Moonlight Concerts: Jazz Drummer
Moonlight Concerts
Location: Edinburgh
Fee: £375
Deadline: 10/07/25
We are looking to collaborating with a jazz double bass on a successful concert show called "‘Rhapsody in Blue’ - Jazz Sessions by Candlelight" which we are performing five shows in the Fringe 2025
The five shows (lasting one hour) will take place at Fringe Venue 197 (St Vincent's Chapel):
2nd, 7th, 12th and 20th August @ 6pm
15th August @ 9.45pm
We are looking for a drummer who can play jazz double bass and collaborate with our pianist and his drummer:
The Entertainer – Scott Joplin
Take 5 and Unsquared Dance - Dave Brubeck
Blues, Chanson and Charleston (from Cinq Études de Jazz) – Erwin Schulhoff
Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin (solo piano arrangement)
Moonlight is a performing arts company that creates immersive classical music experiences, concerts, shows and exhibitions. It celebrates interdisciplinary collaboration with writers and storytellers, visual artists, dancers and filmmakers (and beyond) to push the boundaries of what a classical concert can be and create the 'performance of the future.' Moonlight reimagines what a concert can be.
Our shows have received several five-star reviews in the press and collaborate with festivals across the UK including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Brighton Fringe:
"Matthew Shiel 'composed' a most enchanting concert" (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Edinburgh Guide)
"Sim and Shiel both are masters of their crafts" (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Binge Fringe Magazine)
"Matthew Shiel shone" (⭐⭐⭐⭐Three Weeks)
Successful collaborations often develop into long-term creative partnerships beyond; we are looking to support the development of our artists.
Our website is moonlightconcerts.co.uk
Contract: Freelance
Fee: £375 (8 hours work; 5 hours performing and 3 hours rehearsing; rate of pay: £46.87 per hour)
For further information, please contact moonlightconcertsuk@gmail.com (Matthew Shiel (director)), or call (+44) 7912606873, or visit https://www.moonlightconcerts.co.uk
The deadline is Thursday 10 July 2025 at 13:40.
