Available to book from £160 (GBP). For an accurate quote please make an enquiry.
A multi instrumentalist and composer with decades of experience in providing music for all occasions. I have performed in many different venues and occasions including crematoriums, concert halls, opera houses, at restaurant tables, museums and many, many churches. I don't use backing tracks or beatboxes but I do play with amplification if required. Most of all I really enjoy bringing live music to audiences big and small.
Over the years I have been a member of many musical groups including General Union, The William Jones Band, The Welsh Baroque Players and am currently a member of The Arianne String Quartet and The Worried Men of Gower.
I am a trained classical musician with a deep understanding and respect for folk and traditional music having studied Ethnomusicology. In addition to the classical viola, I also studied 20th Century composition and bluegrass and Welsh/English/Scottish/Irish fiddle playing.
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Air on a G String - J.S.Bach
Arioso from Cantata 156 - J.S. Bach
Ave Maria - Gounod
Ave Maria - Schubert
Bacarolle - Tales of Hoffman - Offenbach
Bailero: Songs of the Auvergne - Joseph Canteloube
Blue Danube - Strauss
Bouree and Aire: Water Music - Handel
Bridal March - Wagner
Canon - Pachelbel
Carmen: Les Toreadors - Bizet
Cello Suite No. 1 - J.S.Bach
Chanson De Matin - Elgar
Clair de Lune - Debussy
Czardas - Vittorio Monti
Domine Deus: Gloria - Vivaldi
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Allegro - Mozart
"For he is an Englishman" - Sullivan
Frühlingslied ("Spring Song") - Mendelssohn
James Bond Them - Monty Norman
Hoedown: Rodeo - Copeland
I Vow to Thee My Country - Holst
Jerusalem - Parry
Land of Hope and Glory - Elgar
Meditation from Thais - Massenet
Minuet In G - Beethoven
Ode To Joy: Symphony No. 9 - Beethoven
"O mio babbino caro" ("Oh my dear papa"/"Oh my beloved father") - Gianni Schicchi - Puccini
Polovtsian Dances - Borodin
Radetzky March - Strauss
'Sheep may safely graze' - J.S.Bach
Sonatas for Solo Violin (Assorted movements) - J.S. Bach
'Sleepers Wake' - J.S. Bach
Swan Lake: Waltz - Tchaikovsky
'Time to Say Goodbye' - Bocelli/Brightman
The Swan ( Le Cygne ) - Carnival of the Animals - Saint Saens
Themes from Carmen
Trumpet Voluntary - Jeremiah Clarke
Wagner Wedding March from Lohengrin
Violin Concerto 1 & 2 (Assorted movements) - J.S. Bach
"All By Myself" - Eric Carmen
"All Out of Love" - Air Supply
"Are you lonesome tonight" - Elvis Presley
"Can't help falling in love" - Elvis Presley
"Changes" - Kelly and Ozzy Osborne
"Desperado" - The Eagles
"(Everything I Do) I’ll Do It for You" - Bryan Adams
"God Only Knows" - The Beach Boys
"How Deep Is Your Love" - Bee Gees
"I can't help falling in love with you" - Elvis Presley
"I Want to Know What Love Is" - Foreigner
"I’m Gonna Be (500 miles)" - Proclaimers
"Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
"Love me tender" - Elvis Presley
"La Isla Bonita" - Madonna
"More Than Words" - Extreme
"Mona Lisa" - Nat King Cole
"Mull of Kintyre" - Wings
"One day like this" - Elbow
"Rather Be" - Clean Bandit
"Right Here Waiting" - Richard Marx
"Spanish eyes" - Al Martino
"Sunshine on Leith" - Proclaimers
"Tears in Heaven" - Eric Clapton
"The Boatman" - Levellers
Theme from Titanic the Movie - James Horner
"The wonder of you" - Elvis Presley
"Tonight, Tonight" - The Smashing Pumpkins
"Unforgettable" - Nat King Cole
"When I'm sixty nine" - The Beatles
"We'll meet again" - Vera Lynn
"When I fall in love" - Nat King Cole
"Wicked game" - Chris Isaak
"You’re Beautiful" - James Blunt
"You don't have to say you love me" - Elvis Presley
"Memory" - Cats
"I could have danced all night" - My Fair Lady
"I Feel Pretty" - West Side Story
A man’s a Man for A’ That
A fond kiss
A wild rover
All through the night
Ar Lan Y Mor
Ashokan Farewell
Auld Lang Syne
Bransle (Monsieur Arbor's Sword Dance)
Ca the yowes to the knowes
Canary Jig (jig)
Cockles and Mussels
David of the White Rock
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do
Dinky's (Reel)
Donald, where’s your trousers?
