Graeme Hollingdale

Double Bass

Experienced reader, mainly as an Orchestral, Chamber & Musical Theatre musician but also with Big, Swing and Function/Corporate Bands and recording studio experience.

Work normally as “on-the-day” Orchestral extra, alongside week-long Amdram and school, youth, performing arts group productions.

Orchestral Experience (Semi Professional)

Bridgewater Sinfonia and Sinfonietta - Principal
Fulltone Orchestra – Principal
Alba Sinfonia - Co-principal
Elstree Mozart Players - Co-principal
The Chiltern Players
Thames Valley Festival Orchestra
Stepping Stones Perf Arts
Midland Chamber Orchestra
Abbots Langley Symphony Orchestra
London Incidental Orchestra
Peterborough Music Hub
St Barts Chamber Orchestra
Crowthorne Symphony Orchestra
Northwood College
Basildon Choral Society
Twinwood Philharmonia Orchestra

Blue Light Symphony Orchestra
Colchester Festival Orchestra
Southgate Symphony Orchestra
Aylesbury Vale Concert Orchestra
Harrow Symphony Orchestra
Abingdon and District Orchestra
Trinity Camerata
London Incidental Concert Orchestra
Aldworth Symphony Orchestra
Royal Orchestral Society
Central England Camerata
Hillingdon Philharmonic Orchestra
South East London Orchestra
Giardino Strings
Misbourne Symphony Orchestra

Function work

Barbra Streisand Woman In Love (a Celebration) Touring Theatre ‘Tribute’ show
Henry Desmond Productions - a Kent based multi-genre but orchestrally centred (especially function and theatre) brand
Post Modern Jukebox/classic swing function band, New Jazz Age
Duality, a South East flexible function outfit
Giardino Strings, corporate, function and recording brand

Musical Theatre

Show

Toxic Avenger
Be More Chill
Oliver
Annie
Kipps
Calendar Girls
Kinky Boots
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Cry Baby
Nine
Sister Act
Chicago
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Carousel
Addams Family
42nd Street
“13”
Drowsy Chaperone
Legally Blonde
Murder Ballad
Me & My Girl
Made In Dagenham
Little Mermaid
Young Frankenstein
Green Day’s American Idiot
Jesus Christ Superstar (5 piece)
Good Vibrations (Beach Boys Tribute show)
Joseph
Shrek
HMS Pinafore
The Boyfriend
Rent
The Wiz
Hairspray
Pirates of Penzance
School Of Rock
High School Musical
ELF
All Shook Up
Little Shop of Horrors
Urinetown
Evita
War Of The Worlds
Carrie
Return To The Forbidden Planet
Crush
Half a Sixpence
My Fair Lady
The Producers
Barnham
Twelfth Night
White Christmas
Spamalot
Top Hat
Anything Goes
Merrily We Roll Along
Cats
Guys and Dolls
Big Fish
Oklahoma!
Alice In Wonderland
Mikado
Singing In The Rain
Gypsy
It’s A Wonderful Life
West Side Story
Company
Bugsy Malone
Into The Woods
Honk
Bring It On
Forum
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Phantom Of The Opera
Closer Than Ever
9 to 5
A Chorus Line
High Society
The Music Man
Sunset Boulevard
Copacabana
Godspell
The Wedding Singer
Sound Of Music
Aribica
Annie Get Your Gun

The Stationmaster
Spamalot
Oliver
Anything Goes
Addams Family
Disney In Concert
Little Shop Of Horrors
Funny Girl
Guy and Dolls
Peter Pan
School of Rock
Little Shop of Horrors
Bonnie and Clyde
Disney in Concert

Most recent production at:
Wokingham Theatre
Alan Cornish Theatre Woodley

New Theatre Oxford
Northwood College London
Watersmeet Rickmansworth
Hampton Hill Theatre
Watford Palace Theatre

Amey Theatre Abingdon
Alan Cornish Theatre Woodley
Abbey Theatre St Albans
Peterborough Cathedral
Abingdon and Whitney College
Wokingham Theatre
Hampton Hill Theatre
Playhouse Theatre Oxford

Questors Theatre Ealing
Alan Cornish Theatre Woodley
Winston Churchill Theatre, Hillingdon
Winston Churchill Theatre, Hillingdon
Wokingham Theatre
Winston Churchill Theatre, Hillingdon
Leighton Park Theatre Reading
Radlett Centre
Winston Churchill Theatre, Hillingdon
South St Arts Centre Reading
The Key Theatre Peterborough
Theatre Royal Norwich
Gunnersbury School
The Cresset Peterborough
Bourne End Theatre
South Hill Park Bracknell
Kenton Theatre Henley-on-Thames
Trinity High School Redditch
The Abbey School Reading
Bath Abbey
Friern Barnet
High School Musical
The Cresset Peterborough
Amey Theatre Abingdon
Kenton Theatre Henley-on-Thames
Marymount International School Kingston
The Desborough Suite Maidenhead
Wyvern Theatre Swindon
South St Arts Centre Reading
Oxford High School
Court Theatre Tring
Kenton Theatre Henley-on-Thames
Amey Theatre Abingdon
The Key Theatre Peterborough
Amey Theatre Abingdon
Peterborough Cathedral
Kenton Theatre Henley-on-Thames
The Desborough Suite Maidenhead
Amey Theatre Abingdon
South Hill Park Bracknell
Putney Arts Centre
The Deco Northampton
South Hill Park Bracknell
Bucks College
The Key Theatre Peterborough
South Hill Park Bracknell
Network Theatre Waterloo
Amey Theatre Abingdon
Bucks College
Wokingham Theatre
Oxford High School
Laine Theatre Arts Epsom
Theatre Royal Windsor
Stow School
Thame Players Theatre
MEPA Maidstone
Open University MK
Theatre Royal Windsor
Sir Henry Floyd School Aylesbury
Elgiva Chesham
The Desborough Suite Maidenhead
MEPA Maidstone
King Alfred’s Theatre Wantage
Amey Theatre Abingdon
Playhouse Theatre Oxford
Amey Theatre Abingdon
Elgiva Chesham
Elgiva Chesham
Amey Theatre Abingdon
Oxford High School
Oxford High School

Big Little Theatre School Bournemouth
Compass Theatre Ickenham
Key Theatre Peterborough
Shinfield Players Theatre Reading
Kingham School Oxfordshirre
Downham Market Town Hall
Kenton Theatre Henley-on-Thames
Oxford Playhouse Theatre
Amen Theatre Abingdon
G Live Theatre Guildford
Wykham Theatre Banbury
Key Theatre Peterborough
Winston Churchill Theatre Hillingdon
Downham Market Town Hall

Education work

Full time Music Service Teacher for 36 years until early retirement/redundancy in August 2013, having worked for Hampshire and Buckinghamshire Music Services
Experienced in working with young people so very comfortable performing within school/community/youth environs (annually updated DBS held)

Enhanced DBS updated every year in January.

Training

Freelance performer since 2013 on Double Bass (multi diploma holder) Bass Guitars, Tenor Trombone (diploma holder) and Bass Trombone.

5-string (1890 German) Double Bass has a pick-up so can go through and amp & Theatre PA's as necessary

I play 5 string Bass Guitars, both fretted and fretless with EBS and Ashdown amplification set-ups. I am very comfortable using IEM’s, personal monitoring, click tracks, etc

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Instruments
Double Bass, Bass Guitar, Bass Trombone, Trombone