Monday, 18 May 2009

Gershwin Concerto done!

After working for what seemed like years on the Gershwin Piano Concerto, I performed it on Saturday with the excellent Nottingham Symphony Orchestra. Despite playing with an injury (I fell off my bike and hurt my fingers four days before the concert) the performance went down very well with the audience. There's even a small write up here. I have now officially caught the Concerto bug, and cannot wait to perform another one. I will now be contacting various local orchestras to see if they need a soloist. Watch this space...

Wednesday, 13 May 2009

More Easy Star Support gigs

Over the past two weeks I have been playing more gigs with Ed Rome and the Connectors (supporting the Easy Star All Stars). It was particularly good to meet up with the Easy Stars again, who we toured with last year. They are in the middle of a world tour, promoting their new album 'Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Dub band', a reggae interpretation of the famous Beatles album. As ever, the gigs were well attended and we were very well received.