David Perkins
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Based in Shepperton, Middlesex I work full time as a freelance accompanist, pianist, keyboard player, musical director, music arranger, copyist and composer.
RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Apollo Theatre Company
PIANIST / MD / COMPOSER for a touring production of Just So Stories.
Story Pocket Theatre
PIANIST / COMPOSER for ongoing touring productions of Arabian Nights and The Nutcracker.
Jefferson Performing Arts
PIANIST / KEYBOARD PLAYER for Lawrence the Musical at the Bridewell Theatre, London.
Hotbuckle Productions
MD / PIANIST / COMPOSER for the annual pantomime at River house Arts Centre, Walton on Thames.
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, Surrey
MD / PIANIST for 4 annual youth productions at the Guildford venue and at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Also, COMPOSER of musicals commissioned by the above and subsequently published by Samuel French Ltd and StageScripts: The Curious Quest for the Sandman’s Sand / Skool & Crossbones / Shake, Ripple & Roll / Pandemonium (a Greek Myth-adventure) / The Selfish Giant / The Happy Prince / The Mystery of Dumsey Meadow / The Nutcracker / Arabian Nights / The Wind in the Willows.
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
Pianist / Keyboards / MD
Royal National Theatre (foyer music); Guildford School of Acting (tutorials); Redroofs Theatre School (Honk! / tutorials); SG Productions (Legends/Shall We Dance tours); Terracota Productions (A Little Bit of French tour); Kevin Wood Pantomimes (Snow Queen); Duncan Weldon Ltd (Life Support, Aldwych Theatre); Upstream Theatre Company (Light Up the Darkness, TIE Tour).
Accompanist / Repetiteur
London Opera Players (Hansel & Gretal / Falstaff / Tales From Hoffman); Guildford Opera Company (Fidelio / Carmen / Dido & Aeneas / Flying Dutchman); English Theatre Frankfurt (Full Monty); British Ballet Organisation (classes); P & O Cruises (auditions); David Pugh Ltd (Blues Brothers); Maureen Murphy School of Dance (classes); Marlowes Agency (auditions); Pine Apple Studios (auditions).
Arranger / Copyist
Novello & Co; Faber Music; Samuel French Ltd; Southern Percussion; Joel Rothman Publications; New Screen Elite (Short films: Rooftop / Panic); DDB London (TV Commercials for HASBRO: Monkey Madness / Cluedo / Monopoly); Jethro Tull (orchestrations for tour); BBC School of Journalism (DVD title music).
RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Apollo Theatre Company
PIANIST / MD / COMPOSER for a touring production of Just So Stories.
Story Pocket Theatre
PIANIST / COMPOSER for ongoing touring productions of Arabian Nights and The Nutcracker.
Jefferson Performing Arts
PIANIST / KEYBOARD PLAYER for Lawrence the Musical at the Bridewell Theatre, London.
Hotbuckle Productions
MD / PIANIST / COMPOSER for the annual pantomime at River house Arts Centre, Walton on Thames.
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, Surrey
MD / PIANIST for 4 annual youth productions at the Guildford venue and at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Also, COMPOSER of musicals commissioned by the above and subsequently published by Samuel French Ltd and StageScripts: The Curious Quest for the Sandman’s Sand / Skool & Crossbones / Shake, Ripple & Roll / Pandemonium (a Greek Myth-adventure) / The Selfish Giant / The Happy Prince / The Mystery of Dumsey Meadow / The Nutcracker / Arabian Nights / The Wind in the Willows.
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
Pianist / Keyboards / MD
Royal National Theatre (foyer music); Guildford School of Acting (tutorials); Redroofs Theatre School (Honk! / tutorials); SG Productions (Legends/Shall We Dance tours); Terracota Productions (A Little Bit of French tour); Kevin Wood Pantomimes (Snow Queen); Duncan Weldon Ltd (Life Support, Aldwych Theatre); Upstream Theatre Company (Light Up the Darkness, TIE Tour).
Accompanist / Repetiteur
London Opera Players (Hansel & Gretal / Falstaff / Tales From Hoffman); Guildford Opera Company (Fidelio / Carmen / Dido & Aeneas / Flying Dutchman); English Theatre Frankfurt (Full Monty); British Ballet Organisation (classes); P & O Cruises (auditions); David Pugh Ltd (Blues Brothers); Maureen Murphy School of Dance (classes); Marlowes Agency (auditions); Pine Apple Studios (auditions).
Arranger / Copyist
Novello & Co; Faber Music; Samuel French Ltd; Southern Percussion; Joel Rothman Publications; New Screen Elite (Short films: Rooftop / Panic); DDB London (TV Commercials for HASBRO: Monkey Madness / Cluedo / Monopoly); Jethro Tull (orchestrations for tour); BBC School of Journalism (DVD title music).
