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2008 |
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December 2008 |
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AKlass singers performed three songs live with band One Eskimo at St Barnabas Chapel on Greek Street, London. |
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Introducing Jemma Cooke Jem Cooke is a 27 year old singer-songwriter based in London. Recruited from a very young age as a session singer, Jem has worked on many successful advertising campaigns, backing vocals and TV and radio jingles including PC World, Baileys, Blue Peter, Comfort, Molly's Gang, Joss Stone and many more. Jem has had experience working with other writers such as Guy Chambers (Robbie Williams), Steve Lee (Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Christina Milian) and Time Laws (Gabrielle, Lighthouse Family) Jem's song-writing took her to NYC in 2005 where she secured a residency at the legendary Bitter End club in downtown New York. |
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November 2008 |
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Patsy McKay will be lecturing at Leeds Music College. |
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| 15th |
AKlass singers recording with artist Patrick Wolf on his new upcoming studio album.
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Bass player Wayne Plummer has been chosen to be in the session band with Skint & Demoralised who are signed to Mercury Records. |
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October 2008 |
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| 31st |
Marie-Anne Bruccheri showing how versatile she is played at L’Oreal’s networking evening which had a Halloween effect. This was done in conjunction with Styles by Solares. |
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| 24th |
She was the support act the showcase of signed band S.O.L last October (2007) at the Jazz cafe and also played at follow up gigs, headlining May and June 2008. She has performed in venues including Hard Rock Cafe, Royal Festival Hall and Royal Albert Hall. Asked to appear on Channel 4's 'Chancers' and in final 8, with recommendations from Trevor Nelson and Fatman Scoop. Find out more... |
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| 22nd |
Jazz Trilogy performed at Altitude in Millbank for the SKY TV’s new Arts Channel launch. |
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| 8th |
Amy Stead and Mark Walker on piano performed classic love songs at private party in Manchester for Airline Company. |
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September 2008 |
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REDKEN TRIBE 08 EVENT at Battersea Evolution presented by Alex Zane. This year’s event was amazing and AKlass working very closely with Style By Solares organised everything from styling, casting models to shows. The theme this year was Fashion, Drama, Art and Energy and all the shows incorporated these themes. This year we not only stage managed the entire shows by Patsy McKay, but also show produced the shows for Lee Stafford, Burlingtons, Guido, and The Chapel. AKlass used a live House Band consisting of some of the best musicians in the Music Industry and also incorporated solos in individual shows from Louise Plummer, Marie Anne Bruccheri and James Manders. The Band performed a set after the live show of top dance hits. The event was a front cover feature on the September issue of the Event Magazine.  |
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August 2008 |
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Band Entropee perform live set at wedding reception in Wimbledon. |
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AKlass was asked to provide a Soul singer to perform a live set at a
private dinner party in Manchester. Annette Bowen sang
an amazing set with Yomi on keyboard. |
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July 2008 |
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| 27th |
Chantal Santos and her Jazz Band perform at this years prestigious Cartier Polo Event in Windsor.
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| 26th |
Jody and James Manders
performed at a wedding at the Hempel Hotel in London. Singing
songs in the Civil Ceremony and at the Reception.
James and Andrea, Wedding
Hempel Hotel
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| 18th |
AKlass were asked to provide a live Band and Dancers to perform at a
40th Private Birthday Party in Manchester. The band were Entropee
and dancers the IT Girls. Dancers also performed with
Kelly Rowland from Destiny’s Child.
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| 2nd | Lilliana and her band TRUCO play a great Brazilian set for the SKY Summer Party at London Oxo Towers. | ||
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June 2008 |
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| 28th |
Marie-Anne Bruccheri and James Manders
play violin and acoustic guitars beautifully at a wedding at The
Hempel Hotel in London 
We would gladly recommend Patsy to any bride/groom thinking about
using AKlass - Patsy was brilliant, very efficient, professional and
also friendly, making the whole process much smoother. Thank you
again! 
