Education
Trinity College London
Magdalene College Cambridge (Organ Scholar) Musical Director Footlights
Qualifications
M.A. in English and Music
Fellow of the Royal College of Organists
Musical Director (theatre)
Jesus Christ Superstar (Palace Theatre)
Godspell (Cameron Mackintosh) Her Majesty's & Prince of Wales
Evita (Robert Stigwood,Hal Prince, Elaine Paige ) Prince Edward
Cats (Cameron Mackintosh,Trevor Nunn, Elaine Paige ) New London
Pirates Of Penzance (Michael White, Joe Papp) Drury Lane
Dancin' (Bob Fosse) Drury Lane
Chicago (Peter James, Ben Cross) Cambridge
Singin' in the Rain (Harold Fielding, Tommy Steele) Palladium
Andy Capp (Ray Cooney, Tom Courteney, Alan Price) Aldwych
Annie Get Your Gun (Suzi Quatro) Aldwych
La Cage aux Folles (Arthur Laurents, Dennis Quilley) Palladium
Metropolis (Michael White, Judy Khun) Piccadilly
Children of Eden (John Caird, Francis Ruffelle) Prince Edward
Spin of the Wheel (Maria Freedman) Comedy
Lust (Denis Lawson) Haymarket
Music of Andrew Lloyd-Webber (Hugh Woodridge, Sarah Brightman) Prince of Wales
Return of Sherlock Holmes (Patrick Garland, Jeremy Brett) Wyndhams
Lautrec (comp: Charles Aznavour) Shaftesbury
Carousel (Lesley Garrett) Cambridge
Phantom of the Opera – guest conductor (dir:Hal Prince Michael Ball) Her Majesty's
Jeeves - guest conductor (dir:Alan Ayckbourn) Lyric
Musical Director (regional)
Dirty Giant (comp:Peter Skellern) Geraldine James
Mr. Polly (by Ted Willis after H.G.Wells) Roy Castle
Allegro (Rogers and Hart) co-orchestrated with David Cullen
Cabaret (Gemma Jones)
The Wiz (Clarke Peters, Derek Griffiths, Peter Straker)
Chicago (Ben Cross)
Good Fun (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters)
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
Grease (Caroline Quentin Imelda Staunton)
Whose a Lucky Boy?( Adrian Dunbar, Alan Price)
Andy Capp (Tom Courtenay, Alan Price, Trevor Cooper)
Annie Get Your Gun (Suzi Quattro)
Rock Nativity (Colm Wilkinson)
Nightingale( Sarah Brightman)
Lyle (Clive Rowe)
The Dressmaker (Ronnie Corbett Jonathan Cecil)
Concerts - uk (selection)
Marvin Hamlisch & Friends (Elaine Paige & Philharmonia) Festival Hall
Mack and Mabel (Jerry Herman, George Hearn, Tommy Tune) Drury Lane
Nymph Errant (Elizabeth Welch) Drury Lane
La Cage aux Folles Palladium
Season (Evelyn Glennie) Chichester Cathedral
Marc Almond in Concert (Royal Albert Hall)
Liza Minelli's tribute to Sammy David jr.( Tom Jones, Cliff Richard, Charles Aznavour)
Lloyd Webber plays Lloyd Webber (Julian Lloyd Webber & Royal Philharmonic Oorchestra) Dominion
Music Round the World (dir. Hugh Wooldridge Elaine Paige) Royal Albert Hall
Who Could Ask For Anything More? (dir. Hugh Wooldridge) Royal Albert Hall
Sondheim Tonight (dir:Hugh Wooldridge, Cleo Laine, Julia Migenes, Len Cariou, Maria Freedman, Julia McKenzie, Dame Edna Everage) Barbican
Wales in the West End (Sir Harry Secombe, Michael Ball) St. David's Hall Cardiff
Ball at the Hall (Michael Ball, Lesley Garrett, Martine McCutcheon, Ronan Keating) St David's Hall
The BBC Concert Orchestra's Christmas Concerts (with St Paul's Cathedral Choir) Royal Festival Hall
The BBC Concert Orchestra's West End Winners Royal Festival Hall & Hampton Court Palace
The Night of a 1000 Voices (dir: Hugh Wooldridge, Over 1000 performers inc. Roy Hudd, Gloria Hunniford, Cy Coleman, Sir James Galway.) Royal Albert Hall
An Opera Gala - Maria Ewing and BBC Concert Orch. Henley Festival
The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Michael Crawford) Royal Albert Hall, G-Mex, Sheffield Arena, Usher Hall. N.E.C.
