Gemma is a professional saxophonist and clarinettist from London, England. She graduated with a BMUS degree (hons) from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2012, and holds grade 8 distinctions in both the clarinet and saxophone. Gemma is a highly accomplished player in both Classical, Jazz, Bollywood, Punjabi, RnB and House. She is very well-versed in both sight reading and improvisation. Her influences include the luscious, velvety sounds of Ben Webster as well as the emphatic pro sounds of Michael Brecker and David Sanborn. Gemma represented her country in the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain at the tender age of 17, and has been playing professionally for the last 10 years at a variety of functions, including weddings (both South Asian and Western), and corporate events. Gemma would like to continue her work in bringing venues to life through her first-class performances as part of function bands, at South Asian weddings, as well as in her solo background music, and her DJ Sax performances.
Based in Hornchurch, Essex
= areas covered (up to 100 miles)
= free travel (up to 20 miles)
TRADITIONAL CLASSICAL (CLARINET) - POPULAR FOR WEDDING
CEREMONIES
Adagio from 'Clarinet Concerto' (Mozart)
Air from 'Suite in D' (JS Bach)
Ave Maria (JS Bach/ Gounod)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Badinerie from 'Suite no.2' (JS Bach)
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Gluck)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (JS Bach)
Panis Angelicus (Franck)
Pavane op. 50 (Faure)
Pie Jesu from 'Requiem op. 48' (Faure)
Salut d'Amour (Elgar)
Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
Wedding March from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (Mendelssohn)
Wedding March from 'Lohengrin' (Wagner)
JAZZ BALLADS
As Time Goes By (Billie Holiday)
Autumn Leaves (Frank Sinatra)
Blue Moon (Dean Martin)
Fly Me To The Moon (Frank Sinatra)
Frankie And Johnny (Louis Armstrong)
How High The Moon (Ella Fitzgerald)
Moon River (Audrey Hepburn)
My Way (Frank Sinatra)
Night And Day (Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga)
Petite Fleur (Petula Clark)
Satin Doll (Ella Fitzgerald)
Stranger on the Shore (Aker Bilk)
Summertime (Gershwin, Norah Jones)
Take The A-Train (Ella Fitzgerald)
Wade In The Water (Eva Cassidy)
Wayfaring Stranger (Eva Cassidy)
SWING STANDARDS
American Patrol (Glenn Miller)
A String of Pearls (Glenn Miller)
Body and Soul (Amy Winehouse and Tony Bennett)
Caravan (Nat King Cole)
In the Mood (Glenn Miller)
Little Brown Jug (Glenn Miller)
Mack the Knife (Robbie Williams)
Mood Indigo (Ella Fitzgerald)
Oh, When the Saints (Louis Armstrong)
Perdido (Ella Fitzgerald)
Sentimental Journey (Doris Day)
Tequila (The Champs)
The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
The Lady is a Tramp (Lady Gaga ft. Tony Bennett)
POPULAR LOVE BALLADS
Against All Odds (Phil Collins)
A Groovy Kind Of Love (Phil Collins)
Ain’t no sunshine (Bill Withers)
All night long (Lionel Richie)
Angels (Robbie Williams)
Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Elton John)
Can’t help falling in love with you (Elvis Presley)
Careless Whisper (George Michael)
Every Breath You Take (The Police)
Everything I Do I Do It For You (Bryan Adams)
Have I Told You lately (Rod Stewart)
Hello (Lionel Richie)
How Deep Is Your Love (Take That)
How sweet it is to be loved by you (Marvin Gaye)
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (Aerosmith)
If You leave Me Now (Chicago)
Just The Two Of Us (Bill Withers)
Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel)
Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel) (longer version)
Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley)
You are so Beautiful (Joe Cocker)
You are the Sunshine of my Life (Stevie Wonder)
Your Song (Elton John)
OLD CLASSICS
