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I've been invited to play accordion and Hammond on the new Johan Verminnen tour 'Solozeiler' which begins in September 2008. Johan is one of the best known Belgian singer/songwriters and it's a great pleasure to work with him for the first time
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More accordion gigs for me with Belgian Folk/Lounge group 'Ardei' have a look at their website and hear some of the music.
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Also for September 2008 I'm just completing the music for the American Drama Group Europe's version of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'. More info on the Theatre page.
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The site has been unavailable for a while due to the server changing the IP address but not telling me! Sorry...
I've been busy in Munich rehearsing The American Drama Group Europe's production of 'Harold & Maude' for which I've written the music. Great show and currently touring Germany and Switzerland.
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The Ménage Artois concert at the Sigean Jazz Festival in the south of France, 22nd July 2007 was a great success. We have been invited to play again in Sigean in May 2008. Our next concert is for Mogno Records at the BRT Flagey Building, Brussels on October 5th. Here is (currently) a clip from a garden party we played at while in the Sigean area - great fun! Scroll down to see the video clip. Sound quality as expected from a video recorder but could be worse!
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The American Drama Group Europe's production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', for which I wrote the music, will play at the Peking Theatre Festival at the beginning of May, followed by a tour of major theatres in Japan.
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I found this review of the 'new' Hammond in a January 1937 Mayerl School magazine recently. The reviewer couldn't have imagined where it would all lead...
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One of the actors on the road with Fahrenheit 451 has been writing an entertaining blog in The Guardian about their touring life. This one says very nice things about me but please read the rest!
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News: I was 'Organist Of The Month' during November 2006 on the IAJO Website. The page is reproduced here.
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I'm just finding time to put a few of my theatre music examples on the site. Go to the Theatre page and have a listen - no Hammonds, I'm afraid!
Ménage Artois
Paul Flush
Hammondjazz.org