Mike Richardson

Mike has been involved in musical performance for over 30 years and has played at many prestigious events from weddings and conferences to band events at the MEN Arena. He's been musical director for numerous productions and societies in the Manchester area and his recent productions of Stephen Sondhiem's 'Sweeney Todd' and Frank Wildhorn's 'Jekyll and Hyde' were recognised as NODA award winning shows. Mike can be seen playing keyboard/guitar and adding vocals to the California Dreamers stage show which is currently touring at theatres throughout the UK. His compositional credits have included work with BBC Radio 3, Wimbledon Theatre and, more recently, several musical projects for Cheshire based festivals including Macclesfields' Barnaby Festival. Mike spends part of his week classroom teaching and the remainder, visiting schools teaching piano. He has the variety of experience of different educational environments which allows him to consistently strive to support, inspire and motivate students in the most creative and exciting ways possible. Mike is regularly approached and booked privately to play for weddings and corporate events and offers comprehensive packages, which are fully customised repertoires with full client consultation. Mike's musical standard, professional and personable manner and attire is consistently held in high regard with all those he has worked with and is something that remains at the forefront of all work that he undertakes.