All By Myself (Celine Dion)
A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum)
Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)
Black Velvet (Alannah Myles)
Blue Eyes (Elton John)
Down by the Salley Gardens (Maura O’Connell)
Dust In The Wind (Kansas)
Feelings (Shirley Bassey)
Greensleeves (Olivia Newton-John)
Imagine (John Lennon)
It’s still rock and roll to me (Billy Joel)
I Wonder Why (Curtis Stigers)
Morning Has Broken (Cat Stevens)
Nights in White Satin (The Moody Blues)
Plaisir d'amour - Can’t Help Falling In Love (Elvis Presley)
Smooth Operator (Sade)
Tears In Heaven (Eric Clapton)
The House Of The Rising Sun (The Animals)
This Is My Song (Petula Clarke)
Those Were The Days (Mary Hopkin)
Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
To Be With You (Mr. Big)
You Can Leave Your Hat On (Tom Jones)
You’ve Got A Friend (Carole King)
MOTOWN
Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell)
Dancing in the Street (Martha and the Vandellas)
I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye)
I Want You Back (The Jackson 5)
My Girl (The Temptations)
Reach Out I'll Be There (Four Tops)
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours (Stevie Wonder)
Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
Uptight (Everything's Alright) (Stevie Wonder)
You Can't Hurry Love (The Supremes)
70s and 80s
1999 (Prince)
Ain’t Nobody (Rufus, Chaka Khan)
Baggy Trousers (Madness)
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (Elton John and Kiki Dee)
Fake (Alexander O’Neal)
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (ABBA)
Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder)
Never Too Much (Luther Vandross)
Real Gone Kid (Deacon Blue)
Robert De Niro Is Waiting (Bananarama)
Summer of 69 (Bryan Adams)
Young Americans (David Bowie)
90s and 00s
Baby One More Time (Britney Spears)
Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (Kylie Minogue)
Hey Ya (OutKast)
I Don’t Feel Like Dancing (Scissor Sisters)
I Want It That Way (Backstreet Boys)
Mambo No. 5 (Lou Bega)
Since You Been Gone (Kelly Clarkson)
Sweet Disposition (The Temper Trap)
Toxic (Britney Spears)
Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
Wannabe (Spice Girls)
You Get What You Give (New Radicals)
21ST CENTURY TUNES
All Of Me (John Legend)
Back to Black (Amy Winehouse)
Birds Of A Feather (Billie Eilish)
Cheerleader (Omi)
Dance Monkey (Tones and I)
Despacito (Luis Fonsi)
Fallin’ (Alicia Keys)
Flowers (Miley Cyrus)
Georgia On My Mind (Michael Buble)
Hallelujah (Alexandra Burke)
Happy (Pharrell Williams)
Hero (Enrique Iglesias)
Mandy (Westlife)
Michael Buble Medley (Michael Buble)
Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
Perfect (Ed Sheeran) (original longer version)
Shape Of You (Ed Sheeran)
Something Stupid (Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman)
The Rose (Westlife)
Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
MODERN POP
Abracadabra (Lady Gaga)
All Of Me (John Legend)
Anti-Hero (Taylor Swift)
APT. (Rosé & Bruno Mars)
As It Was (Harry Styles)
Birds Of A Feather (Billie Eilish)
Die With a Smile (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars)
Espresso (Sabrina Carpenter)
Flowers (Miley Cyrus)
Levitating (Dua Lipa)
Ordinary (Alex Warren)
Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
Sad Girls (Bebe Rexha & David Guetta)
Safe And Sound (Capital Cities)
PARTY CLASSICS
Celebration (Kool and The Gang)
Come On Eileen (Dexys Midnight Runners)
Dancing In The Moonlight (Toploader)
Dancing Queen (ABBA)
Don’t Stop Me Now (Queen)
Happy (Pharrell Williams)
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Whitney Houston)
September (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Shut Up and Dance (Walk the Moon)
Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars)
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Wham)
