Artists & live projectsViolin, piano and performance support
Collaborations
Artists, theatre, sessions and special projects.
James works across live performance, recording and larger creative projects as an electric violinist, pianist, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, organiser and musical director. From guest appearances and session parts to full live productions, each collaboration is shaped around the artist, the material and the practical needs of the project.
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Musical directionArrangements, rehearsals and live coordination
TheatreOrchestral playing and ensemble work
SessionsRemote recording and multi-instrument parts
Featured collaboration
Anya Goel — Wild Live and large-scale events
Performance, arranging, musical direction and practical event support brought together in one long-running creative collaboration.
Wild Live at Yorkshire Wildlife Park
A major highlight was Wild Live at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in 2025, where Anya performed to an audience of around 5,000 people. James helped coordinate the wider live operation, assembling the band, preparing the musical set-up and supporting the technical delivery.
The project brought together Matt Jackson on bass, Joe Phipps-Pearson on electric guitar, Dominic Ridler on drums and technical support, Becky Measures in a management role, Anya Goel as featured artist, and James as arranger, organiser and multi-instrumentalist.
James has also performed with Anya at Carefest 2025, Sheffield City Hall and private events at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
5,000Wild Live audience
Live + studioperformance and arranging
Multi-rolemusic, planning and direction
Charity, community & international work
Projects with a purpose
Collaborative work also takes James into fundraising, community performances and international charity projects.
Eva-May Menzies
Performance, charity and community projects
James has collaborated with Eva-May Menzies across live performances, charity events and fundraising work, including Derby Cathedral in 2026 supporting Russell Watson, with producer Mike Moran also at the event.
Projects with Eva-May and Becky Measures have connected with melanoma awareness, breast cancer awareness, Homecare’s Got Talent, Glastholmbury and other local community performances.
International collaboration
Germany children’s hospice project
James has performed and sung as part of a Germany-based charity collaboration with Jess von Nebenan, Ducci and others, raising money for a children’s hospice.
A further performance is planned for Palais Wittgenstein, Düsseldorf in April 2027.
Theatre
Easy Street Theatre Company
James performs as first violin with Easy Street Theatre Company, bringing orchestral discipline, score reading and ensemble experience to live theatrical productions.
Credits include The Phantom of the Opera at Sheffield Cathedral and Les Misérables at The Steamworks, Sheffield.
Session musician & multi-instrumentalist
More than violin.
James has composed, performed and recorded for hundreds of tracks for musicians in more than 20 countries. Depending on the project, that work can extend well beyond electric violin.
Hundredsof recorded tracks
20+countries worldwide
Instruments & project support
ViolinPianoOrganGuitarBass guitarBanjoUkuleleMandolinViolaCello
Session work can include arrangements, layered strings, melodic hooks, piano parts and bespoke instrumental lines written around the track. Live projects can also include rehearsal support, set preparation and musical direction.
Band project
To Hell or Verona
James performs alongside Damian John Farrell in the long-established Yorkshire-Irish duo, combining electric violin, guitar, vocals and stomp. The act can expand to a four-piece line-up for larger stages and events.
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Looking for a collaborator?
For live performance, musical direction, theatre, recording sessions or a project that needs a flexible multi-instrumentalist, send over the details and James can discuss what would work best.