Down by the Salley Gardens (Yeats/Hughes)
Drink to me only
English Country Garden
Farewell to Erin (reel)
Flower of Scotland
Galway Girl
Greensleeves
Happy Birthday
Hela'r Ysgyfarnog (Hunting the Hare) (jig)
High Germany
Highland Laddie
Johnnie Cope
Julia Delaney (reel)
Loch Lomond
Lock the Door (jig)
Londonderry Air (air)
Macgregor's March (reel)
Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (Land of my Fathers)
Men of Harlech
Mairi's Wedding
Morrisons (jig)
My Grandfather's clock
My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose (Robert Burns/Urbani)
Old Joe Clark (bluegrass)
Sandy over the water (waltz)
Scarborough Fair
She Moved Through the Fair
Skye Boat Song
Sportin Paddy (reel)
St Anne’s Reel (reel)
Star of the County Down
Suo Gan
Sweet England
The Ash Grove (waltz)
The Bluebells of Scotland
The Beerdrinker (jig)
The British Grenadiers
The Cuckoo
The Devil among the tailors (jig)
The Fairy Dance (reel)
The Fermoy Lasses (reel)
The Gravel Walk
The Irish Washerwoman (jig)
The Leaving of Liverpool
The Minstrel Boy
The Red Gap (reel)
The Sailor's Hornpipe (Last night of the Proms)
The Star O’ Robbie Burns
The Teetotaler (reel)
The Walk - Peter Broderick
There's a hole in my bucket
Waltzing Matilda
What shall we do with the drunken sailor (shanty)
Wild mountain thyme (Blooming Heather)
Whiskey in the jar
Ye Jacobites by Name
Away in a manger
Ding, Dong Merrily on High
God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Good King Wenceslas
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
In The Bleak Midwinter
In dulci jubilo
Joy To The World
Lullay, Lullay (Coventry Carol)
O Come All Ye Faithful
O Holy Night
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Once In Royal David’s City
See Amid the Winter’s Snow
Silent Night
The holly and the ivy
The First Nowell
I need a performance space of at least 2 meters x 2 meters and 1 parking space. When the booking necessitates a loud volume I require a 13 amp power socket.
I need to know any directions that will help me find the venue, the right place to load in any equipment, and what the exact size of the performance space is and whether it is indoors/outdoors, and under cover. I also need to be informed if there’s a sound limiter in the venue.
Yes, I'm completely self contained, and if required I bring my own PA system to gigs.
"Yes, I'm happy to play music from Spotify before, after and between our sets for a suitable fee that reflects the extra time. I'm happy to choose the music myselfs or let the client choose the music."
Best gig is probably performing at St. David's Hall, Cardiff - such a great crowd!
Weddings and Party's are my favourite, although I love to play at any type of event where they want live music.
I started gigging before I went away to university and my performances developed from there. Since I started I’ve performed at lots and lots of weddings, parties and events across the UK and beyond both as a soloist and as part of other groups and orchestras"
Stephan Grappeli, Nigel Kennedy - both incredible musicians and I love everything they do.
I arrive about 50mins before I'm required to play, and it takes me about 15 mins to set up. I usually play up to a maximum of 60 mins for any one set before taking a break, but can be flexible.
I'm more than happy to play outside but I ask for shade, a flat level surface, and cover if there is likely to be rain - I also need a power supply close to the performance area if a PA is required"
Yes, I'm happy to learn up to 3 special requests by the client
Full of energy, passion and good at interacting with the guests.
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