2 x 45 minutes: £350 |
3 x 45 minutes: £420 |
Samuel Kennedy studied at the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music before receiving his Honours Degree at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester Performing in The Arada Guitar Duo , their 2008 release for Landor Records, ‘Mediterranean’ received glowing reviews from publications such as International Record Review and Gramophone magazine. The duo performed on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM and in some of the countries finest chamber music venues. Performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company “band”, Samuel has appeared in the West End run of “Romeo and Juliet” and the critically acclaimed “Venus & Adonis”.
As a soloist, Samuel has represented the U.K. in the European Young Musicians’ Concert , in 2011, performed at the London International Guitar Festival and has played for the King of Norway and the Spanish Prime Minister. He is a featured classical artist on Cunard’s “3 Queens” (QM2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth). When not performing, Samuel examines internationally for Trinity grade and diploma exams, is an examiner for AQA ‘A-level’ music performance and teachers guitar at Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls and Bedford School.
Playing for many corporate events, Samuel has provided classical, Spanish, jazz and popular music in hundreds of venues across the UK including; Natural History Museum, Tower of London, City Hall, The Gherkin, Holkham Hall, Blenheim Palace, Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, London Bridge, Goodwood House, the House of Lords, the Palace of Westminster and Windsor Castle.
Based in Bedford, Bedfordshire
Classical
• Bach – Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
• Bach – Aria from The Goldberg Variations
• Bach – Sheep May Safely Graze
• Bach – Air on the G string
• Pachelbel – Canon in D
• Anon. - Greensleeves
• Anon. – Romance D’Armour
• Bach – Theme from “Golberg Var.”
• Granados – Valse Poeticos
• Massenet – Meditation from Thais
• S. Myers – Cavatina
• Offenbach – Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman
• G. Sanz – Canarios
• Various – Elizabethan Dances
• Villa–Lobos – Prelude no. 5
• Villa – Lobos – Prelude No.1
• Vivaldi – Andante from Concerto for Two Mandolins
• Vivaldi – Largo from Concerto for Lute
• Lauro – Various Waltzes
• Praetorius – Ballet e Volta
• Bach – Prelude from Cello Suite No.1
• Bach – Andante from Violin Sonata No.2
• Tarrega – Gran Vals
• Tarrega – Recuerdos de la Alhambra
• Tarrega – Capricho Arabe
• Bach – Sleepers Awake
• Mozart – Adagio from Clarinet Concerto
• Williams – Classical Gas
• Albeniz – Asturias
• Dyens – Tango en Skai
• Barrios – Julia Florida
• Barrios – Vals Op.8 No.4
• Mendelssohn – Wedding March
• Wagner – Bridal Chorus
Latin-American/Spanish
• Anon – Fandanguilo
• Albeniz – Tango
• Abreu – Tico Tico
• Nazareth – Bambino
• Manha de Carnaval
• Petenera
• Entre dos Aguas
• Felicidade – Jobim
• Alegrias
• Cielito Lind
• Julia Florida – Barrios
• Sound of Bells
• Retrato Brasiliero – Powell
• Modinha Imperial – Pinto
Popular
• As Time Goes By
• Autumn Leaves
• Beatles – Hey Jude, Imagine, Yesterday,
Eleanor Rigby, And I Love Her
• Here, There and Everywhere
• Here Comes the Sun
• Happy Together
• La Bamba
• More than Words
• Cavatina
• Manha de Carnaval
• AllIAskofYou
• Somebody Loves Me
• Summertime
• Songbird
• Theme from Titanic
• Always on My Mind
• Jours en France
• East of Eden
• Oh! Lady Be Good
• Someone to Watch Over Me
• You and Me Song
• Wonderful World
• The Man I Love
• Embraceable You
• Blue Moon
• Don’t Get Around that Much Anymore
• Love theme from ‘Cinema Paradiso’
• Nella Fantasie
• Dark Eyes
• Have I Told You Lately
6ft x 6ft space.
Plug point and an armless chair.
15 minutes to set up.
Natural History Museum
Tower of London
City Hall
The Gherkin
Holkham Hall
Blenheim Palace
Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons
London Bridge
Goodwood House
The House of Lords
The Palace of Westminster and Windsor Castle