Freelance Musician/Teacher. Woodwind Specialist (Oboe/Cor Anglais/Sop,Alto, Tenor, Baritone Saxes/Clarinet), Graduate of RMSM Kneller Hall and Bournemouth University. I teach all styles from beginner to advanced. Classical/Jazz/Modern styles. Full (Enhanced) DBS and CRB. Full Public Liability Insurance. Home visits can be arranged.

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SOLO SAX FOR PARTIES/ANY FUNCTION WITH BACKING TRACKS (Own PA)

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WOODWIND SPECIALIST

Principal Oboist: St ALDHELM'S ORCHESTRA
Fluent reader/improviser. Available for Shows/Sessions/Big Bands/Orchestral

I have over 40 years experience as a player/teacher. I was The Principal Alto Sax and Oboist (at various times) with HM Band of The Household Cavalry (Life Guards)(22 years).I also spent 19 years with Dorset Music Service as a Peripatetic Woodwind Teacher. I am busy as a Freelance Player in various Big Bands/Orchestras and often called on for various Shows, these are some of them:
MISS SAIGON
MUSICAL CHAIRS (Concert)
OLIVER (Twice)
TITANIC (Twice)
CAROUSEL (Twice)
JUST SO
THE BIRTH OF A KING
THE KING AND I
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
DICK WITTINGTON
SOUTH PACIFIC
WEST SIDE STORY (Twice)
ALADDIN
CARMINA BURANA
WIZARD OF OZ
KISS ME KATE
CINDERELLA
SCROOGE (Four times)
RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET
SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE
ME AND MY GIRL
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
FOLLOW THE STAR
HONK
BARNUM
42nd STREET
MY FAIR LADY
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
THE LION,THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
CABARET (Twice)
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
QUESTA VOCE SINGS CHRISTMAS
POOLE SYMPHONIC CONCERT BAND CHRISTMAS CONCERT
ROBINSON CRUSOE
THE PAJAMA GAME
MIKADO
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (Regent Centre, Christchurch)(March '13
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (Ringwood) (April '
SWEENEY TODD (Lighthouse, Poole) (May '13)
QUESTA VOCE A NIGHT AT THE MUSICALS (Lifecentre, Bournemouth)(June '13)
YEOMAN OF THE GUARD Bournemouth G & S) October 2013
CHRISTCHURCH Festival of Remembrance Regent Centre 3rd Nov 2013
QUESTA VOCE AT CHRISTMAS (Lifecentre Bournemouth)(7th Dec 2013)
SCROOGE ASDS De La Salle Theatre Jan 2014
A NIGHT OF OPERA AND MOVIES Questa Voce 29th March 2014
HOT MIKADO 15-19 April 2014 (Ringwood)
QUESTA VOCE Concert (July 2014)
ST ALDHEMS ORCHESTRA Concert (July 2014)
POOLE SYMPHONIC CONCERT BAND Concert (August 2014)
SOLO SAX Gig (Wareham September 2014)
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Bournemouth G&S) Lighthouse October 2014
THE BIRTH OF CHRIST (Romsey Choral Societ )November 29th 2014
QUESTA VOCE (Christmas Concert December 6th 2014)
SLEEPING BEAUTY (ASDS) January 2015
CURTAINS (Theatre Royal, Winchester. Feb 2015)
SWEET CHARITY (Regent Centre Feb 2015)
SISTER ACT (RMDS April 2015)
QUESTA VOCE (26/27 June 2015 The Lifecentre Bournemouth)
CHRISTCHURCH & DISTRICT BAND Saxon Square Christchurch. 6th August 2015
WEDDING (Gabriels Oboe) Private function. 10th October 2015
THE DARWINS (Mr Kyps) 17th October 2015
RUDDIGORE (Bournemouth G & S) October 2015 Lighthouse, Poole
QUESTA VOCE Christmas concert. 5th Dec 2015 The Lifecentre Bournemouth
ST ALDHELM'S ORCHESTRA Christmas concert 14th Dec 2015
ASDS De La Salle Theatre Panto (ALLADIN) January 2016

PIRATES OF PENZANCE Reimagined (RMDS) April 2016

Various Concerts with QUESTA MUSICA (2016)

BUGSY MALONE (Barrington Theatre, Ferndown) June 2016

BOURNEMOUTH G & S MIKADO (November 2016) The Lighthouse, Poole

THE DARWINS (Evolutionary Brass Section) Various Gigs 2016

St ALDHEM'S ORCHESTRA (Various concerts 2017)

SWEET CHARITY (RMDS) April 2017

THE BIRTH OF CHRIST (CD RECORDING SESSION) Full (Contracted) Symphony Orchestra May 2017

MADE IN DAGENHAM (RMDS) April 2018

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (BPSP) JULY 2018

ST ALDHELM'S ORCHESTRA (JULY 16 2018)

St Aldhelms Orchestra 17th December 2018

WEST SIDE STORY (Jan 2019)

THE WIZARD OF OZ (Regent Centre) Feb 2019

Pavillion Theatre Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra 19/3/19

St Aldhelms Orch 1st April 2019

The Sound of Music 4-6/4/19 Mowlem Theatre Swanage

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Weymouth Pavillion 10-13/4/19

THE PRODUCERS Weymouth Pavillion 29/5-1/6/19

THE WOODLAND CLAN Durlston Country Park/Corfe castle 6-8/21

Poole Symphonic Concert Band Concerts 29-30/21

St Aldhem's Orchestra Concert 12/21

Salisbury Symphony Orchestra concert, Salisbury Cathedral 25/6/22

Solo Sax Mornington Court, New Milton 30/6/22

Westbourne Orchestra concert,9/7/22

BOURNEMOUTH BIC Concert (Soundstorm - Around the world in 8 days) 12/7/22

St Aldhem's Orchestra concert, 18/7/2

Orchestral concert December 2022

Orchestral Concert (St Aldhem's 27/3/23)

Theatre show (Musicals) April 2023

MY FAIR LADY (Swanage March 23)

Orchestral Concert July 2023

Orchestral Concert St Aldhelms 11th December 2023

I play ALL Saxes and double on Clarinet/EbClarinet/Bass Clarinet. I was trained on Oboe/Cor Anglais at The Royal Military School of Music (Kneller Hall).
I am also an MD/Conductor and have conducted many Jazz Orchestras (MD for Bournemouth Youth Jazz Orch for 9 years)/Wind Orchestras. I formed a Saxophone 'Jazz Orchestra' as well as a standard one.

SOLO SAX (With Backing Tracks) for your Function/Party/Wedding

I also run a Sax Quartet/Jazz Quartet.