PhungNhi
and Rob (Bride and Groom) |
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| 22nd -28th |
Band Entropee travel to Monte Carlo to play shows on
Chartered Cruise around Italy in association with Style by Solares |
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| 3rd | Mercury Record video department needed help finding string players with a particular look for new David Jordan video and AKlass was recommended to help! Two string players Johnny T and Stephen Hussey were cast. | ||
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May 2008 |
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| 31st | Marie-Anne Bruccheri was back in the
studio recording with Razorlight. |
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| 19th | Bruccheri String Quartet performed
live with band GUILLEMOTS for Radio 1
Live Lounge |
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| 11th | Entropee entertained guests at Polo Match in Surrey | ||
| 2nd | Bruccheri String Quartet performed
with the band GUILLEMOTS on T4 TV show
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April 2008 |
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| 30th | Radio 1 Live Lounge recording with
“One Night Only” who used AKlass singers and Bruccheri String
Quartet to cover the No.1 hit song by Nickelback “Rockstar” 
When the band told me they wanted some gospel singers and a
String Quartet for their live performance on Radio 1, I was a
little nervous to say the least. Luckily I was put in touch with
Patsy at AKlass who sorted everything... it sounded great !
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| 27th | Phenomenom soul band Entropee entertain guests at wedding at Cardiff City Hall | ||
| 19th | James Manders
played Spanish guitar
songs at wedding of Annabel and Steve
I wanted to thank you for the most wonderful guitarist-James who not
only played beautifully, but was a really lovely guy, and provided a
really relaxed atmosphere for the reception. You've been a star
and a perfect mix of friendly and professional. I will definitely
recommend your Agency to friends organising events.
Annabel Price (Bride) |
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| 19th |
 AKlass in
conjunction with Style by Solares
(Wren Solares), provided two performers at Swiss Marriott
Hotel for the Westminster and Hampstead Hockey Club dinner. The evening was kicked off by Marie-Anne Bruccheri playing solo violin as guests arrived and later in the evening Elizabeth Anastasiou and band (Mojito) performed a variety of cover songs as the after dinner entertainment. |
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| 1st - 3rd |
 AKlass arranged the band and backing
vocals for Mariah
Carey for the TV shows: Paul O’Grady,
Friday Night Project and T4 Music Special
as she promoted her hit single “Touch My Body” and other new tracks
from her upcoming album. |
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March 2008 |
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| 4th | Marie-Anne Bruccheri
(violinist) records a demo with producer Tony Visconti for the
upcoming Razorlight album at AIR Studios |
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| 3rd | AKlass acts showcase their talents at Grove Studios in London | ||
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February 2008 |
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| 18th | AKlass singers record a demo for possible film | ||
| 8th | Elizabeth classic soul singer
performs at Sound in Leicester for private Sin City themed party |
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| 7th | Marie-Anne Bruccheri renowned violinist and guitarist play a private party at Soho House | ||
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January 2008 |
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| 21st | Bruccheri String Quartet recorded a demo for the upcoming new Razorlight album | ||
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Happy New Year! Welcome to what we hope
to be an “AKlass” 2008! Another year has come and gone and 2007 was good year for AKlass. We are now building on our reputation as the "Can do Agency". We offer a professional service with a personal touch and no task is beyond us. Please take the time to look at our “band” page in the “Services” page as we now have samples/demos of music from our artists. |
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2007 |
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DECEMBER 2007 |
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| 12th |
 Robin (guitarist) and Emma (violinist) played at the SKY TV Christmas party at Millbank, London |
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NOVEMBER 2007 |
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| 26th |
 Marie-Anne with Johnny and Andy from Razorlight played as a solo violinist with Johnny and Andy for the Mencap Little Noise Sessions at the Union Chapel in London. |
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| 12th | AKlass gave a
Lecture on Event Management for Leeds Music College. This was given
as part of the 3rd year Music degree course.