We Are Family (Sister Sledge)
SAX CLASSICS
Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)
Candy (Cameo)
Careless Whisper (George Michael)
Jubel (Klingande)
Simply The Best (Tina Turner)
RnB
A Couple Minutes (Olivia Dean)
All For You (Janet Jackson)
Baby Boy (feat. Sean Paul) (Beyonce)
Crazy In Love (feat. JAY-Z) (Beyonce)
Dive (Olivia Dean)
End Of The Road (Boyz II Men)
Fallin’ (Alicia Keys)
Fantasy (Mariah Carey)
Ghetto Superstar (Pras ft. Wu-Tang Clan, and Mýa)
Killing Me Softly With His Song (Fugees, Lauryn Hill)
Let Me Love You (Mario)
No Scrubs (TLC)
Return Of The Mack (Mark Morrison)
Ride With Me (Nelly)
The Hardest Part (Olivia Dean)
Waterfalls (TLC)
Worth It (RAYE)
Yeah (Usher)
REGGAE
Buffalo Soldier (Bob Marley and The Wailers)
Could You Be Loved (Bob Marley and The Wailers)
Don’t Worry Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin)
I Can See Clearly Now (Jimmy Cliff)
In The Summertime (Shaggy, Rayvon)
Is This Love (Bob Marley and The Wailers)
Jamming (Bob Marley and The Wailers)
Kingston Town (UB40)
One Love (Bob Marley and The Wailers)
Red Red Wine (UB40)
The Liquidator Chelsea Anthem (The Harry J Allstars)
The Puerto Rico Song (Saxboy Billy)
Three Little Birds (Bob Marley and The Wailers)
MICHAEL JACKSON
Bad (Michael Jackson)
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
Dirty Diana (Michael Jackson)
Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough (Michael Jackson)
Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson)
Thriller (Michael Jackson)
ROCK
Baba O'Riley (The Who)
I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts)
Just Say Yes (Snow Patrol)
Livin' on a Prayer (Bon Jovi)
Mr. Brightside (Killers)
Paint It, Black (The Rolling Stones)
Sex On Fire (Kings of Leon)
Wonderwall (Oasis)
IBIZA SAX
All I Need (Ehrling)
Breeze (Ehrling)
Champagne Ocean (Ehrling)
Changes (Faul, Wad Ad, Pnau)
Dance With Me (Ehrling)
Esperanza (Yarden Saxophone)
Heart (Ehrling)
Jubel (Klingande)
Man With The Red Face (Mark Knight & Funkagenda)
New Day (Club Edit) (Max the Sax, Peter Cruseder)
Ocean (Ehrling)
One Day Sax (Bakermat)
Palm Trees (Ehrling)
Paris City Jazz (Bellaire)
Praise You (Gamper & Dadoni)
Promesses feat. B Lacoste (Dimmi)
Sax (Ehrling)
Sax Deep House Live (Yarden)
Saxo (Laurent Wolf)
State Of Mind (Ehrling)
Sthlm Sunset (Ehrling)
Sunday Shoutin’ (Johnny Corporate)
Sunset Syndrome (Ehrling)
Tondo (Disclosure)
Waikiki (Deep Chills)
Who Dares To Believe In Me (Marco Lys and Plaster Hands)
POPULAR CHILLED IBIZA
Adiós Ayer (José Padilla)
At The River (Groove Armada)
Breather 2000 (Arithunda Mix) (Afterlife)
Estelle (Café del Mar Mix) (A Man Called Adam)
In the Waiting Line (Zero 7)
Jubel (Klingande)
Les Nuits (Nightmares on Wax)
Offshore (Ambient Mix) (Chicane)
Porcelain (Moby)
Slip Into Something More Comfortable (Kinobe)
Swollen (Bent)
Teardrop (Massive Attack)
Vandaag (One Day) (Bakermat)
POPULAR HOUSE/DANCE MUSIC
Club Can’t Handle Me (Flo Rida featuring David Guetta)
Dare (Gorillaz)
Destination Calabria (Alex Gaudino)
Freed From Desire (Gala)
I Follow Rivers - Magicians Remix (Lykke Li)
I Gotta Feeling (Black Eyed Peas)
Infinity (Guru Josh)
Insomnia - Radio Edit (Faithless)
Jubel (Klingande)
Kickstarts (Example)
Lady (Hear Me Tonight) (Modjo)
Man With The Red Face (Mark Knight & Funkagenda)
Mr Saxobeat (Alexandra Stan)
Music Sounds Better With You (Stardust)
Ocean Drive (Duke Dumont)
One Kiss (Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa)
One More Time (Daft Punk)
Opus (Eric Prydz)
Piece of Your Heart (MEDUZA, Goodboys)
Pjanoo (Eric Prydz)
Prayer In C (Robin Schulz)
Show Me Love (Robin S)
Summer 91 (Noizu)
This Girl (Kungs)
Turn Me On (feat. Vula) (Riton, Oliver Heldens)
Waves (Mr. Probz, Robin Schulz)
Your Love 9pm (ATB, Topic, A7S)
GARAGE
21 Seconds (So Solid Crew)
