Available to book from £175 (GBP). For an accurate quote please make an enquiry.
TENOR SAX, ALTO SAX, CLARINET, MODEL
Highly regarded and highly sort after musician and entertainer with 10+ years experience
Corporate, Hotels, Weddings, Birthday Parties, Baby Showers, Business Openings, Clubs etc...
I can play beautiful background music or energetic tunes with a DJ for your dance floor. Self-contained with high quality backing tracks and I have my own PA system including a speaker that accommodates a room for up to 100 people. I also have a mic, and a receiver that can be plugged into the decks of your pre-booked DJ, to create an even louder sound to accommodate bigger groups of people at parties.
I have a versatile setlist: classical, jazz, swing, popular love ballads, old classics, 21st century tunes, Christmas classics, war time music, best of the 60s and 70s, best of the 80s, Motown and soul, modern pop, house/dance music, chilled Ibiza and any other styles that you would like at your event.
I will bring your event to life! Let's make it a day/evening to remember!
MY WEDDING DAY PACKAGE (10% OFF):
Ceremony - Includes 20-30 minutes of music during guest arrival, the bridal entrance, the signing of the register and the exit. Popular on Clarinet!
Drinks Reception - 2 x 45 minute sets to fill your Drinks Reception.
Wedding Breakfast - Includes The Wedding Breakfast Entrance to a song of your choice, and 2 x 45 minute sets.
Dance Floor - 3 x 30 minute Dance Floor Party Sax sets to be played alongside your pre-booked DJ, tailored to your music taste. Plus of course, The First Dance. You can handpick 3 x 8 songs from my DJ Sax Party playlist.
= areas covered (up to 100 miles)
= free travel (up to 10 miles)
I have TWO broad setlists: The first is BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUND, designed to be played as background music at your event, and the second is DJ SAX PARTY to be played on the dance floor alongside a DJ. This could be your pre-booked DJ or you could select from one of the DJs I play with regularly. Playlist to be discussed with the DJ.
The songs below are for my BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUND setlist. The categories in order are TRADITIONAL CLASSICAL (on clarinet), JAZZ BALLADS, SWING STANDARDS, POPULAR LOVE BALLADS, OLD CLASSICS, 21st CENTURY TUNES, HOUSE/DANCE, CHILLED IBIZA, BOLLYWOOD WEDDING MUSIC, WORLD WAR MUSIC and XMAS TUNES.
TRADITIONAL CLASSICAL (ON CLARINET)
Adagio from 'Clarinet Concerto' (Mozart)
Air from 'Suite in D' (JS Bach)
Ave Maria (JS Bach/ Gounod)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Badinerie from 'Suite no.2' (JS Bach)
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Gluck)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (JS Bach)
Panis Angelicus (Franck)
Pavane op. 50 (Faure)
Pie Jesu from 'Requiem op. 48' (Faure)
Salut d'Amour (Elgar)
Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
Wedding March from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (Mendelssohn)
Wedding March from 'Lohengrin' (Wagner)
JAZZ BALLADS
Amazing Grace (Aretha Franklin)
As Time Goes By (Billie Holiday)
Autumn Leaves (Frank Sinatra)
Blue Moon (Dean Martin)
Fly Me To The Moon (Frank Sinatra)
Frankie And Johnny (Louis Armstrong)
How High The Moon (Ella Fitzgerald)
Moon River (Audrey Hepburn)
My Way (Frank Sinatra)
Night And Day (Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga)
Petite Fleur (Petula Clark)
Satin Doll (Ella Fitzgerald)
Summertime (Gershwin, Norah Jones)
Take The A-Train (Ella Fitzgerald)
Wade In The Water (Eva Cassidy)
Wayfaring Stranger (Eva Cassidy)
SWING STANDARDS
American Patrol (Glenn Miller)
A String of Pearls (Glenn Miller)
Body and Soul (Amy Winehouse and Tony Bennett)
Caravan (Nat King Cole)
In the Mood (Glenn Miller)
Little Brown Jug (Glenn Miller)
Mack the Knife (Robbie Williams)
Mood Indigo (Ella Fitzgerald)
Oh, When the Saints (Louis Armstrong)
Perdido (Ella Fitzgerald)
Sentimental Journey (Doris Day)
Tequila (The Champs)
The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
The Lady is a Tramp (Lady Gaga ft. Tony Bennett)
POPULAR LOVE BALLADS
Against All Odds (Phil Collins)
A Groovy Kind Of Love (Phil Collins)
Ain’t no sunshine (Bill Withers)
All night long (Lionel Richie)
Angels (Robbie Williams)
Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Elton John)
Can’t help falling in love with you (Elvis Presley)
Careless Whisper (George Michael)
Every Breath You Take (The Police)
Everything I Do I Do It For You (Bryan Adams)
Have I Told You lately (Rod Stewart)
Hello (Lionel Richie)
