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"Mark Burton is a fantastic musician and band leader (MD) I really enjoy watching him play and the sounds he creates "

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"Gareth Giles is an absolutely outstanding organist and professional musician. He took so much trouble to meet with us and put us at ease before the wedding. His knowledge, experience and playing is stunning and he totally won us over in minutes with his innate musicality and infectious personality, warm and enthusiasm. He nearly me us both cry on the day with the absolutely breathtaking music for our ceremony. Our guests commented on his style and finesse Gareth thank you so much for all that you did for us WE COMPLETELY RECCOMENDED THIS WONDER-GUY to anyone looking for a superb, kind, witty and consummate musician He plays pretty mean jazz piano for receptions and functions too !!! Thanks G"

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"Michael played the organ for our wedding and made the ceremony very special. Michael played all our entrance/ exit songs and hymn requests beautifully. Michael also played various songs as guests were arriving which added perfectly to the atmosphere. I would 100% recommend Michael!"

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"Mark, thank you so much for playing the organ so beautifully. We really loved both the musical renditions and the hymns you played. You're right it did sound magnificent on the new organ! Thanks again for all your help and support, you really helped make the day special and run smoothly!"

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"Mark played in the bar at the Christmas Ball at RAF Wyton. The music was great, he played lots of Christmas music as requested, and we had lots of positive feedback. This is the second time we had booked him, as he also played at our Summer Ball earlier in the year. Mark was very friendly, flexible, easy to book, and really added to the atmosphere. We would recommend!"

Reply by Mark Burton - Wedding Organist / Pianist
Thanks for your lovely review Alex, I had a great time too, and I look forward to the next one!

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"Gareth Giles is the consummate musician for all styles, occasions, services and ceremonies. I have never in my professional life had the pleasure of hearing such virtuoso organ playing and astounding improvisatory and extemporisation skills. When you have the PLEASURE to meet Gareth you will discover he is also a concert pianist, composer, arranger, conductor,accompanist in ANY style, jazz player and advanced music tutor. Gareth is approachable, witty, incredibly gifted and a warm engaging man to work with - do contact this humble genius !! Regards"

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"I had the pleasure of working with Mark at Britta and Matt's wedding at Balliol College Chapel, Oxford last Saturday. He played the organ beautifully before and during their wedding ceremony, and was highly professional organising the timings with me and ensuring the entrance and exit of the bridal party went smoothly. The couple, as well as many of their guests, mentioned how fabulous Mark's playing was."

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"Mark is, quite simply, exceptional. When we were looking for an organist for our wedding, he was the the most responsive, enthusiastic and engaging of anyone that we contacted. He took great care to ensure that we had the pieces of music that we wanted and he surprised us with his range of musical genres. On the day of the wedding, Mark turned up early and spent a lot of time familiarising himself with the church organ. He also brought his own equipment as a back-up which we thought was a good idea. His performance during the wedding ceremony was faultless and had the whole congregation singing along! We could not have been happier with our choice of Mark as our organist. He is great!"

Reply by Mark Burton - Wedding Organist / Pianist
Thank you Brian and Nicki for such a lovely review, I'm so pleased that the music was so well received by everyone present. We really did have a variety of music didn't we, Vivaldi to Genesis! You were both a pleasure to work with, and I wish you luck with everything that you do in the future. Mark (June 2016)

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"Gareth is brilliant! I did a saxophone Diploma a few weeks ago, and my arranged accompanist pulled out just a month in advance, but Gareth stepped in (in spite of an extremely busy Christmas season) and made time to rehearse with me thoroughly and accompany me in the exam. By the time the test came round I felt totally confident and prepared. His accompaniment was excellent, he communicated with me and followed my quirky timings, he responded to emails really quickly, and he's also a lovely guy."

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"This Concert was absolutely amazing. Gareth was entertaining and informative whilst happy to answer questions between each piece and involve the audience. He is so very skilful in what he does and appears to have a vast repertoire to suit all tastes and genres. I am going to keenly look out for Gareth's other Performances and will definitely be recommending him to all I speak to. I even purchased one of his CDs and it is fabulous!"

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"Des played piano at our Church for our marriage ceremony, we gave him modern music to learn and play and he did so brilliantly, and was also happy to undertake some (very) last minute changes. Des is a fantastic chap and no job was too big or too small. Cannot recommend Des enough!!"

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"Dez played saxophone and piano at our wedding at the Limes Country Lodge in Earlswood. Dez was recommended by the Limes and we were so happy that he agreed to play at our wedding. Our guests loved the music that Dez compiled for us. The whole day was fabulous but Dez provided that little extra something with the beautiful music . In addition to this Dez was extremely professional… answered messages, queries we had and met with us to discuss our options. If you want to add a little touch of class to your event then we would definitely recommend Dez to make it happen!! "

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"We cannot rate Mark highly enough, he played for us at our wedding drinks reception on our venues own baby grand piano. He is extremely talented and plays beautiful music with the greatest of ease, making it look effortless. Our guests were also very impressed with him, we recieved several lovely comments on how good and how friendly he was, playing any tunes they wanted too. I only wish I could of spent longer listening to him play! "

Reply by Mark Burton - Wedding Organist / Pianist
Thank you so much for your feedback Ellen, it was a lovely day at Kelmarsh Hall - and I'm pleased that you are happy with my performance. You both looked radiant on the day, and the weather played it's part too! Good luck for the future, please keep in touch x

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"I have recently completed the first of what I hope will be many shows with Mark as my Musical Director on my show "A Portrait of Matt Monro". Mark is without doubt an experienced accomplished musician and wonderful accompanist. His repertoire is extensive from classics to modern and I would thoroughly recommend him to anyone who wants a top class professional pianist, whether for background music at a wedding or dinner event or as a featured pianist. "

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"Mark, thank you for playing the piano so beautifully last night, it was just perfect."

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