Description | Price |
Solo Piano - Cocktail Music - House Piano or Touring Digital Piano | £250 |
Wedding Organist - Can provide Touring Digital Organ if required | £250 |
Jazz Band - Organ or Piano with Drums and Female Vocalist (Extra front line musicians, Guitar, Trombone, etc available) | £650 |
Ballroom Dance - Solo | £250 |
Ballroom Dance - 3 Piece Band inc vocalist (can add extra musicians as required) | £750 |
As heard on BBC Radio 2 programmes, 'Steve Wright in the Afternoon' and 'The Organist Entertains.'
I am a freelance pianist, organist and show MD, everything from playing cocktail piano at the Savoy Hotel in London to playing the organ at the famous Odeon Leicester Square for HRH Prince Charles at a film premiere, to local duo, trio and bands gigs, many weddings, both in church and receptions, and even a time in Madness and Shadows Tribute bands. Concert work has taken me to Germany, Holland, Switzerland, even Australia, so no gig is too far away! I have been privileged to feature as soloist with the Worthing Symphony Orchestra and the reformed Mantovani Orchestra. On keyboards I have worked as 'star concert artiste' for Yamaha UK, Hammond UK and Wersi UK.
I have a huge repertoire in many styles and am also a good reader and busker. I particularly enjoy the great standards (Gershwin, Berlin etc) and the wonderful scores from the musicals, but enjoy and play all types and styles of music from classic to modern.
I have a lot of experience playing in duos and trios and can supply these if required, with or without vocals. I have worked as MD on a great many shows for professional and local theatrical companies. I have much enjoyed working with star names including comedians Supersonic Syd Little, Jimmy Cricket and Stu Francis, master magician Paul Daniels and Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest winner Dana.
Alongside my concert and show work, I much enjoy playing classical organ for weddings and Sunday services, and have enjoyed playing for services on every scale of organ, from the smallest village church through to the magnificence and splendour of Lancing College and Arundel Cathedral. I also play for civil services, for which I normally provide my own touring instrument.
When not playing a resident piano or organ, I tour with a variety of my own equipment, including various digital orchestral organs, capable of sounding like every instrument, organ and band imaginable. I am fully insured, including Public Liability, DBS checked and hold a full driving licence.
Always try calling me if you need someone at short notice, as if I am not already booked to be playing, I will do my very best to help you out.
Based in Littlehampton, West Sussex
I have a very wide repertoire in many, many styles and am very happy to take requests or to learn extra items in advance. Some examples of my regular favourites include
Cocktail Music - Typical Radio 2 music, the Beatles, the Carpenters, Titanic, Adele etc
Songs from the Shows - Music of the Night (Phantom); Memory (Cats); Any Dream Will Do (Joseph); People Will Say We're In Love (Oklahoma); You'll Never Walk Alone (Carousel) and many, many more
Standards - I Got Rhythm; Sweet Georgia Brown; Body and Soul; Misty; As Time Goes By; Sway; Love Story; Unforgettable; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; On A Clear Day; Feelings; My Heart Will Go On.
Wedding Music - All of the regular favourite processionals and recessionals including The Wedding March; Trumpet Voluntary (with or without a trumpeter); Widor's Toccata from the 5th Symphony; Arrival of the Queen of Sheba. Register Music including Air On A 'G' String; Ave Maria; Pachelbel Canon.
When providing my own equipment I need a 13amp power supply near the performance area.
Parking space, hopefully not too far away from the performance area for moving equipment in and out!
Somewhere to change, ideally with a table and chair.
Light refreshments.
Set up about 30 minutes. Performance times to suit your event.
Venues and clients have included:-
Odeon Leicester Square (including for HRH Prince Charles)
Savoy Hotel
Butlins Holiday Centres
Mantovani Orchestra
Blackpool Winter Gardens and North Pier Theatre
Arundel Cathedral
Various Golf Clubs
Many weddings, sometimes playing the organ in church for the service, including at Simon Cowell's brother's service, sometimes playing cocktail piano for the reception afterwards
Los Palmas 6 Madness Band
Many major theatres throughout the UK
Private Homes
Hotels
Regular International solo work in Holland, Germany, Switzerland. Other international jobs, some with bands, have been in Ireland, Dubai and Australia.