Two Thousand Trees with Inti Rowland
Sofar Sounds with Inti Rowland
SUPPORT
Trembling Bells with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
Diane Cluck with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
The Lovely Eggs with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
The Unthanks with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
The John Langan Band with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
A Hawk & a Hacksaw with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
Nancy Elizabeth with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
Josephine Foster with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
The Tallest Man on Earth with Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
Patch and the Giant with Inti Rowland
The Young’uns with Inti Rowland
RECORDINGS
With Dan Haywood’s New Hawks
With Inti Rowland
With Sam Green and the Midnight Heist
With Jordan Francis (vox)
King Tut’s
Òran Mór
Sneaky Pete’s
The 13th Note
The Dukes Theatre
The Storey
The Yorkshire House
The Gregson
Dulcimer Bar
Royal Northern College of Music
The Met
Cafe Oto
Carousel London
Union Chapel
The Slaughtered Lamb
The Lexington
The Good Ship
The Sebright Arms
The Gallery Cafe
XOYO
Jamboree
London Hippodrome
National Portrait Gallery
St Bartholomew’s Church Brighton