David will create a relaxing
mood for your wedding reception, drinks party, corporate entertaining, lunch or dinner, with foot-tapping numbers, gentle melodies and
show-stopping themes with full bodied tenor saxophone and mellow clarinet. The
change of instrument produces a refreshing contrast and feeling. A wide range of music from jazz standards, film and show music, Latin rhythms, (cha cha, bossa nova, samba etc), pops, Beatles, Frank Sinatra hits to name a few. (see playlist)
All played with high quality, rhythmic backing as demonstrated
on the 'audio samples' page.
For the past five years, David has been employed by an American cruise line as a show-band musician. Prior to that, he was principle alto saxophone in a local RAF voluntary wind band, clarinet in their woodwind ensemble and baritone saxophone in their big band. The wind band/ensembles played for regimental dinners, concerts, bandstands in London royal parks, toured in the UK and performed in Malta, Cyprus, Norway, Salzburg and a military base in south Germany.
Other musical experience includes a five-piece dance band and local community wind band. He is also a home tutor to adults and children and is registered to enter pupils for their Associated Board grade examinations.
Recent solo engagements include wedding receptions, cocktail parties, lunches, dinners and corporate events, nursing and residential homes for the elderly. The overall sound is adjusted according to the venue - large halls, open air, or more intimate locations - to ensure that guests can converse with ease.
He began playing clarinet at an early age, but decided to follow a technical career, and after a 5 year apprenticeship in telecommunications with the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, Mill Hill East, NW London, he joined the British Forces Broadcasting Service as a broadcast engineer and was initially posted to Cyprus. Other overseas areas include Malta, Germany, Hong Kong and two postings to the Falkland Islands.
David is a fully licensed amateur radio operator, and contacts other 'radio hams' all over the world with voice and morse code. His call-sign is G4RQU.
Music was always a part of his life and entertained with saxophone and clarinet in a variety of bands and ensembles. A well-travelled, family man, dedicated to people and entertainment.
All played with high quality, rhythmic backing as demonstrated
on the 'audio samples' page.
For the past five years, David has been employed by an American cruise line as a show-band musician. Prior to that, he was principle alto saxophone in a local RAF voluntary wind band, clarinet in their woodwind ensemble and baritone saxophone in their big band. The wind band/ensembles played for regimental dinners, concerts, bandstands in London royal parks, toured in the UK and performed in Malta, Cyprus, Norway, Salzburg and a military base in south Germany.
Other musical experience includes a five-piece dance band and local community wind band. He is also a home tutor to adults and children and is registered to enter pupils for their Associated Board grade examinations.
Recent solo engagements include wedding receptions, cocktail parties, lunches, dinners and corporate events, nursing and residential homes for the elderly. The overall sound is adjusted according to the venue - large halls, open air, or more intimate locations - to ensure that guests can converse with ease.
He began playing clarinet at an early age, but decided to follow a technical career, and after a 5 year apprenticeship in telecommunications with the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, Mill Hill East, NW London, he joined the British Forces Broadcasting Service as a broadcast engineer and was initially posted to Cyprus. Other overseas areas include Malta, Germany, Hong Kong and two postings to the Falkland Islands.
David is a fully licensed amateur radio operator, and contacts other 'radio hams' all over the world with voice and morse code. His call-sign is G4RQU.
Music was always a part of his life and entertained with saxophone and clarinet in a variety of bands and ensembles. A well-travelled, family man, dedicated to people and entertainment.
