Gareth Mewes begged his parents for a violin as a small child and hasn't put it down since. Seventeen years of classical study at the Wollongong Conservatorium followed, with an AMusA diploma along the way, plus folk playing at the National Folk Festival and Illawarra Folk Festival. Brisbane and university pulled him into jazz, he won a competition in 2015 to perform with The Cat Empire, and he finished a Bachelor of Music in Jazz in 2018. He plays gypsy jazz standards, well known classical repertoire including Bach partitas, Vivaldi, Monti's Czardas and Pachelbel's Canon, and film themes like the Lord of the Rings medley. Book him solo, with a guitarist, or as a trio with two guitars. Blue Card and performers insurance held.
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Songs Gareth Mewes can play
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Variety of Gypsy Jazz classics and well known violin classical music.Popular music with good melodies that works well instrumentally.Irish music, anything else!ClassicalMeditation - ThaisIntroduction & Rondo Capriccioso - Saint SaensMozart - Violin Concerto in G major 1st movBach - Violin Partita no. 2 in D minorBach cello suite no. 1Bach - Violin Partita no. 3 in E majorBach - Double concertoPaganini Caprice no. 20Jesu Joy of Mans desiringPachabels CanonVivaldi - 4 seasons - allVivaldi - Concerto in A minorMonti - CzardasBrahms - Hungarian Dances 5, 2, 6Mendelssohn - Violin concerto in E minorKreisler - Preludium & AllegroLord of the Rings MedleyPirates of the Caribbean MedleyStar Wars MedleyPanis AngelicusGymnopedie - DebussyDvorjak - HumoresquePopJohn Lennon - ImagineHouse of the Rising SunThe Beatles - Let it BeThe Beatles - Eight Days a WeekThe Beatles - She Loves youThe Beatles - Here Comes the SunThe Beatles - Octopuses GardenShania Twain - Still the OneCristina Perri - A Thousand YearsAha - Take on MeBill Withers - Ain’t No SunshineCalum Scott - You are the ReasonLion King - Can you feel the love tonightElvis - Can’t Help Falling in LoveChattahoocheeCounting Crows - Accidentally in LoveTaylor Swift - Cruel SummerTaylor Swift - Anti HeroTaylor Swift - Wildest DreamsDancing in the MoonlightDolly Parton - JoleneEd Sheeran - Shape of YouEd Sheeran - PerfectFleetwood Mac - DreamsThe Cure - Friday I’m in LoveGlass Animals - HeatwavesBest Day of My LifeSixpence - None the RicherWheatus - Teenage DirtbagBackstreet Boys - I want it that WayStevie Wonder - Isn’t she LovelyJohn Legend - All of meJohn Lennon - ImagineKate Bush - Running up that hillLouis Armstrong - What a Wonderful WorldTrain - Marry MeDua Lipa - New RulesAdele - Rolling in the DeepSam Smith - Stay with MeKenny Rodgers - The GamblerThe Paper Kites - BloomSimon & Garfunkle - Sound of SilenceBilly Joel - Uptown GirlSmash Mouth - all starSixpence none The richer - kiss meKate Bush - Running up that hillRihanna - we found loveColdplay - YellowMany more
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What to expect
The playing has classical foundations under it. Seventeen years of study at the Wollongong Conservatorium, an AMusA diploma, then folk festivals as a kid and jazz after he moved to Brisbane for university. He won a competition in 2015 that put him on stage with The Cat Empire, finished a jazz degree in 2018, and now tours with gypsy band Cigàny Weaver. That group has played Woodford, Dark Mofo, Caloundra Music Festival and Bellingen Winter Festival. Session work fills the rest of his week, alongside teaching violin. So what you get is a player who moves between gypsy jazz, Bach and film themes without it sounding like a stretch.
On the day
Power somewhere nearby is preferred so the violin can be amplified properly. If that's awkward, or the space is small and quiet enough, he'll play solo acoustic with no amplification at all and it still carries.
Performance options
Solo violin is the smallest version, and the repertoire stretches across classical, jazz, pop and fantasy or medieval material depending on the occasion. Add a guitarist and it becomes a gypsy jazz and pop duo, which is the format most functions land on. The largest is a trio, violin with two guitars, leaning hard into gypsy jazz. Same player behind all three, so the choice is about how much sound the room needs.
