Solo, Duo, or Trio

Ref: AJ is a classical guitarist with a difference.  She brings a fresh, modern repertoire to entertain to delight your guests.  Whether playing solo, in a flute/guitar duo, or as a trio with three duelling guitars, this guitarist turns heads with her flowing rhythm and lightness of touch. Fantastic for wedding breakfasts and intimate corporate events.

Artistic Collaboration and World Tours

This guitarist has a passion for collaboration; her world takes her worldwide including venues such as The Tate Britain, Düsseldorf's Sechs Tage Festival, and Festivals in Britain, Holland, France, Hong Kong and Japan.

She has collaborated with the finest touring companies, ranging from the 'Hartland Chamber Opera', to Japanese puppet group 'Saruhachi-Za' in a production of 'The She-Fox of Shinoda' (a Japanese folk tale set to music by British composer Colin Hodgetts).

A Vibrant, Modern Repertoire

As a Chamber musician this guitarist performs in a trio, covering a modern range of musical styles.  This modern approach includes Spanish and Latin American works, World Music (from Bulgarian folk to Brazilian Jazz!), arrangements of Renaissance Fantasias and contemporary pieces written especially for the trio.  This trio were also invited to perform at the Charlton Kings Guitar Festival and the Brighton Fringe Festival.

This guitarist can perform solo at your event, or with an uplifting flute. She can also perform as a trio or add a dancer, if required.

Solo Repertoire:

Wedding Ceremonies and Popular Classics:

• Stanley Myers - 'Cavatina' (Theme from 'The Deerhunter'
• Jobim - 'The Girl From Ipanema'
• Elvis Costello - 'She' (Theme From 'Notting Hill')
• Dolly Parton - 'I Will Always Love You' (Theme from Whitney Houston's 'The Bodyguard')
• Bryan Adams - 'Everything I Do' (Theme from 'Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves'
• Roy Orbison - 'Pretty Woman'
• English Traditional- 'Greensleeves'
• Bach - 'Prelude' and 'Minuet'
• The Beatles - 'Hey Jude' and 'Michelle' (as arranged by Takemitsu)

British Composers :

• Richard Rodney Bennett - 'Impromptus'
• Gilbert Biberian - 'Colombine' and 'Haiku'
• Benjamin Britten - 'Nocturnal after John Dowland'
• Phil Cashian - 'Talvi' and 'Black Venus'
• Piers Hellawell - 'Improvise! Improvise!
• Reginald Smith Brindle - 'El Polifemo de Oro'
• Walton - 'Bagatelles'
• Pete Wyer - 'Flap' (guitar and dancer) and 'Lullaby for Laura Snowball'
• Michael Zev Gordon - 'Bells, Lachrimae and Stillness'

Spanish Composers-

• Albeniz - 'Cadiz'
• De Falla - 'Homenaje'
• Milan - 'Six Pavanes' and 'Fantasia XI'
• Mudarra- 'Fantasia que Contrahaze la Harpa en la Manera de Luduvico'
• Narvaez - 'Diferencias sobre Guardame Las Vacas'
• Tarrega - 'Gran Vals'
• Torroba - 'Notturno', 'Madronos', 'Sonatina in A'

Australian Composers-

• Phillip Houghton - 'Stele'
• Peter Sculthorpe - 'Into the Dreaming'
• Paul Stanhope - 'Mularra Lament'

Rest of The World-

• Barrios (Paraguayan) - 'Julia Florida'
• Leo Brouwer (Cuban) - 'Elogio de la Danza'
• Carlo Domeniconi (Italian) - 'Schnee in Istanbul'
• Ottavio Negro (Italian) - 'Prime Luci', 'Le Ore Ardenti del Meriggio', 'Quando e Sera'
• Elliott Carter (American) - 'Shard'
• Andrew York (American) - 'Sunburst'
• Roland Dyens (French) - 'Tango en Skai'
• Ginastera (Argentinian) - 'Sonata Op. 47'
• Villa-Lobos (Brazilian) - '5 Preludes'
• Pernambuco (Brazilian) - 'Sons de Carilhoes'
• Ponce (Mexican) - 'Sonatina Meridional'

Flute/Guitar Duo :

• J S Bach - 'Sicilienne' (From 'Sonata in E Flat Major'
• Pachelbel - 'Canon'
• Mozart - 'Romance' (From 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik')
• Theme from the Film 'Spartacus'
• Theme 'Speak Softly' from the film 'The Godfather'
• Brahms - 'Waltz'
• Fauré - 'Pavane'
• Selections from the film 'Fiddler on the Roof'
• Arrangements of Purcell, Handel, Telemann, Haydn and Schubert.

Collaboration Repertoire-

• Boulez - 'Le Marteau Sans Maitre'
• Maxwell Davies - 'The Martyrdom of St. Magnus' (Opera)
  'The Lighthouse' (Opera)
• Globokar - 'Eisenberg'
• Ottavio Negro (Italian) - 'Prime Luci', 'Le Ore Ardenti del Meriggio', 'Quando e Sera'
• Elliott Carter (American) - 'The She-Fox of Shinoda' (Japanese 'Bunya' Puppet Opera)
• Pete Wyer - 'Flap' (for Guitar and Dancer)
• Webern - '5 Pieces for Orchestra op. 10'
• Weill - 'Little Threepenny Suite'
• Rodrigo - 'Concierto de Aranjuez'
• Poul Ruders - 'Psalmodies'
• Vivaldi - 'Lute Concerto in D major'