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Classical / Popular
Maxine - ID543
Styles Classical / Popular
Counties Cheshire • Cumbria • Derbyshire • Greater Manchester • Lancashire • Merseyside • North Yorkshire • South Yorkshire • Staffordshire • West Yorkshire
Biography
Maxine was born in Manchester and raised in Glossop. She went to her first concert at the age of 3 and decided there and then that she wanted to play the harp. She also started to play the piano at the age of 4 and was given great encouragement by her parents who were both in the Halle Orchestra.
Maxine went on to study at Chethams School of Music where she studied under the renowned harpist Elinor Bennet.
Maxine was 10 when she won her 1st music festival and at the age of 15 performed her 1st concerto (Mozart Flute and Harp). At 16 she debuted in a concert at the former Freetrade Hall in Manchester.
From 1989 Maxine has pursued a busy free-lance career with some of the UK's leading Symphony and Ballet Orchestras including the Halle, National Symphony Orchestra, English National Ballet, City Ballet of London and Moscow City Ballet. She has also pursued a solo career performing Concertos and Recitals. Maxine has entertained Royalty, and worked with a range of celebities as diverse as Tenor Russell Watson and Rap Star Kanye West. She has also played aboard cruise ships, at major sports events and for product launches and TV work.
She appears regularly in leading hotels around the UK as well as playing for special occasions (Weddings, Birthdays etc) and corporate events.
As well as playing solo Maxine can combine the beauty of the harp with the flute as part of her duo.
SAMPLE REPERTOIRE
CLASSICAL
BACH
Air on a G String
Ave Maria
Sleepers Wake
Jesu, Jo y of Mans Desiring
BIZET
Music From The Pearlfishers
BRAHMS
Lullaby
BOCCHERINI
Minuet
BEETHOVEN
Fur Elise
Moonlight Sonata
Ode to Jo y
CLARKE
Trumpet Voluntary
DEBUSSY
1st Arabesque
Clair de Lune
DVORAK
Humoresque
DELIBES
Flower Duet from Lakme
Valse from Coppelia
ELGAR
Chanson de Matin
Salut D'Amour
FAURE
Pavane
GLUCK
Dance of the Blessed Spirits
GRIEG
Piano Concerto theme
Morning and Solvejgs songs from Peer Gynt
HANDEL
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Water Music Suite
LEHAR
Vilia and The Merry Widow Waltz from The Merry Widow
MASSANET
Meditation from Thais
MASCAGNI
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
MACDOWELL
To A Wild Rose
MOZART
Various Sonata Themes
Piano Concerto No 21 (Elvira Madigan Theme)
MENDELSSOHN
On Wings of Song
Spring Song
Wedding March
OFFENBACH
Barcarolle
PURCELL
Trumpet Tune
PUCCINI
Oh My Beloved Father
Musetta's Waltz
PACHELBEL
Canon In D
RIMSKY KORSAKOV
Scheherezade
RACMANINOFF
18th variation from Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
Themes from 2nd piano concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH
Romance from the Gadfly
SAINT SAENS
The Swan
SATIE
Gymnopedie no 1
Gnossienne no 1
STRAUSS
The Blue Danube
Tales from The Vienna Woods
SIBELIUS
Finlandia theme
SCHUMANN
Traumerei
TCHAIKOVSKY
Music from Swan Lake , Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker
VERDI
Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves
La Donna E Mobile
VIVALDI
The Four Seasons
WAGNER
Bridal Chorus (Here comes the Bride)
FOLK MUSIC
ENGLAND
Greensleeves
Scarborough Fair
IRELAND
She Moves Through The Fair
Brian Boru
Carrickfergus
Minstrel Boy
Carolan Concerto
Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)
Last Rose Of Summer
Music By Enya
SCOTLAND
Skye Boat Song
Arran Boat Song
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