A Little Bit Of Luck (DJ Luck and MC Neat)
Baby Cakes (3 of a kind)
Booooo! (Sticky ft. Ms Dynamite)
Bound For The Reload - Casualty (Oxide and Neutrino)
Fill Me In (Craig David)
Flowers (Sweet Female Attitude)
Imagine - Asylum Remix (Shola Ama)
Master Blaster (DJ Luck and MC Neat)
Sambuca (Wideboys)
Sorry (Monsta Boy)
LATIN/SALSA
All Of Me (Salsa version) (Raul Morel)
Bam Bam (Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran)
Careless Whisper (Bachata version) (Grupo Extra)
Chantaje (Shakira feat. Maluma)
Felices los 4 (Salsa version) (Marc Anthony, Maluma)
Flor Palida (Marc Anthony)
Immortal (Aventura)
I Want You Back (Tony Succar, Tito Nieves)
La Bachata (Manuel Turizo)
Mala (Marc Anthony)
Mas Que Nada (Sergio Mendes, Black Eyed Peas)
Ordinary (Bachata version) (Antonio Cusenza)
Pa’lla Voy (Marc Anthony)
Senorita (Bachata mix) (Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes)
Shape of You (salsa version) (Antony Nova)
Un Beso (Aventura)
Vente Pa’Ca (feat. Maluma) (Ricky Martin)
WORLD WAR MUSIC
A String Of Pearls (Glenn Miller)
American Patrol (Glenn Miller)
In The Mood (Glenn Miller)
Little Brown Jug (Glenn Miller)
The White Cliffs Of Dover (Vera Lynn) - clarinet
We’ll Meet Again (Vera Lynn) - clarinet
HALLOWEEN
Abracadabra (Lady Gaga)
Disturbia (Rihanna)
Dracula (Tame Impala & Jennie)
Ghostbusters (Ray Parker Jr.)
Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
Somebody's Watching Me (Rockwell)
Thriller (Michael Jackson)
Time Warp (from The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
Transylvania (McFly)
CHRISTMAS CLASSICS
A Spotless Rose
Away In A Manger
Driving Home for Christmas
Feliz Navidad
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Have Yourself A Merry Little Xmas
I'll Be Home for Christmas
It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Jingle Bell Rock
Jingle Bells
Let It Snow
Mary's Little Boychild
Mistletoe and Wine
O Come All Ye Faithful
O You Merry
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
Silent Night
So This Is Christmas
Thank God It's Christmas
The First Noel
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
White Christmas
Winter Wonderland
CHRISTMAS PARTYYYYYYYYYYY!
All I Want for Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey)
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Darlene Love)
Do They Know It's Christmas?" (Band Aid)
Feliz Navidad (José Feliciano)
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Andy Williams)
Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms)
Last Christmas (Wham!)
Merry Christmas Everyone (Shakin' Stevens)
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee)
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (The Jackson 5)
Santa Tell Me (Ariana Grande)
Sleigh Ride (The Ronettes)
Step into Christmas (Elton John)
Underneath the Tree (Kelly Clarkson)
Wonderful Christmastime (Paul McCartney)
CLASSIC SOUTH ASIAN (inc. BOLLYWOOD WEDDING CLASSICS)
Humko Humise Chura Lo (Mohabbatein)
Kal Ho Naa Ho (Kal Ho Na Ho)
Kaun Tujhe (M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story by Jignesh Tejani)
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Kuch Kuch Hota Hai)
O Re Piya (Aaja Nachle)
Pee Loon (Mohit Chauhan)
Tera Mere Hai Pyaar Amar (Ishq Murshid)
Tere Mast Mast Do Nain (Dabangg)
Tujhe Dekha To (Anil Kumar Kamath)
PUNJABI
Dil Luteya (Jazzy B)
Do You Know (Diljit Dosanjh)
G.O.A.T. (Diljit Dosanjh)
Gur Nalo Ishq Mitha (Yo Yo Honey Singh)
Ho Jayegi Balle Balle (Daler Mehndi)
Illegal Weapon (Garry Sandhu)
Kitho (The PropheC)
Lal Ghagra (Sahara)
Mera Laung Gawacha (Musarrat Nazir)
Mundian Tu Bach Ke (Punjabi MC)
Sadi Gali (Tanu Weds Manu)
I can operate entirely wirelessly and use battery power. I require a performance space of 1mx1m plus space for my wireless speaker to stand a few metres away to avoid feedback. My speaker is 14inches x 14inches.
