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"Great range of music provided, and I especially liked the clarinet and saxophone pieces. For me the volume was about right and provided the right ambience for the event."

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"Gareth you are a fantastic organist and accompanist to work with - thank you for your skill and kindness"

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"Sam brings humour and knowledge of music to his rehearsals with an easy manner which makes learning enjoyable. He is an accomplished musician playing keyboard with great dexterity. I would heartily recommend him in any such capacity. "

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"We hired Sam to play the accordion at my uncles 90th birthday. Sam arrived early and we discussed the plan for the session. Sam has a warming personality and was very flexible in supporting the order of songs to be played. We had a great sing-along and Sam was very entertaining. I would highly recommend Sam"

Reply by Sam on Keys
Cheers Julie! Great party.

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"Mark, thanks for playing so beautifully at the Embassy 2 weeks ago, it was lovely to have you back with us again. "

Reply by Mark Burton - Wedding Organist / Pianist
Thanks for using me again for your exhibition at the Austrian Embassy Veronika, the pleasure was all mine - see you next year.

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"I've knows Sebastian for around 30 years now, he recently played the organ at my father's funeral. My dad was a keen amateur organist and had got to know Seb well over the years as had organised several concerts played by Seb. Seb made the service particularly moving, personal and accommodated all of my father's wishes - including a mini organ recital at the end. We can't thank Seb enough."

Reply by Sebastian Thomson
Thank you, Matthew. It was a particularly moving service as your father had been so good to me. The service was a wonderful tribute to a great man that loved organ music and personally had a hand in the building of the instrument at Wiveliscombe. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.

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"Gareth - thank you so much for everything you did, prepared and played at the Funeral last week. Wonderful playing, wonderful person to work with! JF"

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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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"We are still recovering from Saturday’s wedding but I wanted to thank you for all you did. The service was both happy and moving, the trio was brilliant and the secret performance is still being talked of. It was a truly wonderful day for us. "

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"Sebastian is a first rate musician of the highest calibre. He has played the organ for several of my choirs for which he has been outstanding, reliable, organised, easy to work with, prompt, communicative and always fully prepared. Sebastian has a professional consort of singers who are excellent and can be booked for church and corporate events. I would not hesitate to recommend his consort of singers, who can be booked through him, to anyone looking for a top notch choral group who are flexible with repertoire and extremely able to sing all genres to the highest standard. Sebastian has a deep knowledge of appropriate repertoire for a variety of church services and is always on hand to advise when needed. I fully commend Sebastian to anyone looking for a professional, highly skilled and reliable church musician who is equally at home conducting a choir or playing the organ for any church or corporate event."

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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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"Mark was so lovely and professional, he got started straight away and didn't need any help from me! He chose a great variety of songs from French to fit my 'Night in Paris' Theme as well as well known songs for my age group, 18-21. Everyone was complimenting him all night and a lot of people asked for his details as he was so good! I would definitely recommend him to anyone as well as hiring him again myself! Also, a great price for what we received! Thank you for making the night a lovely one Mark!"

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"The pianist was incredible, great music choice, he also played the wishes of the guests. It appeared that the same pianist was playing at the event in 2019 when our Lab organised a workshop and dinner in Homerton."

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"Mark, thank you so much for doing a brilliant job playing the organ for our wedding at Queens. Our guests commented on how great the organ sounded and we loved hearing Bollywood love themes played on the organ, that must be a first! Highly recommended."

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"Mark is a very talented pianist and was willing to learn new pieces for our wedding. He immediately understood what we were after in terms of style and made our ceremony really great. Mark has been fantastic from meeting up for initial discussions, to communicating through email, talking over the phone and arriving early on the day to ensure everything was set up properly. We'd highly recommend him to anyone in need of a pianist."

Reply by Mark Burton - Wedding Organist / Pianist
Thank you for a lovely review Natalie, everything went totally to plan for the big day at Madingley Hall! I'm so pleased that you are very happy with the results of all the hard work that went into the music - Everything Was Awsome!

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