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Jessica Boyd

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Jessica is a professional violinist and actress based in London. Available for Orchestral, Chamber, Session and teaching work (full DBS)
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Jessica has a small portable amplification system to enable the acoustic violin to be heard in a loud party/wedding environment so that you can benefit from the beautiful sound of the acoustic violin at your event without worrying that it won't be heard! Orchestral: • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra • Los Angeles Philharmonic • City of London Sinfonia • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra • English Symphony Orchestra • English Chamber Orchestra • Dartford Symphony Orchestra, • Pasadena Symphony Orchestra • Hatfield Philharmonic, • London Concertante, • London Soloists Chamber Orchestra, • Aurelian Ensemble • Aurora Chamber Orchestra • Orchestra della Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento Musicale (Professional orchestra with ongoing recording project in collaboration with Ricordi • Academia Gustav Mahler String Orchestra (European Tour) • London Pergolesi Sinfonietta (Section Principle) • Top of the Pops (Gavyn Wright) • War of the Worlds (International Tour) Chamber/Solo Experience: • Bach Double Concerto - London Pergolesi Sinfonietta • Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E min. Op.64 - MYO • Mozart Violin Concerto in A maj.K.219, with the UBCO • Bruch Violin Concerto in G min - Highgate Symphony Orchestra • Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, JGSE, London • Engliano Piano Trio (Member 2000- Current) • Volterra Piano Trio (Member 2003-2008) • Boyd Duo (Member 1995 - Current) Orchestral Training • Britten-Pears Orchestra • London Philharmonic Youth Orchestra • Royal Academy String Ensemble (Section Principal) • Guildhall String and Symphony Orchestras (Section Principal)-public concerts in the U.K and abroad including the Barbican, Purcell Room and St. Martin’s in the Field, a tour to Madrid, and CD recording • University of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Leader • University of Birmingham Chamber Orchestra (Leader) Training: • Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Pavel Crisan, Pauline Scott) • Royal Academy of Music (Jean Harvey) • University of Birmingham (Detlef Hahn at GSMD) BA Music and Drama • Claudio Abbado’s “Ferrara Musica” Orchestral programme (Thomas Brandis) Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento Musicale, Saluzzo, Italy MA Chamber Music (Mariana Sirbu, Hugh Maguire) Teaching • Music House for Children, Shepherds Bush, London (Group and individual violin tuition- mainly early years 3-7) 2006- ongoing • Camden Saturday Music Centre, London (Saturday specialist music school for children from 7- 18- private tuition 1-1) • Various secondary and primary schools, teaching cover, private, group and general musicianship as well as small ensemble coaching • Private violin tuition (age 3- adult) 2003- ongoing • Private piano tuition (beginners and intermediate) 2003- ongoing

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Musicianship
Genres:
Classical, Jazz, Folk, Pop
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Event types:
Recording session, Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve
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Other skills:
Actor, Fluent improviser, Fluent sight-reader, Instrumental teaching
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Jessica's Song list

