Simon Mayor 'John Stephen Of Chance Inn & Ross's Reel'

Simon Mayor accompanied by Hilary James & Phil Fentimen play John Stephen Of Chance Inn & Ross's Reel live live at The Progress Theatre, Reading, Berkshire on the 5th February 2016. Simon's website http://mandolin.co.uk/ Acoustics Records http://www.acousticsrecords.co.uk About Simon Mayor About Simon Mayor Simon Mayor's reputation as one of the world's most renowned mandolinists (in any genre) has taken him on an impressive and diverse twenty five year journey. With his debut The Mandolin Album, he embarked on a series of recordings to realise his longstanding intention to give the mandolin a uniquely British voice. The CD was immediately made Recording Of The Week on BBC Radio 2, followed by huge popular and critical acclaim across the media from BBC Radio 3 and 4 to stations all over the USA, Canada and Europe. The Second Mandolin Album followed soon after, underlining his signature mix of sparkling original compositions alongside arrangements of some of the great orchestral classics, all delivered with sensitivity, drive - and more than a little humour. His later albums, both solo and with his quartet The Mandolinquents have continued to garner accolades from BBC World Service (Recording of the Week) to stations all over the USA and Canada and magazines as diverse as Q, Cosmopolitan, Living Tradition, and Sing Out. Simon’s passion for the mandolin led to a wealth of teaching books and DVDs, including New Celtic Mandolin and The Mandolin Tutor, which is now widely regarded as the standard work for the instrument. His off-beat humour surfaced in his own series for the BBC, Marooned with a Mandolin - "the best programme on Radio 2 this week" in The Independent on Sunday. In 2006 he became a regular columnist for Acoustic Magazine. In May 2000, in a landmark move for a mandolin player, he entered the UK's Classical Artist Top Ten with a major 'best of' release of his own compositions and classical works for Universal Records. Since 1990 he has performed and given seminars at an array of international engagements from Vancouver Folk Festival and The Stephen Leacock Humour Festival (Canada) to Rudoldstat World Music Festival (Germany), Festival International Mandolines de Lunel (France), Cheltenham Literature Festival (England), and special guest appearance at the Classical Mandolin Society of America’s Annual Convention. Aside from the mandolin, he played swing fiddle on the original cast album of the stage show Five Guys Named Mo. Oh... and something he's won't tell you ..... he played mandolin on a hit line dancing album from the illustrious cast of TV's Emmerdale and also Simon appears on two singles by Mr Dracula himself, the late Christopher Lee. November 2019 Simon Mayor Mandolin Retreat (Fri 1st - Sun 3rd Nov) Fri 1st to Sun 3rd Kenwood Hall Hotel Kenwood Road, Sheffield, Yorks S7 1NQ Tel: 0118 9268615 More details coming soon Simon Mayor & Hilary James Sat 2. Kenwood Hall Hotel Kenwood Road, Sheffield, Yorks S7 1NQ Tel: 0118 9268615 Tickets £12.00 -- 8:00 p.m Simon Mayor & Hilary James Sun 10. Oxenhall Village Hall, Kempley Rd, Oxenhall, Newent, Gloucestershire GL18 1RH Tel: 01531 821354 Tickets £10.00 -- 7:30pm Simon Mayor & Hilary James Fri 15. Owen Street Community Arts Centre Owen St, Atherstone, Warwickshire CV9 1DG Tel: 01827 713 634 Tickets £10.00 -- Doors 7:30pm Simon Mayor & Hilary James Sat 16. Millenium Hall, Marsh Farm, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 5BE Tel: 01332 824 007 Tickets £12.00 -- Doors 7:30pm Simon Mayor & Hilary James Sun 17. East Lincolnshire Arts, Richmond School, Richmond Drive, Skegness, Lincolnshire PE25 3SH Tel: 01754 881 176 Tickets £11.00 -- Doors 7:30pm Simon Mayor & Hilary James Sat 23, Lewes Folk Club/Mandolin Workshop See website for full workshop details 10:00am-5:00pm Simon Mayor & Hilary James Sat 23, Lewes Folk Club Elephant and Castle White Hill, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2DJ Tel: 01273 476757 Tickets: £12.00 -- 8:00pm Evening performance. Simon Mayor Sun 24. Lewes Folk Club/Fiddle Workshop. See website for full workshop details 10:45am-4:55pm Simon Mayor & Hilary James - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL with Richard Collins and Phil Fentimen Fri 29, Pearson Hall, Pearson Road, Sonning-on-Thames, Reading RG4 6UL Tel: 0118 9268615 Tickets £15.00 -- 8:00pm Slim Panatella & The Mellow Virginians Christmas Special Simon Mayor, Hilary James and Richard Collins are joined by Phil Fentimen plus Andy Baum, and Andy Taylor Sat 30. The Morrell Room, Church Lane, Streatley, RG8 9HT Tel: 0118 9268615 Tickets £15.00 -- 8:00pm