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JAKE WALKER - VIOLA |
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Experience 1995 – 2005 Date of Birth 23 12 1971 Orchestral
Royal
Opera House Orchestra London
Symphony Orchestra The
Philharmonia Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra BBC
Philharmonic Orchestra National
Symphony Orchestra London Festival
Orchestra London Concert
Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
Manning Camerata English Sinfonia Sinfonia 21 Beaumont String
Quartet Walker String
Quartet FilmCharlie And The
Chocolate Factory Madagascar Open Range Batman Begins King Arthur Madagascar Shrek 2 Phantom Of The
Opera Sinbad The Gathering Storm Return To Sender Shark Tale Churchill The
Hollywood Years Shine Stage &T.V. Riverdance - The Show Inspector Morse
– “The Wench is Dead” Otis Lee Crenshaw
Show Gunpowder Treason
and Plot Lorna Doone Irish/Traditional
Van Morrison Riverdance Afro Celt Sound
System Penradin The Crofters Sessions Tom Jones The Spice Girls Jamiroqui Take That Brand New Heavies Simply Red Sound Proof Martay Jemilia Cast Romina Johnson Bap Kennedy Woman In White Marie Claire D’Ubaldo The Dream Team Nuno Ricardo Tom Baxter Shane Lynch Pet Shop Boys Kat Starr Johnson Zstar MPeople Jazz
Courtney Pine Jools Holland Musical EducationRoyal College of
Music DipRCM ARCMPG Prizes1st
Prize - All of the Royal College of Music Viola Prizes 1st Prize
- Cobbett and Hurlseden
prize for excellence 1st
Prize - Cruft Chamber music prize ProfessorGrigory Zhuslin Jake Walker’s
early films included Barges, Guernica
and Stone Garden. With more recent projects including Situations
Vacant, Clever Gretel and Jamie And The Red Balloon.
This led to additional music credits on Open Range (comp Michael
Kaman) and Churchill The Hollywood Years. More recently he
composed, arranged and recorded the score for the critically acclaimed Stones.
Recorded at Rossyln Hill by The Walker Session
Orchestra, Elliot Randall acted as recording supervisor and Andy Scarth was the Sound Engineer. Major films in which he
has performed include Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Batman Begins, King Arthur, Shrek 2,
Shark Tale Madagascar, The Gathering Storm, Open Range, Sinbad,
Churchill The Hollywood Years, Phantom, Return To Sender
and Shine. Jake was specifically called upon to perform solos in Open
Range and Churchill The Hollywood Years and worked as a music advisor on
Shine. At the height of its fame
Jake performed as solo violinist for Riverdance
and went on to work with Van Morrison as well as recording solo and
collaborative albums incorporating the Celtic influences of his background
including “Airs & Graces” “Lunasadh”,
“Eireann” and “Soul Food”. Sessions with major label
artists have included Tom Jones, Jamiroqui,
Jemilia, Simply Red, Tom Baxter, Brand
New Heavies, Marie Claire D’ Ubaldo,
Nuno Ricardo, Zstar,
The Pet Shop Boys, Shane Lynch, Martay,
Cast, Romina Johnson, Mpeople, Bap
Kennedy, The Dream Team, Kat Starr Johnson, Sound Proof,
Take That and The Spice Girls. As an arranger and
songwriter Jake has worked with David Saw, Millionaire Souls, Annabel Lamb
and Liz Simcock. In the world of Jazz he has worked
with Courtney Pine, Jools Holland
and the Syd Lawrence Big Band Jake Walker left the Royal
College Of Music in 1995. He had won every viola prize and most of the
ensemble competitions. He had led every Royal College Of Music Ensemble and
performed extensively as a soloist. His first engagement was with the London
Symphony Orchestra followed by work for the last ten years with The
Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House Covent Garden, The Philharmonia, The
Royal Philharmonic, and the BBC Philharmonic. His chamber ensemble
experience has included performances with The Manning Camerata,
the English Sinfonia, Britten
Sinfonia and Sinfonia 21.
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