Bryn Terfel and Chloe Hanslip (dir. Hugh Wooldridge) Royal Albert Hall
A Tribute to Sir Trevor Nunn (Glenn Close, Sir Roger Moore, Colm Wilkinson, dir Hugh Wooldridge) Royal Albert Hall
A Tribute to Sir Tim Rice (David Essex, Judy Kuhn, Alan Menken dir. Hugh Wooldridge) Royal Albert Hall
A Tribute to Sir Tim Rice Henley Festival and Holders Festival Barbados
A Tribute to John Kander (Joel Grey, dir Hugh Wooldridge) Royal Albert Hall
The Best Of Broadway (4 annual concerts) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Albert Hall
Who Could Ask For Anything More? (Maria Friedman Daniel Evans Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) Cadogan Hall
Cole (Simon Green Graham Bickley Maria Friedman) Cadogan Hall
The Gershwins (Kim Criswell Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) Cadogan Hall
Chess in Concert (Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Kerry Ellis, Marti Pellow, Adam Pascal, dir Hugh Wooldridge) Royal Albert Hall (Filmed and recorded live)
concerts, recordings and telecasts – denmark (selection)
Cyrano de Bergerac (Open Air Concert Copenhagen) Ledreborg Castl0e
West Side Story (Harolyn Blackwell, Jerry Hadley) Ledreborg Castle
Three Musketeers (world premiere) (comp: George Styles: cast inc: Leo Andrew, Claire Moore, Des Barritt, Helen Hobson, Ria Jones, James Staddon) open-air venues in Aarhus, Odense ,Ledreborg Castle
A Royal Midsummer Concert (Danish Radio & Television's gift to the Crown Prince and Princess to celebrate their wedding)
A Royal Concert (to celebrate the wedding of the Danish Queen Mother's niece - in the presence of 17 crowned heads of Europe
The Musical of the Year(dir:Julia Mackenzie) Aarhus Concert Hall
Opening of the National Stadium Copenhagen (Elaine Paige Jose Carreras)
The opening of the “Great Belt” bridge Denmark
The royal opening of the Oresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden (Arranger and Musical Director)
More than 60 concerts Tivoli, Oeksnehallen, Symphony Hall Copenhagen, Cirkus Carl Neilsen Salle Odense,Aarhus Musikhus, Aalborg Musikhus, Symphony halls in Vejle Abenraa Sonderborg, Esbjerg, Kolding, Silkeborg, Fredrikshavn,
The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber to an audience of 10,000 in Forum Copenhagen
Royal Opening of the Danish/Swedish bridge (Arranger and Musical Director)
Concerts with Procol Harum, Robin Gibb, Tommy Korberg, Paddy Maloney, Sissel Kyrkjebo in front of an audience of 15,000
Christmas concerts with Sissel Kyrkjebo, Katie Melua, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Inga Nielsen, Inga dam Jensen, Westlife, Mick Hucknell (Simply Red)
The Hobbit (Sir Christopher Lee) the new Danish Radio Concert Hall
Matador (premiere) the new Danish Opera House
My Fair Lady (Royal Opera House Copenhagen)
Concerts - worldwide (selection)
World Trade Centre Singapore Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Victoria Symphony Hall Singapore Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Ulriksdal Festival Stockholm Gavle Symphony Orchestra & Tommy Korberg
University Hall Bangkok Bangkok Symphony Orchestra
Hannover - Expo 2000 Al Jarreau and Bobby McFerrin - the N. Deutsche Rundfunk Ork
Japan Tokyo – Nagoya – Osaka - Yokohama – Shiba - Shinjuku The Music of Andrew Lloyd-Webber with Sarah Brightman
Australia Sydney – Melbourne – Adelaide – Brisbane - Perth The Music of Andrew Lloyd-Webber with Michael Crawford
Arrangements & Orchestrations – theatre (selection)
“Bamse” – Royal Danish Ballet (new 45 minute ballet score) – composer – televised and recorded for DVD
Good Fun (Victoria Wood Julie Walters)
My One and Only (Janie Dee Tim Flavin) Piccadilly
