I have now been playing musical instruments for over 40 years, and have extensive experience in the following types of performance:-
- Big Band
- Saxophone quartets and larger ensembles
- Theatre pit orchestras
- Soul/pop/function bands
- Wind orchestras
- Classical orchestral performances
- Solo performer
As a theatre pit orchestra player I’ve been involved in a wide range of shows with some fantastic amateur dramatic societies, including the following (though I’m sure to have missed something!):-
- 9 to 5
- The Addams Family
- Aladdin (Panto)
- All Shook Up
- Annie
- Anything Goes
- Barnum
- Beauty and the Beast
- The Boyfriend
- Bugsy Malone
- Cabaret
- Calamity Jane
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- A Christmas Carol
- Cinderella (Panto)
- Crazy for You
- Curtains
- Dick Whittington (Panto)
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
- Evita
- FAME
- Follies
- Footloose
- Full Monty
- Ghost
- Grease
- Guys & Dolls
- Gypsy
- Hairspray
- High Society
- Jack & The Beanstalk (Panto)
- King & I
- Kiss Me, Kate
- La Cage Aux Folles
- Legally Blonde
- Les Misérables
- Little Shop of Horrors
- Mack & Mabel
- Made in Dagenham
- Me & My Girl
- Oklahoma
- Oliver
- Our House
- Phantom of the Opera
- The Producers
- Singin’ In The Rain
- Sister Act
- Sleeping Beauty (Panto)
- Snow White (Panto)
- South Pacific
- Starlight Express
- Sweeney Todd
- Sweet Charity
- We Will Rock You
- West Side Story
- Whistle Down The Wind
- Witches of Eastwick
- Wizard of Oz
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- 9 to 5
- Aladdin (Panto)
- All Shook Up
- Annie
- Anything Goes
- Barnum
- Beauty and the Beast
- The Boyfriend
- Bugsy Malone
- Cabaret
- Calamity Jane
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- A Christmas Carol
- Cinderella (Panto)
- Crazy for You
- Curtains
- Dick Whittington (Panto)
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Evita
- FAME
- Follies
- Footloose
- Full Monty
- Ghost
- Grease
- Guys & Dolls
- Gypsy
- Hairspray
- High Society
- Jack & The Beanstalk (Panto)
- King & I
- Kiss Me, Kate
- La Cage Aux Folles
- Legally Blonde
- Les Misérables
- Little Shop of Horrors
- Mack & Mabel
- Made in Dagenham
- Me & My Girl
- Oklahoma
- Oliver
- Our House
- Phantom of the Opera
- The Producers
- Singin’ In The Rain
- Sister Act
- Sleeping Beauty (Panto)
- South Pacific
- Starlight Express
- Sweeney Todd
- Sweet Charity
- We Will Rock You
- West Side Story
- Whistle Down The Wind
- Witches of Eastwick
- Wizard of Oz
As a theatre musician I have to play a wide range of instruments, and not just the sax. Â I regularly use all of these (and other instruments are on the ‘shopping list’) :-
- Soprano Sax
- Alto Sax
- Tenor Sax
- Clarinet
- Flute
- Piccolo