Clive will be touring (as pianist) with Anton De Beke and Erin Boag, Lance Ellington (Strictly Come Dancing) and full supporting cast of singer/dancers and the 25 piece London Concert Orchestra conducted by Richard Balcombe from jan-march 2016.
Clive will be touring (as pianist) with Anton De Beke and Erin Boag, Lance Ellington (Strictly Come Dancing) and full supporting cast of singer/dancers and the 25 piece London Concert Orchestra conducted by Richard Balcombe from jan-march 2016.
Clive acted as musical director for a hit squad taking place in Covent Garden Piazza. In conjunction with Nick Pugh at Session Corner, he produced click tracks and recordings of a brass band, a male vocal Trio, soloist and Robbie Williams which was run for the live recording on the day. The show was broadcast on BBC on Christmas day.
Puttin On The Ritz, a national tour by Spirit Productions featuring Lorna Luft. Clive worked as Musical Director during the setup of this tour, which included vocal arranging, and producing Vocal recordings for BVs ensemble in conjunction with Nick Pugh at Session Corner.
Clive played piano for ‘Music of Tim Burton’ concert at The Albert Hall (Dec 2014) featuring Danny Elfman.
The New album ‘A Swingin’ Soiree!‘ featuring new ensemble ‘Sings, Strings & Tings‘ is now available! It’s full of chillaxin’ classics.
It is packed full of tunes/pieces from film, opera, musical theatre, jazz, classical, traditional and pop to warm you through with a ‘readybrek’ style glow! This album, born out of an intended one off animal charity concert visits many genres and provides a unique new take on mainly well known melodies.
For more info, for audio clips and to buy CLICK HERE
Clive is doing a lot of concert work of late and has several different concerts coming up with various ensembles & orchestra’s featuring the music of Burt Bacharach, Elvis, Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Music Theatre concerts including Singin’ In The Rain at Kenwood House and various Christmas Raymond Gubbay concerts with Anton and Erin concerts being a highlight. Please see up to date Live Date listings.
Clive has recently been arranging for Patti Boulaye for her recent cabaret (of which he also musically directed) at The Hippodrome leicester Square, London. He has also just finished revising and updated several charts for singer Lance Ellington (from Strictly come dancing). Clive will also be arranging some charts for a musical theatre concert next year for Justin Dunn. Clive is also excited to be arranging and compiling all the music for some Raymond Gubbay concerts at The Birmingham Symphony Hall and London, Barbican on 27th Dec and 28th Dec respectively. The arrangements are for a 26 piece orchestra and will mainly feature the music of James Bond but in addition will be a few extra pieces featuring cops and slueths!
Clive is pleased to be Musical Directing for Michael Feinstein on 4th November at The Palace Theatre.
He will also be Musically Directing for Patti Boulaye at ‘The Pheasantry’ on October 1st featuring Matt Senior (drums) and Dave Jones (Bass).
He will be musically directing for 2 concerts of ‘Frank and Ella’ featuring West End and Strictly come dancing singers Alison Jiear and Lance Ellington. (25th Oct and 17th Dec).
Clive also is the MD for Elvis concerts with Chris Connor and regularly tours with dates for him including recent trips to Beirut and The London Palladium.
Last year Clive recorded some very famous pianos to be available for download soon as virtual instruments. Watch this space for details!
Clive has recently recorded on Friday Night Is Music Night with the BBC Concert Orchestra on ‘A Good Old Days’ style concert accompaning the legendary Bernard Cribbins for the ‘Albert and The Lion’ monologue. Great fun! Broadcast due out this month.
Clive and his wife, Soprano Mandy Watsham Dunstall, have fairly recently taken over the running of Classical Associates UK Ltd providing first class musicians and performers for both corporate and private functions. Please see our website for the various musical services we can provide. (www.classicalassociates.co.uk)
Recently Classical Associates provided singers to perform Backing Vocals (backed by The Strictly Come Dancing Band) for a large corporate event on Horse Guards Parade for The Berkeley Foundation.