Andy Capp (Tom Courtenay Alan Price) Aldwych
Metropolis (Judy Khun) Piccadilly
Enter the Guardsman (Janie Dee, Alex Hanson, Angela Richards, Nicky Henson), Donmar Warehouse
Curtmantle (composer) Royal Shakespeare Company dir:-Clifford Williams
Annie Get Your Gun (Suzi Quattro) Aldwych
Lautrec (Charles Aznavour –comp.) Shaftesbury arranger/music supervisor
The Wiz Clarke Peters Derek Griffiths Peter Straker
Dirty Giant (comp: Peter Skellern) Geraldine James
Mr. Polly (arranger/part composer) Roy Castle
Funny Thing happened on the way to the Forum
Whose a Lucky Boy? (Adrian Dunbar, comp Alan Price)
Andy Capp (Tom Courtenay Trevor Cooper comp Alan Price)
Beautiful and Damned (John Barrowman,Patti Boulaye) comp Les Reed dance (music incidental music, vocal arrangements
Three Musketeers (comp: George Styles world premiere):
Enter The Guardsman (Denis Quilley, Joanna Riding, Claire Moore, Nick Holder, Jenna Russell)
arrangements & orchestrations - recording/television (selection)
Victoria Wood as seen on TV) 3 series + TV specials
Dinner Ladies (& co-composer) Victoria Wood, Julie Walters (2 series)
A Mother’s Tale DR TV/DVD (40 minute animation) symphonic score – composer
Victoria Wood and All the Trimmings BBC TV Christmas Day 2000)
"Passion" (Warner Chappell) Jose Carreras (arranger and conductor)
“Sondheim Tonight” (TER) live form the Barbican
Sumi Jo (Deutsche Gramophon) 2 gold selling albums
8 albums (Ardee) prod: Chuck Gerhardt (arranger and conductor)
Two Christmas specials S4C TV (composer) Bryn Terfel
Wales in the West End BBC TVSir Harry Secombe Michael Ball
Hot Metal (composer) LW TV Richard Wilson
Leah Marian Jones 12 progs S4C TV (composer) guests inc. Charlotte Church
Norbert Smith BBC TV (composer) Harry Enfield Josie Lawrence
Summer Silence S4C TV Sian Phillips Keith Cheetham
Performiad (composer) S4C TVRebecca Evans,John Mark Ainslie, Jason Howard
Echoes in a Mirror (composer) S4C TVCatrin WynnDavies
Margaret Williams S4C TVdir: Huw Brian-Williams
For One Night Only (composer) BBC TV
Ball at the Hall (3part series)(composer) BBC TV Michael Ball Lesley Garrett Martine McCutcheon RonanKeating
Oh Little Town of Bethlehem BBC TV (composer)
Parkinson Special BBC TV (with Victoria Wood)
3 Mike Doyle series BBC TV Music Director/Arranger/Composer:- guests includeSian Phillips, The London Gospel Choir, Janie Dee, Elkie Brooks, Clarke Peters, Laura Michelle Kelly, Clive Rowe, Kim Crisswell
arrangements & orchestrations - overseas (selection)
Lord of the Rings (Sir Christopher Lee) DR
The Hobbit (Sir Christopher Lee) DR
A Royal Midsummer Concert DR TV composer and arranger
The Musical of the Year* composer/arranger (dir:Julia Mackenzie)
Royal Opening of the Oresund (Denmark-Sweden) bridge (arranger/conductor) DR TV
Official Commemoration of 9/11. Copenhagen City live audience of 10,000 (Arranger and Musical Director)
The Big Picture DR TV plus live audience of 11,000r
The Laying of the Foundation Stone for the Danish radio New Concert Hall (Composer/Conductor)
De grønne slagtere (“The Green Butcher” Nordisk Film
Gothenborg Opera House Volvo cars launch (full symphony orchestra and chorus)
Johannesburg Playhouse In Celebration of Alan Jay Lerner
Stig Rossen 3 albums - 2 gold, 1 platinum (arranger and conductor)
Inge Neilsen - Danish operatic soprano (arranger and conductor)
Kim Sjogren violin virtuoso (2 albums) (arranger and conductor)
Jesper Lungaard (arranger)
Per Nielsen trumpet virtuoso (arranger and conductor)
Kurt Ravn (arranger and conductor)
The Three Nordic Tenors (live) Stig Rossen Tommy Korberg Kurt Ravn (arranger and conductor)
Lullaby (for Scandinavia) Suzanne Elmark (arranger and conductor)
Radio Commisions
