Andrew Findon
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| Andy Findon | |
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| Origin | London, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Classical, Folk, Pop, Dance, Big Band, Musicals, |
| Occupations | Flautist, Saxophonist, Clarinettist |
| Years active | 1974-present |
| Labels | Nimbus Alliance, Quartz, MadeUpMusic, Inspired Music, KPM |
| Associated acts | The Home Service www.homeserviceband.co.uk/, ELF http://elftrio.org/, Acoustic Earth www.acousticearth.com |
| Website | www.andyfindon.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Flute, Saxophone, Ethnic flutes, Clarinet | |
Andrew Findon is an English flautist and saxophonist. Educated at Harrow County School for Boys, he trained as an orchestral flautist, and served as principal flute of the National Youth Orchestra in the early 1970s and three years at the Royal College of Music. He branched out into the London musical scene, from dance band dates (working for Nat Temple, Joe Loss, Eric Delaney & Sidney Lipton among others) to Ballet Rambert, taking in The National Theatre and the formation of the Myhra Saxophone Quartet with John Harle.[1]
The early 1980s saw the start of his work with the "Michael Nyman Band", with whom he still tours and records, and a most enjoyable period as a member of the folk-rock band, "The Home Service", recording albums with them and appearing at leading folk festivals. Andy is principal flute of The National Symphony Orchestra, and works with many other chamber groups, including The Ceruti Ensemble , London Saxophonic and Saxpak. He has performed on Flute, Piccolo, Alto Flute, Contra Bass Flute, Saxophones, Clarinet, Ocarinas, Folk Whistles & Pipes
Recent years have included work in new Andrew Lloyd Webber productions, "Whistle Down The Wind", "The Beautiful Game", for which he was named in the Sunday Times review, “Bombay Dreams” and “The Woman In White”. Other recent shows include “Sinatra At The London Palladium”, "Wicked" and “Lord Of The Rings" and Oliver at Drury Lane. He is currently appearing at The London Palladium in The Wizard Of Oz. Apart from his appearances on hundreds of other peoples albums, he has written and recorded for EMI’s KPM, Made Up Music, Inspired Music Libraries and featured on solo Panpipe cd’s for Virgin, Crimson and Emi.
2005 saw the release of “Andy Findon –Tracked” on the “Quartz” label and 2007 “When The Boat Comes In”, available at www.andyfindon.com.
In 2008, Findon transcribed and recorded Michael Nyman's "Yamamoto Perpetuo" for solo flute, an eleven movement, 37 minute work. http://www.andyfindon.com/albums.htm
In August 2011 he released "Density 21.5", an unaccompanied cd with the Nimbus Alliance record label.
He is currently playing with two trios: "ELF" with Dave Lee (french horn) and Geoff Eales (piano). Their cd "Reflections" has been released on the Nimbus Alliance label http://elftrio.org/ and "Acoustic Earth" with Pete Walton (guitar) and James Turner (percussion). Their album "Travelling Man" was released in 2010. www.acousticearth.com
The "Home Service" has a new lease of life with the cd "Home Service Live 1986" and the band is now performing at the major Folk Festivals and preparing a new album. www.homeserviceband.co.uk
Findoon is a "Pearl Flutes International Artist" http://www.pearlflutes.com and also owns the platinum flute made in 1950 by Charles Morley for Geoffrey Gilbert.
[edit] References
- ^ Richard Ingham (1998), The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521596664, http://books.google.com/?id=IuCMJcLGFF8C&pg=RA1-PA91&lpg=RA1-PA91&dq=%22Andrew+Findon%22
