Gemma On Sax

Description

TENOR SAX, ALTO SAX, CLARINET, MODEL
Highly regarded and highly sort after musician and entertainer with 10+ years experience
Corporate, Hotels, Weddings, Birthday Parties, Baby Showers, Business Openings, Clubs etc...
I can play beautiful background music or energetic tunes with a DJ for your dance floor. Self-contained with high quality backing tracks and I have my own PA system including a speaker that accommodates a room for up to 100 people. I also have a mic, and a receiver that can be plugged into the decks of your pre-booked DJ, to create an even louder sound to accommodate bigger g ... roups of people at parties.
I have a versatile setlist: classical, jazz, swing, popular love ballads, old classics, 21st century tunes, Christmas classics, war time music, best of the 60s and 70s, best of the 80s, Motown and soul, modern pop, house/dance music and chilled Ibiza.
I will bring your event to life! Let's make it a day/evening to remember!
MY WEDDING DAY PACKAGE (10% OFF):
Ceremony - Includes 20-30 minutes of music during guest arrival, the bridal entrance, the signing of the register and the exit. Popular on Clarinet!
Drinks Reception - 2 x 45 minute sets to fill your Drinks Reception.
Wedding Breakfast - Includes The Wedding Breakfast Entrance to a song of your choice, and 2 x 45 minute sets.
Dance Floor - 3 x 30 minute Dance Floor Party Sax sets to be played alongside your pre-booked DJ, tailored to your music taste. Plus of course, The First Dance. You can handpick 3 x 8 songs from my DJ Sax Party playlist.
You can check out my Instagram @gemmaonsax or click on the link https://www.instagram.com/gemmaonsax, or you can email me at gemmaonsax@gmail.com.
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Set-List

