Acoustic instrumental music by Joel McDermott
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Joel McDermott composes and arranges acoustic instrumental music for guitar and mandolin. He has been playing fretted stringed instruments for more than 30 years, and has performed across the UK at festivals, concerts, weddings and private functions. His compositions and recordings have been played on radio stations around the world, including the BBC .
Joel teaches guitar and mandolin from beginner to advanced level in Ilfracombe, Devon. Click here for more information. Joel plays romantic solo mandolin and guitar music for weddings and functions in Devon, Cornwall and South West UK. Visit www.lovelyweddingmusic.com for more information.
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"McDermott allows the great sensitivity of his touch, playful and inventive arrangements and an obvious delight in the beautiful tone of his mandolin and guitar to come to the fore." Simon Mayor
Joel McDermott plays live music for wedding ceremonies and receptions. Solo guitar and/or solo mandolin. Large repertorire of ambient background music. A typical wedding ceremony performance includes solo mandolin or guitar music while guests enter the venue, during the bride's arrival and walk up the aisle, signing the register, leaving the venue, and at any other pre-agreed points in the service. Joel will also provide accompaniment for guest singers or other soloists if required. After the ceremony Joel usually moves on to the reception venue and plays for a further 1 – 3 hours during reception, meal, early evening drinks etc. The reception performance usually has a 15 minute interval break.