Weekending (composer) BBC David Jason prods:Gryff Rhys Jones Geoffrey Perkins Jimmy Mulville
The Big Time All Stars BBC (Stephen Tomkinson)
The News Huddlines BBC (Roy Hudd)
Flywheel Shyster & Flywheel BBC (prod: Dirk Maggs)
Who's Been Polishing the Sun? BBC (Claire Moore Andrew C Wadsworth + BBC Concert Orchestra)
Recording - Conductor/musical director
"Passion" Jose Carreras (and arranger)
Ocean World (with the London Philharmonic Orchestra - composer Tomita for Walt Disney Japan)
"Classical Project" (with the London Philharmonic Orchestra - composer Tony Banks - Genesis)
Chuck Gerhardt /Ardee 8 album
Sumi Jo (South Korea) 2 albums - gold selling. (and arranger)
Stig Rossen 3 albums - 2 gold, 1 platinum (and arranger)
Inge Neilsen (and arranger)
Jimmy Jorgensen
Kim Sjogren violin virtuoso - 2 albums (and arranger)
Jesper Lungaard (and arranger)
Per Nielsen - trumpet virtuoso (and arranger)
Kurt Ravn (and arranger)
The Three Nordic Tenors* ** (live) Stig Rossen, Tommy Korberg, Kurt Ravn. (and arranger)
Lullaby (for Scandinavia) Suzanne Elmark (and arranger)
Television - conductor/musical director
Victoria Wood - as seen on TV BBC TV Dinner Ladies (series x3) BBC TV
Victoria Wood and All the Trimmings BBC TV
Our Mutual Friend BBC TV
The Masters BBC TV
Wales in the West End BBC TV)
Hot Metal LW TV
Norbert Smith BBC TV
Summer Silence S4C TV
Performiad S4C TV)
Echoes in a Mirror S4C TV
Bryn Terfel at Christmas S4C TV
For One Night Only (series) S4C TV
Mike Doyle and Friends (series x3) BBC TV
Leah Marian Jones (series) S4C TV
Ball at the Hall (series) BBC TV
Oh Little Town of Bethlehem BBC TV
Parkinson Special (with Victoria Wood) BBC TV
Radio
The Radio 2 Musicals :- Mame (Julia Mackenzie)
A Chorus Line
Gigi (Joss Ackland, June Whitfield)
Anything Goes (Tyne Daly Tim Flavin)
Fiddler on the Roof (Anthony Newley)
Weekending (Gryff Rhys Jones, Geoffrey Perkins, Jimmy Mulville, David Jason)
Marks in His Diary (Alfred Marks)
The News Huddlines (Roy Hudd)
Flywheel Shyster & Flywheel (Dirk Maggs)
Who's Been Polishing the Sun? (Claire Moore, Andrew C Wadsworth)
Sarah Brightman in Concert (with the BBC Concert Orchestra)
The Big Time All Stars (with Stephen Tomkinson) 2 series
film - conductor
Savage Islands (Keith Emerson)
Last Days of Pompeii (Trevor Jones)
Paris ( London Symphony Orchestra),
The Tall Guy (Emma Thompson Jeff Goldblum)
Rambo 3 (comp: Jerry Goldsmith)
A Long Day Closes (dir:Terry Davies comp: Robert Lockhart)
Distant Voices Still Lives
Cold Comfort Farm ( John Schlesinger comp: Robert Lockhart)
Two lumps of Ice (Kennith Trodd Alan Bates Simon Gray)
The Life of Jesus Christ ( London Symphony Orchestra)
The Tie that Binds (Irish Film Orchestra:- Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin)
Session Keyboard player - film
Return of the Jedi (part of the Star Wars Trilogy)
Superman (and sequels)
Supergirl
Rambo 2 (also conductor)
Total Recall
Medicine man
Legend
Basic Instinct
Not Without My Daughter
DARYL
Tombstone
session keyboard player – television
Deceptions
A Woman of Substance
Reunion at Fairbrother
Vanity Fair
Hotel du Lac
Affair in Mind
Smiley's People
Jenny's War
Ann of the Five Towns
Sherlock Holmes
Highway
Campion
London Embassy
Wolf to the Slaughter
Child of our Time
Perfect Scoundrels
Maigret
Oranges are the Only Fruit
Kiri's Christmas (solo pianist with London Symphony Orchestra)
photographic credits
Home page and studio photographs by Pennie Withers
Other studio photographs by Carole Latimer
Location photos at Danmarks Radio, Budapest Concertmedia.com, Koln Recording, Angel Recording Studios and The Hit Factory London
Production photos by Simon Williams at the Royal Albert Hall @ The Night of 1000 Voices ©1999 - 2010