How Deep Is Your Love (Take That)
How sweet it is to be loved by you (Marvin Gaye)
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (Aerosmith)
If You leave Me Now (Chicago)
Just The Two Of Us (Bill Withers)
Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel)
Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley)
You are so Beautiful (Joe Cocker)
You are the Sunshine of my Life (Stevie Wonder)
Your Song (Elton John)
OLD CLASSICS
All By Myself (Celine Dion)
A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum)
Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)
Black Velvet (Alannah Myles)
Blue Eyes (Elton John)
Down by the Salley Gardens (Maura O’Connell)
Dust In The Wind (Kansas)
Feelings (Shirley Bassey)
Greensleeves (Olivia Newton-John)
Imagine (John Lennon)
It’s still rock and roll to me (Billy Joel)
I Wonder Why (Curtis Stigers)
Morning Has Broken (Cat Stevens)
Nights in White Satin (The Moody Blues)
Plaisir d'amour - Can’t Help Falling In Love (Elvis Presley)
Smooth Operator (Sade)
Tears In Heaven (Eric Clapton)
The House Of The Rising Sun (The Animals)
Those Were The Days (Mary Hopkin)
Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
To Be With You (Mr. Big)
You Can Leave Your Hat On (Tom Jones)
You’ve Got A Friend (Carole King)
21st CENTURY TUNES
All Of Me (John Legend)
Back to Black (Amy Winehouse)
Cheerleader (Omi)
Dance Monkey (Tones and I)
Despacito (Luis Fonsi)
Fallin’ (Alicia Keys)
Flowers (Miley Cyrus)
Georgia On My Mind (Michael Buble)
Goodness of God (Israel and New Breed)
Hallelujah (Alexandra Burke)
Happy (Pharrell Williams)
Hero (Enrique Iglesias)
Mandy (Westlife)
Michael Buble Medley (Michael Buble)
Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
Shape Of You (Ed Sheeran)
Something Stupid (Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman)
The Rose (Westlife)
Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
HOUSE/DANCE MUSIC
Sunday Shoutin’ (Johnny Corporate)
Sthlm Sunset (Ehrling)
Breeze (Ehrling)
Champagne Ocean (Ehrling)
Dance With Me (Ehrling)
Sax (Ehrling)
All I Need (Ehrling)
Heart (Ehrling)
Palm Trees (Ehrling)
State Of Mind (Ehrling)
Paris City Jazz (Bellaire)
Promesses feat. B Lacoste (Dimmi)
Tondo (Disclosure)
Changes (Faul, Wad Ad, Pnau)
Praise You (Gamper & Dadoni)
Jubel (Klingande)
Saxo (Laurent Wolf)
Who Dares To Believe In Me (Marco Lys & Plaster Hands)
Man With The Red Face (Mark Knight & Funkagenda)
New Day (Club Edit)
Ocean Sax
One Day Sax (Bakermat)
Oriental Deep House Sax - 'Esperanza' (Yarden Saxophone)
Sax Deep House Live (Yarden Saxophone)
Sunset Syndrome (Ehrling)
Waikiki (Original Mix)
CHILLED IBIZA
At The River (Groove Armada)
Azul Aqua Blancas
Baby Blue Bossa
Barefoot Benirras
Beautiful Bassa
Magical Mastella
Naked Nova
Paradise Palmador
Porcelain (Moby)
Sapphire Saladeta
Secret S’estanyol
Sky Blue Vadella
Sunrise Saona
Sunset Salinas
Teardrop (Massive Attack)
BOLLYWOOD WEDDING MUSIC
Tere Mast Mast Do Nain (Dabangg)
Kaun Tujhe (M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story by Jignesh Tejani)
Tera Mere Hai Pyaar Amar (Ishq Murshid)
Humko Humise Chura Lo (Mohabbatein)
Mera Laung Gawacha (Musarrat Nazir)
O Re Piya (Aaja Nachle)
Kal Ho Naa Ho (Kal Ho Na Ho)
Pee Loon (Mohit Chauhan)
Tujhe Dekha To (Anil Kumar Kamath)
Mundian Tu Bach Ke (Punjabi MC)
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Kuch Kuch Hota Hai)
Gur Nalo Ishq Mitha (Yo Yo Honey Singh)
Ho Jayegi Balle Balle (Daler Mehndi)
Sadi Gali (Tanu Weds Manu)
Lal Ghagra (Sahara)
Dil Luteya (Jazzy B)
G.O.A.T. (Diljit Dosanjh)
WORLD WAR MUSIC
American Patrol (Glenn Miller)
In The Mood (Glenn Miller)
Little Brown Jug (Glenn Miller)
A String Of Pearls (Glenn Miller)
The White Cliffs Of Dover (Vera Lynn) - clarinet
We’ll Meet Again (Vera Lynn) - clarinet
XMAS TUNES
A Spotless Rose
All I Want For Christmas Is You
Away In A Manger
Driving Home for Christmas
Feliz Navidad
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Have Yourself A Merry Little Xmas
I'll Be Home for Christmas
It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Jingle Bell Rock
Jingle Bells
Let It Snow
Mary's Little Boychild
Mistletoe and Wine
O Come All Ye Faithful
O You Merry
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
Silent Night
So This Is Christmas
Thank God It's Christmas
The First Noel
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
White Christmas
Winter Wonderland
I can operate entirely wirelessly and use battery power. I require a performance space of 1mx1m plus space for my wireless speaker to stand a few metres away to avoid feedback. My speaker is 14inches x 14inches.
