Turn around and take a bow! : my musical life / Mike Dixon.
By: Dixon, Mike (Conductor) [author]
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BookPublisher: Market Harborough : Matador, [2022]Description: xviii, 385 pages ; color illustrations.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781803132495 (paperback).Subject(s): Dixon, Mike (Conductor) | Conductors (Music) -- England -- Biography | Musical theater producers and directorsDDC classification: 780.92 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 780.92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00219153 |
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Mike Dixon has been involved in the British music industry for over 40 years and has been Musical Director for more than twenty West End productions including, We Will Rock You, The Bodyguard, Grease, Aspects of Love, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Jesus Christ Superstar. His TV credits include six Royal Variety Performances, countless light entertainment series and Glastonbury with Shirley Bassey, as well as a huge number of high profile television and radio concerts.
His career has taken him all over the world working with some of the most iconic artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Dame Shirley Bassey, Lord Lloyd-Webber, Leslie Bricusse, Sir Tim Rice, Don Black, Sir Elton John, Lionel Richie, Sir Tom Jones, Lady Gaga and Queen.
The book follows his journey as his exciting and eclectic musical career develops. From his early musical experiences in Plymouth, studying at Trinity College of Music, to conducting in the Royal Albert Hall, with plenty of humour along the way, it is a little peek behind the scenes into the world of entertainment from a unique, hands-on perspective.
Learning the rudiments -- Time for school -- Church music, guitars & girls -- Treyarnon -- Trinity College of Music -- Careering into a career -- The West end -- West End plus ... -- Television as well -- Love and marriage -- Extraordinary events -- DSB and the Epic -- Concerts & Friday night -- Here, there & everywhere -- The cancer files -- And there's more...