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Samantha Norman

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Samantha is a freelance violinist working all over the UK. She trained at Birmingham Conservatoire and performs at weddings and other events
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Stratford-upon-Avon
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Samantha is a freelance violinist classically trained at Birmingham Conservatoire to Masters level. She performs all year round at weddings, parties, ceilidhs and many other events. As well as a huge classical repertoire, Samantha performs modern pop songs on violin and can create a perfect setlist of your favourite artists and songs for your event. She is also a specialist in folk/gyspy/klezmer styles and plays regularly in these styles in other settings too. Samantha has a wide-ranging performing career, working with several orchestras and chamber groups and works regularly at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Since 2012 she has appeared in numerous productions and has often appeared on stage and in costume playing from memory. Some of these performances have been broadcast live to cinemas and subsequently released on DVD. Samantha was a founding member of seven-piece cinematic folk septet the Old Dance School, now know as the Fair Rain. With them she toured the UK and Europe in theatres, arts centres and festivals and released three studio albums and one live album. The band have won critical acclaim and have been featured several times on BBC Radio 2. She performed with them until 2015. Samantha has a busy freelance career combining events, theatre, orchestral and chamber work, session recording and also performing with ceilidh bands and folk groups.

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Genres:
Classical, Classical crossover, Contemporary classical, Film / TV music, Musical theatre, Opera, World music, Balkan, Jewish music, Klezmer, Scottish music, Tango, Folk, Bluegrass, Ceillidh, Folk rock, Traditional English folk, Traditional Irish folk, Traditional Scottish folk
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Event types:
Wedding, Wedding proposal, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve
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Other skills:
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Samantha's Song list

Wildest Dreams
Perfect
In My Blood
Halo
Sign of the Times
A Thousand Years
Can't help falling in Love
Marry You
A Million Dreams
Strange
Here comes the Sun
All You Need is Love
In My Life
All of Me
That's Amore
What a Wonderful World
La Vie en Rose
Make you feel my love
A River Flows in You
God only knows
Your Song
My Heart Will Go On
Wonderful Tonight
All you need is Love
If I Ain't Got You
I'm Yours
Chasing Cars
(Many more pop songs - can be arranged upon request)
All I Ask of You
Love Changes Everything
Memory
Music of the Night
I Dreamed a Dream
Classical:
Pachelbel's Canon in D
Elgar Salut D'Amour
Elgar Chanson de Matin
Dvorak Humouresque
Boccherini Minuet
Bach (Various from Sonatas/Partitas for Solo Violin)
Handel Royal Fireworks
Handel Water Music
Vivaldi Winter
Vivaldi Spring
Bach Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
Bach Arioso
Bach Air on the G String
Shostakovich Romance from the Gadfly
Mouret Rondeau
Purcell Trumpet Tune
Clarke Trumpet Voluntary
Ashokhan Farewell
Huge variety of traditional Irish/Scottish music
Klezmer: (extensive, including:)
Odessa Bulgar
Rachenitsas
Wedding Waltz
Russian Sher
Dance of Delight
Scotland the Brave
Atholl Highlanders
Rose in the Heather
Chief O Neills Favourite
The Banks Hornpipe
Mairi’s Wedding
Cock of the North
Haste to the Wedding
100 Pipers
Auld lang Syne
Masons Apron
Roxburgh Castle
Devil among the Tailors
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Samantha's Reviews

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Tammy N
5 months ago
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5 out of 5

Samantha is very friendly yet professional. She arrived in plenty of time and was willing to play wherever we wanted. Everyone enjoyed listening to her varied playlist. Highly recommended.

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Katie W
5 months ago
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5 out of 5

What can I say Samantha was amazing at our wedding I would definitely recommend thank you again.

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Darren P
5 months ago
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5 out of 5

Samantha was superb. Right from communication via text or email, answering any questions we had, right to her performance. Can't recommend her enough. Thankyou Samantha. Will be in touch again I'm sure

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Jack F
4 years ago, for a Wedding in Warwickshire
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5 out of 5

Samantha played with a small group of musicians for our wedding in August 2019. She was so helpful and brilliant, and worked really well with the others (some of whom she had never met before) - and sounded excellent! Our guests loved the music too, and it really brought our church service to life - we can’t thank her enough!

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Helen C
4 years ago, for a Corporate event in Stratford-upon-Avon CV37
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5 out of 5

Samantha has played at several events I have managed at the Royal Shakespeare Company and has always been highly professional as well as an excellent musician. I would recommend her without hesitation

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