These are the songs that I have backing tracks for (they can of course also be played acoustically without backing tracks as well!)
ROCK/POP/CHART HITS
21 Guns- Green Day
25 or 6 to 4- Chicago
1000 Years- Christina Perri
Afterglow- Ed Sheeran
Angels- Robbie Wiiliams
All About That Base- Meghan Trainor
All of Me- John Legend
Animal- Neon Trees
All I Have to Do Is Dream- The Everly Brothers
Always Remember us this Way- Lady Gaga
A Whiter Shade of Pale-
Best Part- Daniel Caesar
Birthday- Katy Perry
Blinding Lights- The Weekn’d
Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen
Brown Eyed Girl
Both Sides Now- Joni Mitchell
Boulevard of Broken Dreams- Green Day
Can't Take My Eyes off you
Chasing Pavements- Adele
Chasing Cars- Snow Patrol
Dance Monkey
Dance With My Father Again- Luther Vandross
Dancing Queen- Abba
Dancin' in the Moonlight- Toploader
Dangerously in Love- Beyonce
Desperado - Eagles
Domino- Jesse J
Don’t Stop Believin’- Journey
Don't Want to Miss a Thing
Dynamite- Tao Cruz
Don’t Stop Me Now- Queen
Don’t Know Why- Norah Jones
Everybody Talks- Neon Trees
Everything- Michael Buble
Everything I do- Bryan Adams
Everywhere- Fleetwood Mac
Firework- Katy Perry
Forget You- Cee Lo Green
From This Moment- Shania Twain
Get Here - Oleta Adams
Gimme Some Lovin’- The Spencer Davis Group
Go Your Own Way- Fleetwood Mac
Golden- Harry Styles
Good Time- Owl City and Carly Rae Jepson
Grenade- Bruno Mars
Hello My Love- Westlife
Halo- Beyonce
Havana (Camila C)
Home- Philip Phillips
How Deep Is Your Love
How long will I love you - Ellie Goulding
Happy- Pharrell Williams
Honky Tonk Woman- Rolling Stones
Hotel California- Eagles
How Deep is Your Love- Bee Gees
Have I Told You Lately
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing- Aerosmith
If I Ain't Got You- Alicia Keys
I Don't Care- Ed Sheeran
I Only Have Eyes for You- The Flamingos
I Only Have Eyes for You 3:09
I Can't Help Falling In Love- Elvis
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction- The Rolling Stones
I See You- Leona Lewis
I Will Always Love You
In My Head- Jason Derulo
In The Midnight Hour- Wilson Pickett
I’m Yours- Jason Mraz
I'll Be Right Here Waiting for you- Richard Marx
Isn't She Lovely- Stevie Wonder
Jar of Hearts- Christina Perri
Just a Kiss- Lady Antebellum
Just the Way You Are (Amazing)- Bruno Mars
Just The Way You Are- Billy Joel
Like I'm Gonna Lose You- Megan Traynor/John Legend
Love Me Like You Do- Ellie Goulding
Lover- Taylor Swift
Love you for Long Time- Maggie Rogers
Lucky- Jason Mraz
Lucky Man- The Verve
Mr Know It All- Kelly Clarkson
Mamma Mia
Moondance- Van Morrison 2:42
Make you feel my Love- Adele
Marry You- Bruno Mars
Money for Nothing
My House- Flo Rida
Need You Now- Lady Antebellum
Never gonna give you up - Rick Astley
Ocean Eyes- Billie Eilish
Only Love- Ben Howard
Ordinary People- John Legend
Panic at the Disco- High Hopes
Part of Me- Katy Perry
Payphone- Maroon 5
The Prayer- Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli
Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
POV- Ariana Grande
Rhythm of Love- Plain White T’s
Radioactive- Imagine Dragons
Roar- Katy Perry
Rule The World- Take That
Same Love- Macklemore
Say You Won’t Let Go- James Arthur
Shape of Your- Ed Sheeran
Signed Sealed Delivered
Smile- Uncle Kracker
Soul Man- Sam and Dave
Someone You Loved- Lewis Capaldi
Spirit in the Sky- Norman Greenbaum
Sunshine of Your Love- Cream
Say Something- A Great Big World
Shake it Off- Taylor Swift
A Sky Full of Stars- Coldplay
Someone Like You- Adele
Stay With Me- Sam Smith
These Boots Are Made for Walking- Nancy Sinatra
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)- Natalie Cole
Time to Say Goodbye- Andrea Bocelli
Titanium- David Guetta
The Power of Love- Jennifer Rush
The Wonder of You- Elvis Presley
Thinking Out Loud- Ed Sheeran
Truly Madly Deeply
Two Out of Three Ain't Bad- Meatloaf
Unchained Melody
Uptown Funk- Mark Ronsen
We Are Young- fun
When A Man Loves A Woman- Percy Sledge
A Whiter Shade of Pale- Procul Harem
Wide Awake- Katy Perry
Yesterday- Beatles
You Are the Reason- Callum Scott
You Are Not Alone- Michael Jackson
You’re my Best Friend- Queen
You're Still the One- Shania Twain
Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher- Jackie Wilson
You Raise Me Up- Josh Groban
You Send Me – Sam Cooke
Young and Beautiful- Lana Del Rey
Your Song- Elton John
Viva la Vida- Coldplay
What You Won't Do for Love- Bobby Caldwell
DISNEY/FILM/TV
Bridgerton:
Main Theme
Lovely
Call Out My Name
A River Flows in You
Wrecking Ball
I See You- Avatar
Aeris' Song (Final Fantasy)
Reflection (from Disney’s Mulan)
Once Upon a December (Anastasia)
Belle (Notre Dame)
A Whole New World (Aladdin)
Colors of the Wind (Pocahontas)
How Far I’ll Go (Moana)
He’s a Pirate (Pirates of the Caribbean)
You’ve Got a Friend in Me (Toy Story)
May it Be (Lord of the Rings)
Rewrite the Stars (Greatest Showman)
A Million Dreams (Greatest Showman)
Never Enough (Greatest Showman)
This is Me (Greatest Showman)
Let it Go- (Frozen)
For The First Time in Forever (Frozen)
Love is An Open Door (Frozen)
In Summer (Frozen)
Somewhere- West Side Story
The Circle of Life (Lion King)
Accidentally In Love (Counting Crows) (Shrek)
Howl's Moving Castle Theme
We Go Together- Grease
You'll Be in My Heart- Tarzan
Song from Married Life- Up
JAZZ/CLASSICS
Blueberry Hill – Fats Domino
Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
Someone To Watch Over Me
Fly me to the Moon
I Love You Because- Jim Reeves
Oh Darling
The Way You Look Tonight
My Funny Valentine
Love Me Tender
La Vie En Rose
Summertime
Some Enchanted Evening
Come Fly With Me
My Funny Valentine
Rock Around the Clock- Bill Haley and his Comets
Someone To Watch Over Me
Some Enchanted Evening
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
My Baby Just Cares for Me
Mr. Sandman
Make you Feel My Love
I Could Have Danced All Night
Singin' In The Rain
When You Wish Upon A Star
Over The Rainbow
All My Loving
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
Have I Told You Lately
Stand By Me
Strangers in the Night
My Way
Oh Darling
I Love Paris
Love Me Now
God Only Knows
Let’s Face The Music and Dance
Moon River
Pennies from Heaven
Dream a little Dream of Me
They can’t take that away from me
Anything Goes
What a Wonderful World
SONGS WITHOUT BACKING TRACKS
Concerning Hobbits
Braveheart Theme (For the Love of a Princess)
The Last Goodbye (Hobbit)
Dreamed a Dream (Les Mis)
Hallelujah- Leonard Cohen
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES (A Selection)
Chanson de Matin- Elgar
Canon in D- Palchelbel
Por Una Cabeza
The Second Waltz- Shostakovich
Nocturne- Borodin
Estrelita- Ponce/Heifetz
Andante Cantabile- Tchaikovsky
Humoresque- Dvorak
Waltz from Coppelia- Delibes
The Swan- Saint- Saens
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty- Tchaikovsky
Morning (from Peer Gynt)- Grieg
Bolero- Ravel
Dance Macabre- Saint Saens
Nessun Dorma- Verdi
Vocalise- Rachmaninov
Air from Water Music- Handel
Air on the G String- J.S. Bach
Allegro from the Four Seasons (Spring)- Vivaldi
Arioso- J.S Bach
The Ash Grove- Traditional
Ave Maria- Schubert
Ave Verum Corpus- Mozart
Bist du bei mir- G.H Stolzel
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin- R.Wagner
Canon in D- Palchelbel
Flower Duet Lakme- Delibes
Hornpipe from the Water Music- G.F Handel
Intermezzo from Cavelleria Rusticana- P. Mascagni
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring- J.S Bach
La Rejouissance- G.F Handel
Largo from The Four Seasons-Winter - A.Vivaldi
Largo from Xerxes- G.F. Handel
Ode to Joy- Beethoven
Rondeau- J.Mouret
Sheep May Safely Graze- J.S Bach
Trumpet Tune- H.Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary- J. Clarke
Wachet auf- J.S Bach
Waltz of The Flowers
Wedding March- F. Mendelssohn
BOLLYWOOD
Ajab Si
Tuj Me Rab Dikhta Hai
Pal Jalebi
Tum Hi Ho
Dil Diyan Gallan
Humko Humise
Tu Cheez Badi Hai
Tum Dil Ki Dhaddkan Mein
Kabhi Kabhi
Look Lac
Main Hoon Hero
Mile Ho Tum
Ae Dil Hai Mushkill
Kaun Tunjhe
Muskurane Ki Wajah
Aage bhi jaane na tu
Bheege Hont
Kanda Kacheya Ne
Zina- Babylone

