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Experience as a Music Arranger

Global Funk Orchestra 1999-2003

Arrangements and musical direction for live 20 piece funk band. Over 30 songs transcribed and re-arranged for 5 brass, 4 strings and 11 piece funk band. Here are some examples of the songs transcribed from the original recordings:

• Also Sprach Zarathustra (Deodato)
• Living For the City (Stevie Wonder)
• Lovin is Really My Game (Brainstorm)
• Another Star (Stevie Wonder)
• The Professionals [TV theme tune] (Laurie Johnson)
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry)
• Street Player (Chicago)

The Bamboo Sessions

The Bamboo Sessions features newly written string quartet arrangements for songwriters performing acoustically. Aidan has written roughly 3 song arrangements for each of the following artists:

• Jenny Lindfors
• Alphastates
• Fiach
• Ro Byrne
• Mark Flynn (Blood Red Mountain Band)
• Adela Meally
• Jody Trehy
• Jaqueline Tuck
• Dave Halpin
• Will & Colum
• Celine Carroll
• Robin James Hurt
• Ise
• Vyvienne Long

Blackrock College School Musicals

Music arranger 2002-2008

HELP! (May 2008)

An original story featuring the music of the Beatles. String arrangements for the string quartet:

• The Long and Winding Road
• Let It Be
• Got to Get You Into My Life
• Yesterday
• Here Comes The Sun
• Drive My Car
• Back in the U.S.S.R.

Fever (November 2007)

This show was based around the music and story of the movie "Saturday Night Fever". It also included other disco hits of the era.

Brothers in Arms (November 2004)

An original show written for the school. Included a wide variety of popular songs transcribed arranged for band and orchestra.

Jungle Thing (May 2003)

Jungle Thing was a show featuring the music and story lines of "The Jungle Book" and "The Lion King". The band included professional musicians and students of the school.

Ochon (November 2002)

Ochon was an original production written for Blackrock College by the shows directors. The musical numbers were classic Irish rock songs arranged for band and string section.

Our Day Out (May 2002)

Piano arrangments based on Willy Russel's original music.