Patsy did a fantastic job of talking to our Popular Music Studies
Degree cohort. Her confident delivery captured the students
attention brilliantly and her vast knowledge and considerable
expertise was wrapped up neatly in a well structured presentation.
The different exercises Patsy prepared were excellent, and enabled
every member of the group to thoroughly engage with real and
relevant issues. Students have since commented that the session was
‘brilliant’, ‘insightful‘, and ‘extremely informative’
Danny Cope, Course Leader BA (Hons) Popular Music Studies |
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| 5th | Violinist Marie-Anne Bruccheri and guitarist Robin Banerjee played at Celebrity private party. | ||
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OCTOBER 2007 |
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| 25-27th | Vocal Tuition for Joe Lean and the JJJ’s new signing on Mercury Records. | ||
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SEPTEMBER 2007 |
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| 19th |
 AKlass provided the four piece band and three backing vocalists for NE-YO who performed at this years MOBO Awards. NE-YO also won two awards. |
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| 17th |
 AKlass staged
managed the Redken Tribe 07 event at Battersea Park
Arena. Click here to see a 2 minute clip of the shows highlights.
It was an absolute pleasure working with Patsy. As stage manager
for TRIBE07 she was incredibly professional, amiable and easy to
work with. The end result was a fantastic show on all accounts and
we’ve had really positive feedback from all parties involved about
how much they enjoyed working with Patsy and what a smooth ride it
was. I will without a doubt work with her again Lucy D’Onofrio, Events & Trade Marketing Manager, Redken (L’Oreal) |
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| 14th | Brazilian band “Truco” performed at an event for BSKYB in Cambridge. | ||
| 13th | AKlass provided an Opera Singer for the band “30 Seconds to Mars” for a live performance at Brixton Academy. | ||
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AKlass organised all the entertainment for wedding at The Hempel Hotel including:
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AUGUST 2007 |
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| 24th - 26th | Bruccheri String Quartet performed live with Razorlight headlining at the Reading & Leeds Festivals. They also also performed with the band at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh. | ||
| 18th
& 19th |
The singers were originally booked just for Chelmsford but after their performance the band were impressed and called them back to do the second date in Staffordshire the next day. |
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| 17th |
 AKlass violinist
Marie-Anne Bruccheri performed 3 songs with Johnny
from Razorlight at the Proud Gallery in Camden. |
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| 6th |
AKlass were approached by Max Reynolds International to provide a
Spanish female musician to sing and record the music for a Happy
Birthday jingle for the Spanish Birthday card range. They used
Angela who is known for her being a great percussionist on the
circuit but Spanish being her first language she did a great job in
producing the jingle.
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JULY 2007 |
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AKlass was asked to provide a backing vocalist and guitarist to do
some radio promotion for Nazanin Afshin-Jam artist on the Bodog
record. She grew up in Canada and became involved in raising
awareness of global humanitarian issues by her
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| 2nd |
 AKlass
supplied Truco the renown Brazilian band for a Corporate party at
the Oxo Tower. The band ran by Liliana consisted of piano,
bass and percussions. Liliana ended the third set by singing for 20
minutes.
Thank you for providing an excellent band at my client's party on
Monday night. Vanessa felt because of them it was
definitely the best
event they have had so far. I look forward to working with you
again in the near future.