Jessica's Prices

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Jessica's Reviews

From Encore customers:

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James D
3 months ago
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5 out of 5

Perfect

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Gary C
5 months ago
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5 out of 5

Jessica. You performed at our wedding and played all the pieces soo wonderfully, it definitely increased all the emotions both me and my now wife felt! Your helpfulness leading up to the day of the wedding also was fantastic, especially with our special requests. I would 100% recommend Jessica to anyone looking to add a bit of extra flair to their wedding

Reply from Jessica
5 months ago

Thank you so much Gary. It was an absolute pleasure to play for your beautiful wedding!

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Lauren G
5 months ago
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5 out of 5

Jessica was fantastic! She was very communicative throughout the planning process and dependable and punctual on the day. Our guests are still raving about how great she was. We can't recommend her highly enough!

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Bola A
6 months ago
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5 out of 5

She played beautifully for our wedding, it was well executed.

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From other customers:

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Lawrence A
5 years ago, for a Funeral / Memorial service in Colton
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5 out of 5

She was able to play all of the music I requested for my mother’s funeral. She came dressed elegantly, and her music was beautiful. She added another level of class to my mothers final celebration; myself and all my guests were very pleased. Her music was soothing in our time of grief. I highly recommend Ms. Boyd, she lives up to her credentials at a very reasonable price.

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Connor S
5 years ago, for a Wedding proposal in Los Angeles
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5 out of 5

Jessica was incredible! Very talented violinist that made my proposal extra special. Highly recommend to anyone!

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