Alan McMillan
Overview
- Solo classical guitarist
- 30 years experience
- Wide repertoire including classical/contemporary/film themes
- Unobtrusive – solo classical guitar with small amplifier/speaker
- Ideal for small events
Price Range
Prices range from £250 to £500
About
Alan has been playing and studying the classical guitar for over 30 years and performs classical and contemporary guitar music including popular film themes for intimate venues and events. The unobtrusive nature of his act – solo classical guitar (with small amplifier/speaker where required) makes him Ideal for a variety of intimate occasions such as drinks receptions, dinner/garden parties and small exhibitions.
Alan performs intimate classical and contemporary music from across the world. His varied repertoire includes pieces from Spain, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Ireland, Cuba, the USA and the UK. He plays music by composers such as JS Bach, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Domenico Scarlatti, John Barry, Rodgers & Hammerstein and Henry Mancini.
Over the years, Alan has developed a number of music projects and has played and recorded various styles of guitar including blues and rock as part of function/instrumental groups. He has also written and performed his own compositions and performed at a number of venues (for example in Edinburgh, at The Meadows Festival and Princes Street Gardens Main Stage and at garden/dinner parties in Edinburgh/East Lothian).
He is a member of the European Guitar Teachers Association (EGTA) UK, Alan has taught various styles of guitar over the last 10 years including adult learners at Leith Academy in Edinburgh.
Alan’s set list is well balanced and includes a number of well known pieces together with contemporary works including arrangements of popular film themes such as Get Carter, teh Wind beneath my wings, Dances with Wolves and Local Hero.
Alan feels that these well known themes translate very well to the classical guitar and can be a refreshing and interesting addition to a classical guitar performance and event. If required an arrangement for a specific song/piece of music that you would like to be played at your event.
Alan’s range of classical and contemporary guitar works will provide a perfect musical backdrop to any special occasion/event.
Listen to the audio demos (right) now to hear Alan playing the following pieces:
‘Milonga Del Angel’ by Astor Piazzolla (Argentina)
'A Planxty' by Turlough O'Carolan (Ireland)
'Gabriel's Oboe' by Ennio Morricone from the Mission OST
‘Something Good’ (from ‘The Sound of Music’)
‘The Wind Beneath my Wings’ (from 'Beaches’)
Where are they based?
Based in Pencaitland/Tranent just outside Edinburgh and will happily travel to events across most of Scotland and the North East of England.
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Sample Set List
Classical
A Planxty – Turlough O’Carolan
DEE – Rhandy Rhoads
Milonga Del Angel – Astor Piazzolla
Sontata in A – Domenico Scarlatti
Danza Brasilera – Jorge Morel
Preludes - 1, 2 , 3 and 5 – Heitor Villa Lobos
Missionera – Jorge Morel
Cavatina – Stanley Myers
Choro Number 1 – Heitor Villa Lobos
Dedicatoria – Enrique Granados
Opus No 6 in A – Fernando Sor
Verano Porteno – Astor Piazzolla
Danza del Altiplano – Leo Brouwer
Romance de Amor – Anon
Prelude Cello Suite 1 – JS Bach
Mallorca – Isaac Albeniz
Cadiz – Isaac Albeniz
Contemporary Pieces
The Girl from Ipanema – Antonio Jobim
Get Carter – Main Theme – Roy Budd
The Ipcress File – Main Theme - John Barry
The John Dunbar Theme - John Barry
Wind beneath my wings - Larry Henley/Jeff Silbar
Fields of Gold - Sting
Big Love – Lindsey Buckingham
Everything I Do – Bryan Adams
Fragile - Sting
Moon River – Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer
In my life – Beatles
Blackbird – Beatles
Something - Beatles
Woman - John Lennon
My heart will go on - Theme from Titanic
Going Home – Mark Knopfler
As Time goes by - Herman Hupfeld
Something Good – Sound of Music
Always on my mind - Various
All the time in the world - Louis Armstrong
Tears in the Rain – Joe Satriani
ZZ Song – Joe Satriani
Farewell to Stromness – Peter Maxwell Davies
Gabriel's Oboe - by Ennio Morricone (from the film 'The Mission')
Wild Mountain Thyme
Original work
‘Searching’ – Alan McMillan
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