I bring my own sound equipment including my mic and speaker, and a receiver that plugs into the DJ decks.
I need to know any directions that will help me find the venue.
Yes.
An Evening With Sam Allardyce
My saxophone influences include the luscious, velvety sounds of Ben Webster as well as the emphatic pro sounds of Michael Brecker and David Sanborn.
I graduated with a BMUS degree (hons) from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2012. I'm an accomplished clarinettist and saxophonist, in both Classical and Jazz, as well as Swing, Pop and Funk. I'm very well-versed in both sight reading and improvisation. I represented my country in the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain at the tender age of 17, and have been playing professionally for the last 10 years at a variety of functions, including weddings and corporate events. I most recently opened for a very highly-regarded cooking business, @tarasvegantreats. I would like to continue my work in bringing venues to life through first-class performances as part of function bands, as well as in my solo background music, and DJ Sax performances where I perform alongside your pre-booked DJ.
I enjoy playing at weddings because everybody is so buzzy but I also enjoy the professional aspects of corporate events too.
I tailor my set to match the exact energy you want. I can provide smooth, laid-back background jazz and swing for drinks receptions or dinners, and then switch to high-energy ibiza-style sax, pop, and dancefloor classics to get everyone partying later in the night.
Background music - I usually arrive about 1 hour before my performance so that I can set up my equipment and do a sound check. Usually 3x30min sets across 2 hours, and background music in between sets can be arranged. I usually play for 30 minutes for wedding ceremonies, including guest arrival, bridal entrance, signing of the register and exit.
Upbeat Party Sax - I usually arrive about 30 minutes before my performance. Roughly 3x30min sets across 2 hours, but these sets are not set in stone as I often jump on and off the sax throughout the entire 2 hours.
All these times can be adjusted to suit your needs.
I am happy to perform anywhere. For outdoor performances, I require shade if it's really sunny, and cover if it's raining.
Yes, you can be as much or as little involved in song selection as you like. You can handpick each individual song from my setlist and can choose other songs too if you wish. Or you can just give me a genre that you would like and leave the rest to me. Or if you're really not sure what music you would like, then we can have a call and I can suggest what genres and song selection usually work for your particular event.
Hockley, London, UK.
1st August 2026
Gemma our amazing sax player...Absolutely made our night, she was amazing and so friendly. Loved that she brought such a magical moment together! What an incredible day. Would absolutely love to hire her again. She brought her own speakers and set up before with ease. I wish I could listen to her music at every event. 1000000/10.
Reviewed by: Summer Osborne
The Montague on the Gardens, London, UK.
6th June 2026
We were absolutely delighted to have Gemma perform at my 40th birthday celebration. She played two fantastic sets that created the perfect atmosphere and kept guests entertained throughout the evening. Her talent, professionalism, and stage presence were exceptional, and so many of our guests commented on how much they enjoyed her performance. What made the experience even more special was the time and effort she put in before the event. She kindly helped me rehearse two songs in advance.
Sam Allardyce (English football manager)
@taras vegan treats (highly successful vegan cooking business)
The Ritz
Hilton Hotel
Fennes Manor House
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Funeral / Memorial
Wedding Proposal
Concert
Religious Event
Recording Session
Charity Event
Theatre Show
Burns Night
Christmas Party
New Year's Eve
1960s Music
1970s Music
1980s Music
1990s Music
2000s+ Music
Jazz
Latin Jazz
Swing
Christmas
Military
House
Ibiza Club
Background Music
Pop
Disco
Funk
Motown
R&B
Soul
Vintage
Rock
Britpop
Classic Rock
Asian Music
Bollywood
Bhangra
Indian Music
Latin
Reggae
Salsa
Can provide battery amplifier
Uses backing tracks
PA / sound system included
Will travel internationally
DJ / background music options
Public liability insurance
Instrumental
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