GOOD EVENING! And welcome to… THE GIG REVIEW! “The leaves of brown came tumblin’ down, remember, In September in the rain.” – quoth Al Dubin, ‘September in the Rain’ As we progress into the ninth month of the year it always feels to me as though things begin to slow down a bit. The …
This week, I have been mostly practising… The teeny tiny squeaky squawky Eb clarionet! Why have I been doing that, you may wonder? Why put myself and my local community through such torment? Surely any instrument that requires earplugs merely to practise should not be permitted at all in civilised society! Well I’ll tell you …
Alright, before we go any further let me address the elephant in the room. You may have noticed that this blog is looking a little different from usual. Well that’s because, in a frankly thrilling burst of proactivity, I have finally got round to migrating the whole thing from Blogger to WordPress, meaning that it is …
I’m delighted to be making my debut performance with the fantastic Stockport Symphony Orchestra this Saturday (28th) at 7:30 pm in Stockport Town Hall. I’ve been drafted in to play the teeny tiny Eb clarionet for one of the more large-scale works in the symphonic repertoire – come along and watch! But what is the …
So here’s something I’ve been meaning to get around to for 3 years! Shortly after purchasing my baritone saxomophone at the start of 2017, I thought it would be fun to pick a woodwind-heavy piece of Broadway music and do a one-man reed section video. I imagined it would be particularly interesting for people to …
You may not have realised it yet, but today is a very special day and this is a very special blog post! For this is the 100th post I have written since starting this venture way back in 2017. To celebrate, I’ve been looking back into the mists of time and working hard to put …
Good afternoon world. It has come to my attention that I have been neglecting my hordes of adoring fans lately, with many of you (presumably) wondering and caring deeply about what I’ve been up to since my last update. So I thought now was the time to fill you in on all of my comings …
This week’s adventure takes me to Stockwell, where I’ll be attending the tale of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Wandsworth Road. I’ll be playing the shrill combination of piccolo, flute, Bb clarinet and (for 4 bars only!) Eb clarinet. Do make an effort to attend if you can – yesterday’s sitzprobe sounded pretty darn …
It’s been rather a while since my last update, so this is going to be something of a retrospective of the past month and a summary of all the wild things I’ve been up to. Just so you know I’ve been keeping busy. December got off to a roaring start, with a trip over to …
‘Tahiti!’ Bloomsbury Opera Saturday 25th – Sunday 26th March 8:00 Great Hall, Goodenough College, WC1N 2AB www.goodenough.ac.uk/opera This weekend sees me in Bloomsbury, where I shall be performing in the orchestra for ‘Tahiti!’! This show gives you two operas for the price of one (although they’re both quite short so that probably makes …