Kristina Hall, The Main Events Intl |
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Diddy at Princess Diana Concert to celebrate her 46th
birthday at Wembley Stadium watched by 70,000 fans. AKlass were approached very late in the day to provide 10 additional singers for the P Diddy choir. He performed "I'll Be Missing You" with choir and an amazing string section. He was so impressed with AKlass services that he sent flowers the following day to say thank you! |
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JUNE 2007 |
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| 20th | DJ Si private party at The Hempel
Hotel.  DJing for 8 years, mostly specialising in clubs, bars,
weddings and private parties. For club/bar bookings he specialises in House and Electro. He plays the more commercial, "Funky" side in the bars and a more personal, upfront and harder edge sound for clubs. For weddings and private parties he often accept requests from party organisers for playlists, but he has a wide selection of old and present musical tastes. We
used AKlass at The Hempel Hotel on a few occasions for Entertainment for our
clients using DJ's and live bands. Christmas 2006 they provided
Entertainment for our Christmas Party. We have also added AKlass as one of our
Suppliers for Entertainment at the Hotel. I would thoroughly recommend AKlass
and it's professional service Radka Kisskova, Events Sales Manager |
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| 14th |
 Steph
gave a great performance with Faithless at the O2 Wireless Event at
Hyde Park.She kicked off with a beautiful rendition of "Music Matters" for the media in an exclusive acoustic gig. Faithless were the Headlining band! |
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MAY 2007 |
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| 30th |
 Violinist
Marie-Anne Bruccheri performed a live recording
with Johnny from Razorlight for a Friends
of the Earth charity. This performance was Featured on
"ITV Tonight" show and radio Plays on Radio
1. |
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AKlass were successful in finding the new lead singer for the band FAITHLESS and she kicked off in Cannes and Dubai. See T-Pie performing with the band at Wireless Festival
on 15th June. |
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| 15th | AKlass musicians and singers
appearance on GMTV, Lorraine show with Joe Cocker. Joe Cocker’s
11th studio album “Hymn For My Soul”, went in at No.9 in the UK
Charts. The band performed single “Just Pass It On”. |
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| 9th | AKlass formed the band for the
legendary Joe Cocker for his Parkinson
appearance shown on 12th May
on ITV. The full band was 6 piece band, piano, Hammond, drums,
guitar, bass and ukele player. 3 male backing singers for track
“Just Pass It On” which is also the new single and 2 female backing
singers for Joe Cocker classic “Unchain My Heart”.
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APRIL 2007 |
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| 26th | Violinist Marie-Anne Bruccheri studio
session with Johnny from Razorlight at Olympic Studios |
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| 21st | Hayden Callow Jazz Trio performed for the
50th birthday party for Michelle Wright from Working Title Films at
The Hempel Hotel. The band started the evening off with Jazz instrumentals
and ended with music and vocals from James Manders (guitarist). The guys were fantastic! They are talented, lovely
and such good fun! I had so many compliments. We will look forward
to doing it again! Pleasure working with you.
Michelle |
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MARCH 2007 |
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Steel pan player - session for band DIOYY (Do I Offend You Yeah) who are signed to Virgin Records. AKlass provided Kyron who is a renowned steel pan player to do this session. |
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FEBRUARY 2007 |
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AKlass DJ Blade for Wedding Reception at Il Bottocio, on
Grosvernor Place, SW1
It was a delight working with Patsy at AKlass on the music for
my wedding. Besides being on top of every small detail and
consummately professional, Patsy made me feel as though she
cared about my wedding. I'd highly recommend using her services. Juliana (The Bride) |
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JANUARY 2007 |
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| 27th |
Groove Shakers featuring Liz on vocals at Corporate gig in
Painshill for a Sticki Events for a Pharmaceutical Company party
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| 7th | DANCERS
available to be booked through AKlass for Live performances, TV,
Corporate shows, Video shoots and more! |
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| 1st | CLOSE
PROTECTION/SECURITY Close protection for Artists and Executives in the UK or Internationally. AKlass can provide experienced SIA (Security Industry Authority) registered Close Protection Officers that will give you peace of mind by absorbing all your security concerns. AKlass can field individuals or teams in a high visibility or covert capacity for short, medium or long term contracts, catering to concerts, tours, business trips, social engagements and everyday movements. |
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Amy Stead recorded demo for song writer Sonja Holla.
String Quartet from AKlass, played at 'The Oak' are playing for a Wedding at Gibson Hall
Six AKlass singers sang with The Thrills at this years 
campaigning and
singing. Singer and guitarist performed live on James Whales
night show and Woman’s Hour on Radio 4. You can listen to this
recording by logging onto the Woman’s Hour Radio 4 website. 