I have TWO broad setlists: The first is BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUND, designed to be played as background music at your event, and the second is DJ SAX PARTY to be played on the dance floor alongside a DJ. This could be your pre-booked DJ or you could select from one of the DJs I play with regularly. Playlist to be discussed with the DJ.
The songs below are for my BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUND setlist. The categories in order are TRADITIONAL CLASSICAL (on clarinet), JAZZ BALLADS, SWING STANDARDS, POPULAR LOVE BALLADS, OLD CLASSICS, 21st CENTURY TUNES, HOUSE/DANCE, CHILLED IBIZA, WORLD WAR MUSIC and XMAS TU ... NES.
TRADITIONAL CLASSICAL (CLARINET) - popular for wedding ceremonies and for corporate events with Classical tastes:
Adagio from 'Clarinet Concerto' (Mozart)
Air from 'Suite in D' (JS Bach)
Ave Maria (JS Bach/ Gounod)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Badinerie from 'Suite no.2' (JS Bach)
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Gluck)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (JS Bach)
Panis Angelicus (Franck)
Pavane op. 50 (Faure)
Pie Jesu from 'Requiem op. 48' (Faure)
Salut d'Amour (Elgar)
Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
Wedding March from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (Mendelssohn)
Wedding March from 'Lohengrin' (Wagner)
JAZZ BALLADS:
Amazing Grace (Aretha Franklin)
As Time Goes By (Billie Holiday)
Autumn Leaves (Frank Sinatra)
Blue Moon (Dean Martin)
Fly Me To The Moon (Frank Sinatra)
Frankie And Johnny (Louis Armstrong)
How High The Moon (Ella Fitzgerald)
Moon River (Audrey Hepburn)
My Way (Frank Sinatra)
Night And Day (Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga)
Petite Fleur (Petula Clark)
Satin Doll (Ella Fitzgerald)
Summertime (Gershwin, Norah Jones)
Take The A-Train (Ella Fitzgerald)
Wade In The Water (Eva Cassidy)
Wayfaring Stranger (Eva Cassidy)
SWING STANDARDS:
American Patrol (Glenn Miller)
A String of Pearls (Glenn Miller)
Body and Soul (Amy Winehouse and Tony Bennett)
Caravan (Nat King Cole)
In the Mood (Glenn Miller)
Little Brown Jug (Glenn Miller)
Mack the Knife (Robbie Williams)
Mood Indigo (Ella Fitzgerald)
Oh, When the Saints (Louis Armstrong)
Perdido (Ella Fitzgerald)
Sentimental Journey (Doris Day)
Tequila (The Champs)
The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
The Lady is a Tramp (Lady Gaga ft. Tony Bennett)
POPULAR LOVE BALLADS:
Against All Odds (Phil Collins)
A Groovy Kind Of Love (Phil Collins)
Ain’t no sunshine (Bill Withers)
All night long (Lionel Richie)
Angels (Robbie Williams)
Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Elton John)
Can’t help falling in love with you (Elvis Presley)
Careless Whisper (George Michael)
Every Breath You Take (The Police)
Everything I Do I Do It For You (Bryan Adams)
Have I Told You lately (Rod Stewart)
Hello (Lionel Richie)
How Deep Is Your Love (Take That)
How sweet it is to be loved by you (Marvin Gaye)
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (Aerosmith)
If You leave Me Now (Chicago)
Just The Two Of Us (Bill Withers)
Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel)
Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley)
You are so Beautiful (Joe Cocker)
You are the Sunshine of my Life (Stevie Wonder)
Your Song (Elton John)
OLD CLASSICS:
All By Myself (Celine Dion)
A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum)
Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)
Black Velvet (Alannah Myles)
Blue Eyes (Elton John)
Down by the Salley Gardens (Maura O’Connell)
Dust In The Wind (Kansas)
Feelings (Shirley Bassey)
Greensleeves (Olivia Newton-John)
Imagine (John Lennon)
It’s still rock and roll to me (Billy Joel)
I Wonder Why (Curtis Stigers)
Morning Has Broken (Cat Stevens)
Nights in White Satin (The Moody Blues)
Plaisir d'amour - Can’t Help Falling In Love (Elvis Presley)
Smooth Operator (Sade)
Tears In Heaven (Eric Clapton)
The House Of The Rising Sun (The Animals)
Those Were The Days (Mary Hopkin)
Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
To Be With You (Mr. Big)
You Can Leave Your Hat On (Tom Jones)
You’ve Got A Friend (Carole King)
21st CENTURY TUNES:
Back to Black (Amy Winehouse)
Cheerleader (Omi)
Dance Monkey (Tones and I)
Despacito (Luis Fonsi)
Fallin’ (Alicia Keys)
Flowers (Miley Cyrus)
Georgia On My Mind (Michael Buble)
Hallelujah (Alexandra Burke)
Happy (Pharrell Williams)
Hero (Enrique Iglesias)
Mandy (Westlife)
Michael Buble Medley (Michael Buble)
Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
Shape Of You (Ed Sheeran)
Something Stupid (Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman)
The Rose (Westlife)
Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
HOUSE/DANCE:
Sunday Shoutin’ (Johnny Corporate)
Sthlm Sunset (Ehrling)
Breeze (Ehrling)
Champagne Ocean (Ehrling)
Dance With Me (Ehrling)
Sax (Ehrling)
All I Need (Ehrling)
Heart (Ehrling)
Palm Trees (Ehrling)
State Of Mind (Ehrling)
Paris City Jazz (Bellaire)
Promesses feat. B Lacoste (Dimmi)
Tondo (Disclosure)
Changes (Faul, Wad Ad, Pnau)
Praise You (Gamper & Dadoni)
Jubel (Klingande)
Saxo (Laurent Wolf)
Who Dares To Believe In Me (Marco Lys & Plaster Hands)
Man With The Red Face (Mark Knight & Funkagenda)
New Day (Club Edit)
Ocean Sax
One Day Sax (Bakermat)
Oriental Deep House Sax - 'Esperanza' (Yarden Saxophone)
Sax Deep House Live (Yarden Saxophone)
Sunset Syndrome (Ehrling)
Waikiki (Original Mix)
CHILLED IBIZA:
At The River (Groove Armada)
Azul Aqua Blancas
Baby Blue Bossa
Barefoot Benirras
Beautiful Bassa
Magical Mastella
Naked Nova
Paradise Palmador
Porcelain (Moby)
Sapphire Saladeta
Secret S’estanyol
Sky Blue Vadella
Sunrise Saona
Sunset Salinas
Teardrop (Massive Attack)
WORLD WAR MUSIC:
American Patrol (Glenn Miller)
In The Mood (Glenn Miller)
Little Brown Jug (Glenn Miller)
A String Of Pearls (Glenn Miller)
The White Cliffs Of Dover (Vera Lynn) - clarinet
We’ll Meet Again (Vera Lynn) - clarinet
CHRISTMAS CLASSICS:
A Spotless Rose
All I Want For Christmas Is You
Away In A Manger
Driving Home for Christmas
Feliz Navidad
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
I'll Be Home for Christmas
It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Jingle Bell Rock
Jingle Bells
Let It Snow
Mary's Little Boychild
Mistletoe and Wine
O Come All Ye Faithful
O You Merry
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
Silent Night
So This Is Christmas
Thank God It's Christmas
The First Noel
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
White Christmas
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Biography

