The Classical Guitar Agency - The Romantic Guitar Agency - Spanish, Classical and Flamenco Guitarists for weddings and other special occasions

Beautiful Music for Weddings and other Special Occasions

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Credits:
This superb trio consists of an established classical guitarist, a much-travelled bassist and a top international percussionist.

The result is a unique crossover of Classical guitar and Latin Jazz, inspired by South American composers such as Jobim, Almeida and Baden Powell.

Style:
This beautiful music encompasses many styles, from romantic and intimate sounds of the classical guitar, to the sophisticated ambience of Latin jazz, through to the exciting rhythmic styles of authentic Latin American tradition.

Performances:
These can all be tailored for any event, from background accompaniment for parties, dinners, weddings and corporate functions, to full concert performances.

Functions:
Dinners Eating, drinking and conversing can be enjoyed to the setting of beautiful, non-intrusive Latin music.

Subtle amplification is used to fill out any size of room, without stifling conversation.

Wedding Receptions:
An extremely popular choice, for when the party is underway!
Songs can be arranged on request.

Parties:
The choice of playing material can be chosen to reflect the mood, from rhythmic samba-style Latin jazz, to sing-along classics, through to relaxing Classical/Latin Jazz pieces to create a certain sophisticated atmosphere or to wind down with at the end of the night.

Biography#1: The Guitarist:

He started playing at the age of six. After winning several arts competitions, he gained a music scholarship with the Amersham & Wycombe Music Centre, and had reached the final for the regional Young Musician of the Year by the age of twelve, which was aired live on the BBC.

From this classical background, he went on to train at the University of Salford, gaining a degree in Popular Music and Recording. He has undertaken live session work in the UK for musicals such as 'Grease', 'Joseph' and 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' .

He is a teacher, composer and an accomplished performer of many different guitar styles, namely Classical, Romantic, Spanish and Flamenco, through to Latin Jazz, Rock and Pop. He currently works with many UK agencies and performs regularly at a prestigious hotel in Dogmersfield.

He has worked with the likes of Henry Olsen (formerly of Primal Scream) and Tim Weller (drummer and brother of Paul) and currently plays and writes songs for a highly rated original London band who have performed at venues such as the Cambridge Folk Festival.

He is currently on the books for a leading Record Label as a session guitarist and is a highly respected guitar teacher with residence at The Royal Masonic and St Clement Danes schools, as well as the Watford School of Music.

Biography#2: The Bassist:

He has a wealth of musical history, touring/writing with Australia's own 'Taxiride' (Warner Music) and 'CBD' (Sony Music), supporting artists such as Tina Arena, Mark Lizzote (Diesel) and Jimmy Barnes to name but a few.

In London, he plays with Ola Onabule, The Real People, Noel Mc Coy, and various sessions. 5-star Hotel residencies include Sheraton Walker-Hill in Seoul South Korea, Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Tateshina Private Resort in Nagano, Japan.

Biography#3: The Percussionist:

He has been a freelance professional musician specialising in drums and percussion for seven years. In this time he has accumulated experience in many different areas.

Having studied from the age of eleven in orchestras and bands, involving performances at the Royal Albert Hall and reaching Grade 8 on Drums, he went on to study Music at Salford University gaining a 2:1 B.A. Hons. degree in Popular Music and Recording.

Now based in North London, he is involved in many different band projects which require a wide range of styles such as; Brazilean Batacuda and Bossa-nova, Cuban Charanga and Salsa, Pop percussion/drums, New Orleans Funk, Country, Rock, Folk, Jazz and musicals such as ‘Oliver' and ‘Oh What a Lovely War'.

He has worked with bassist Henry Olson (formerly of Primal Scream), producer and songwriter, Alexis Smith (Moulin Rouge and David Gray).

He has toured extensively around the UK, Germany and Cuba with many different acts and hopes to visit Brazil in the near future.

Teaching appointments are currently held at St Clement Danes School, Chorleywood and at schools in the Enfield area.

He has recently completed building his own personal recording & rehearshal studio at his home which will soon be featured in a major music & sound magazine.

Standard Repertoire:

Here is an example set-list, broken into three genres.

The programme can be weighted towards a specific genre.

Classical / Latin American	Jazz / Latin Jazz	Popular
Samba Triste	Girl From Ipanema	Just the Two Of Us
Tango	Someone To Watch Over Me	Killing Me Softly
The Sound of Bells	Corcavado	And I love Her
Walking in Rio	Cherry Pink…	If I fell
Danza Brasiliera	A Day In The Life Of A Fool	Wonderful World
Canto Do Ossanha	As Time Goes By	Always On My Mind
Apelo	Round Midnight	Have I Told You Lately
Air on a G-String	Moon Indigo	Don't Know Why
Consolacao	In A Mellow Tone	How Deep Is Your Love
Xango	Perdido	Feelings

...and any other requests!

Guitarists

Our Artists

Demo CD

Now Playing

>All Artists >GE-02

Agency Ref# GE-02

Credits:

This superb trio consists of an established classical guitarist, a much-travelled bassist and a top international percussionist.

The result is a unique crossover of Classical guitar and Latin Jazz, inspired by South American composers such as Jobim, Almeida and Baden Powell.

Style:

This beautiful music encompasses many styles, from romantic and intimate sounds of the classical guitar, to the sophisticated ambience of Latin jazz, through to the exciting rhythmic styles of authentic Latin American tradition.

Performances:

These can all be tailored for any event, from background accompaniment for parties, dinners, weddings and corporate functions, to full concert performances.

Functions:

Dinners Eating, drinking and conversing can be enjoyed to the setting of beautiful, non-intrusive Latin music.

Subtle amplification is used to fill out any size of room, without stifling conversation.

Wedding Receptions:

An extremely popular choice, for when the party is underway!

Songs can be arranged on request.

Parties:

The choice of playing material can be chosen to reflect the mood, from rhythmic samba-style Latin jazz, to sing-along classics, through to relaxing Classical/Latin Jazz pieces to create a certain sophisticated atmosphere or to wind down with at the end of the night.

Biography#1: The Guitarist:

He started playing at the age of six. After winning several arts competitions, he gained a music scholarship with the Amersham & Wycombe Music Centre, and had reached the final for the regional Young Musician of the Year by the age of twelve, which was aired live on the BBC.

From this classical background, he went on to train at the University of Salford, gaining a degree in Popular Music and Recording. He has undertaken live session work in the UK for musicals such as 'Grease', 'Joseph' and 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' .

He is a teacher, composer and an accomplished performer of many different guitar styles, namely Classical, Romantic, Spanish and Flamenco, through to Latin Jazz, Rock and Pop. He currently works with many UK agencies and performs regularly at a prestigious hotel in Dogmersfield.

He has worked with the likes of Henry Olsen (formerly of Primal Scream) and Tim Weller (drummer and brother of Paul) and currently plays and writes songs for a highly rated original London band who have performed at venues such as the Cambridge Folk Festival.