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"We were let down at the last minuet and lost not only our venue but our music too! I contacted Mark on the Tuesday before our party on the Friday and he was brilliant. I could only hope I had made a good decision. Mark was there when we returned from the church and proceeded to play beautiful music all evening he was truly amazing, everyone really enjoyed him playing, he was versitile, had a huge repertoire, and even played for my daughter to sing. I couldn't have asked for more a truly lovely day. Thankyou "

Reply by Mark Burton - Wedding Organist / Pianist
Thank you for a lovely review Lucy, I'm glad that you were happy with Friday evening. It was a pleasure spending the evening with you all, thank you for the meal! Friday 15th September 2017

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"Excellent background music provided."

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"Lester is a fantastic teacher who accompanied me on the piano on multiple occasions, always very patient when I couldn't count bars rest and constantly being supportive and willing to help. Would recommend his piano teaching to anyone with any level of skill! "

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"Gareth transposed/re-arranged/jazzed up some music for me to play in a soul band at very short notice. The music he produced was spot on despite having no knowledge of the band or how they played - amazing! Thank you."

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"Sam was amazing in every way - he was accomodating with all song requests and played our ceremony and reception drinks beautifully! He was such a professional and entertaining performer. Even before we booked Sam, he accommodated every query I had - I including sending me a bespoke video of songs I wanted him to perform! Thank you so much Sam!"

Reply by Sam on Keys
Thanks, Louisa! I was really pleased to be part of such a lovely day - and the weather played nice!

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"Des kindly played the piano at our Friendship Dinners. Des is a fantastic Pianist and his playing really added to the ambiance of the evening. Des was a warm and friendly person and we would not hesitate to ask Des to play at events in the future. Thank you Des."

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"We had a fabulous afternoon with the music from Mark making it very special. He is excellent at judging what the guests like to hear and ours loved everything he played. We were in the garden, a balmy afternoon and when guests arrived to a glass of Pimms....Mark set such a relaxing and restful tone. Highly recommend him, friendly, very talented and so professional. We had a great day."

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"Thanks for your brilliant playing at our wedding Gareth. You were amazing and made our day :) Thanks for meeting us to talk it through and your sense of fun. OUTSTANDING musician !!!!!!!"

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"Gareth - dude , man what a guy ! Thanks a bunch again. Your music was amazing. It was a really good idea of yours to Skype to discuss what we wanted as we did not have a clue so you playing so many 100's of options live for us was absolutely brilliant. It was a real shame we could not meet you live until the day as we has such fun in that long Skype call and your humour and comments had us in stitches ! On the day your playing was exquisite as my Mother put it and Louise found herself entranced when she was meant to be doing the registers as she wanted to listen to the beautiful selection of John Rutter anthems that you had arranged specially as there was no choir. We cannot recommend this musician more highly for Gareth is one cool guy, lovely to work with, knows everything and plays with command, authority and sheer joy. A lovely bloke and a real professional. Thanks Gareth for making our planning fun and our day so enjoyable - IF YOU READ THIS BOOK HIM"

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"It was my big birthday and Michael was amazing. His playing was superb and seemed to understand the guests tastes so we had such a great time. He is ultra smart which is important all in all I would highly recommend him."

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"Fantastic caring utterly professional brilliant musician. Thoroughly recommend Gareth to anyone."

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"Gareth accompanied my son for his recent violin exam He makes the whole experience fun and had my nervous and grumpy son relaxed and laughing within minutes during the rehearsal I was stunned at what this GENIUS and gifted, talented accompanist and teacher was able to draw out of my son in so short a space of time. He even did work on the aural tests which had been previously refused at home or in lessons and my son achieved FULL marks in that section and a distinction overall !!! What more can I say ?!!! He was only predicted a pass and it was Gareth's skills and encouragement that brought out the BEST in the student. As an ex teacher I recognise Gareth's innate gift for enthusing and engaging the young mind and his accompaniment and musicianship skills are simply amazing. He was kind, helpful and exceptionally generous with his time staying for over DOUBLE the time for which we had paid to make sure my son was at ease with every aspect of the exam My son now wants to continue the violin, has been practising and has remembered all the performance techniques and nuances that Gareth has embued. ANY PARENT reading this looking for a superb and kind accompanist should look no further. Gareth thank you from Shawn and all of us. You are a genius !!"

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"We wanted some background music for our daughters Christening reception, having heard Mark play before, we knew he was what we was looking for. He was fantastic and really completed the mood, an amazingly talented very friendly man. Thank you Mark."

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"Goodness me this guy is good! If you want to have passion, enthusiasm, joy and life in your musician, then look no further. Des is an extremely talented musician able to play anything that you can imagine - so if you're worried about genre, then don't. Aside from Des' perfoming abilities he is also thoughtful and dependable. I'd thoroughly recommend him and can honestly say that I've always enjoyed working with him."

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" have know James Lloyd Thomas for nearly twenty years. James is a high-calibre musician, who is equally at home as an organist, choral director and orchestral conductor. He has rightly gained a reputation as an acclaimed performer and tutor, and I recommend him wholeheartedly for your event. "

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