“A Christmas Story” Roundup

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a relaxing holiday season. I myself was on the road. For the first time in my life, Christmas lasted 8 weeks and trickled over into the New Year. I was performing with the national tour of A Christmas Story – The Musical. We hit up 5 different cities. The pit was comprised of 12 incredibly talented musicians: John Tarbet, Evan Rees, Tim Abbott, Brett McDonald, Nick Sednew, Andy Warren, Sam Crittenden, Aaron Hollon, Kelly McCarty, Evan Laybourn, and AJ Jones. Thank you to the cast, crew, and orchestra for all your hard work. For those of you who did not get to see the show, here are a couple of videos featuring a few of our stellar cast members and our fabulous orchestra. Enjoy!

 

 

Danjam Orch Plays Toronto – Aug 2014

Daniel Jamieson - Final Cover Selects  002Come down to The Rex next week and join the Danjam Orchestra for our annual summer appearance in Toronto! The band will premiere my arrangement of Alex Dean’s “Nice Guys” featuring low notes played by Justin Gray on the bass and Shirantha Beddage on the baritone sax. Other exciting firsts include: Tara Davidson’s take on “Alone Together,” Florian Hoefner’s reimagining of “Song for Anna,” and Alex Goodman’s interpretation of “Phantasm.”

Dates: Tuesday August 12th ’14 (my 28th birthday!),
& Wednesday August 13th ’14
Time: 9:30pm both nights
Location: The Rex Hotel (Toronto)
Facebook Event: Link

MUSICIANS

Reeds: Nick Morgan, Tara Davidson, Jeff King,
Dave Neill, Shirantha Beddage
Trumpets: Jason Logue, Brian O’Kane, Mike Malone, Alex Brown
Trombones: William Carn, Paul Tarussov, Steve McFarlane, Peter Hysen
Guitar: Alex Goodman, Piano: Florian Hoefner
Bass: Justin Gray, Drums: Ethan Ardelli

Video: Ed Kowalczyk & the Noordpool Orkest

Noordpool OrkestYou may remember a band from the 90s entitled Live, most famous for the album Throwing Copper, released in 1994. Their lead singer, Ed Kowalczyk, left the band in 2009 to pursue his own career. This past June, he performed at the Pink Pop Festival in the Netherlands backed by the incredible Noordpool Orkest. I arranged two of the songs for this concert, and you can watch them below!

Iris: http://youtu.be/RcjQkXWbqpg?t=17m15s

Pillar of Davidson: http://youtu.be/RcjQkXWbqpg?t=52m45s