I need to know any directions that will help me find the venue.
I bring my own sound equipment including my mic and speaker, and a receiver that plugs into the DJ decks.
I can provide a Spotify playlist service before, during or after my sets at an additional fee.
I played at the Ritz for a wedding. It was great to play at such a special venue in London.
I enjoy playing at weddings because everybody is so buzzy but I also enjoy the professional aspects of corporate events too.
I graduated with a BMUS degree (hons) from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2012. I'm an accomplished clarinettist and saxophonist, in both Classical and Jazz, as well as Swing, Pop and Funk. I'm very well-versed in both sight reading and improvisation. I represented my country in the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain at the tender age of 17, and have been playing professionally for the last 10 years at a variety of functions, including weddings and corporate events. I most recently opened for a very highly-regarded cooking business, @tarasvegantreats. I would like to continue my work in bringing venues to life through first-class performances as part of function bands, as well as in my solo background music, and DJ Sax performances where I perform alongside your pre-booked DJ.
My saxophone influences include the luscious, velvety sounds of Ben Webster as well as the emphatic pro sounds of Michael Brecker and David Sanborn.
Background music - I usually arrive about 1 hour before my performance so that I can set up my equipment and do a sound check. Usually 2x45min sets across 2 hours, and background music in between sets can be arranged. I usually play for 30 minutes for wedding ceremonies, including guest arrival, bridal entrance, signing of the register and exit.
Upbeat Party Sax - I usually arrive about 30 minutes before my performance. Roughly 3x30min sets across 2 hours, but these sets are not set in stone as I often jump on and off the sax throughout the entire 2 hours.
All these times can be adjusted to suit your needs.
I am happy to perform anywhere. For outdoor performances, I require shade if it's really sunny, and cover if it's raining.
Yes, you can be as much or as little involved in song selection as you like. You can handpick each individual song from my setlist and can choose other songs too if you wish. Or you can just give me a genre that you would like and leave the rest to me. Or if you're really not sure what music you would like, then we can have a call and I can suggest what genres and song selection usually work for your particular event.
St. Margaret's House, Bethnal Green, London
Thanks for playing at my supper club event in London. Your saxophone playing transformed the evening. The dinner guests were complimenting you throughout the night, and you really set an enjoyable tone for the evening and I love the way you had a diverse setlist for me to choose from in advance. Thank you Gemma, will definitely be booking again!
Reviewed by: Tara Acton
Stanton Community Village Hall, Suffolk
Gemma played a lively, hour long welcoming set as people were arriving for Stanton's VE Day afternoon celebrations. She was dressed in a smart, 1940s uniform and delivered a series of well researched, familiar songs from the era with gusto and aplomb, transporting us back in time. Her performance certainly set the mood for the afternoon, enabling the audience to enjoy these well-known songs on an alto sax and clarinet - each instrument chosen to best suit the song. Beautiful, well rehearsed melodies played by an accomplished, musician.
Porsche
Taras Vegan Treats
A variety of weddings
The Ritz
Wedding venues
Cadogan Hall
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Funeral / Memorial
Wedding Proposal
Concert
Religious Event
Recording Session
Cruise
Virtual Event
Charity Event
Theatre Show
Burns Night
Christmas Party
New Year's Eve
Classical
Film / TV
Musical Theatre
1920s Music
1930s Music
1940s Music
1950s Music
1960s Music
1970s Music
1980s Music
1990s Music
2000s+ Music
Jazz
Blues
Swing
Christmas
Military
Church Music
Electronic
House
Techno
Ibiza Club
Gospel
Easy Listening
Background Music
Pop
Acoustic
Covers
Disco
Funk
Hip Hop
Motown
R&B
Soul
Vintage
Rock
Britpop
Classic Rock
Indie
Rock 'n' Roll
Alternative Rock
Bollywood
Latin
Reggae
Ska
Instrumental
Can provide battery amplifier
Public liability insurance
DJ / background music options
Will travel internationally
PA / sound system included
Uses backing tracks
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