Gemma is a professional saxophonist and clarinettist from London, England. She graduated with a BMUS degree (hons) from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2012. Gemma is a highly accomplished player in both Classical and Jazz, as well as Swing, Pop and Funk. She is very well-versed in both sight reading and improvisation. Her influences include the luscious, velvety sounds of Ben Webster as well as the emphatic pro sounds of Michael Brecker and David Sanborn. Gemma represented her country in the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain at the tender age of 17, and has been playing p ... rofessionally for the last 10 years at a variety of functions, including weddings and corporate events. She most recently opened for a very highly-regarded cooking business, @tarasvegantreats. Gemma would like to continue her work in bringing venues to life through her first-class performances as part of function bands, as well as in her solo background music, and her DJ Sax performances.
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Experience

I have been performing at function events for about 10 years now including anything from birthday parties to weddings to performing in clubs with DJs. I have also performed at corporate events, baby showers, bridal showers and in restaurants and bars.

Previous Clients

My most recent client was Tara's Vegan Treats (Instagram @tarasvegantreats) which is a very successful vegan cooking business with over 27,000 followers on Instagram. I performed for an hour at the opening of one of the client's supper evenings in East London. A restaurant full of guests enjoyed their slap up 3 course vegan meals whilst listening to my versatile setlist handpicked by the client, including a mixture of Swing tunes by Glenn Miller, Motown tracks by Stevie Wonder, old sax classics like Careless Whisper and of course more modern tunes like Miley Cyrus' Flowers. The guests loved th ... e food and the music and did not want the evening to end. Read More

Suitable for

Anniversary Party Awards Ceremony Baby Shower Bachelor / Stag Party Bachelorette / Hen Party Birthday Party (Adult) Birthday Party (Child) Birthday Party (Teen) Bridal Shower Casinos Charity / Fundraising Event Christening Christmas Party Club Party Cocktail Party / Drinks Reception Community Event Concerts / Tours Conference / Meeting Corporate Event Cruise Ships Dinner Party Engagement Party Festival / Outdoor Event Funeral/Memorial Service Graduation Party Grand Opening Party Halloween Party High School Reunion HM Forces/Army/Navy/Military Event Holiday / Theme Parks Hotel Event New Year's Eve Party Nightclub Event Nursing / Care Home Event Private Party Product Launch / Promotion Prom Night Quinceañera / Sweet 16 Party Restaurant / Bar / Pub Event Retirement Party School Event Session Work Social Club Theaters / Stage Trade Show / Exhibitions University / College Event Virtual Event Wedding Ceremony Wedding Cocktail/Drinks Reception Wedding Reception

Physical Characteristics

Meet the Act

My love for playing music began at age 6 when I first picked up a recorder in school, and then catapulted at age 9 when my parents bought me a clarinet. I later progressed onto the saxophone.
Other facts about myself:
1. I volunteered as a Samaritan for 2 years.
2. I am currently writing a children's novel.
3. I love spending time with my family.
I hope to hear from you soon so that we can bring your event to life :)

Additional Information

I have an up to date CRB check as I am a teacher.