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Andrew Holdsworth

Andrew Holdsworth is an English composer, record producer and pianist.

Music for Ballet

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Holdsworth is the music producer of all the grades and vocational exams for the Royal Academy of Dance. With Jonathan Still, he began devising the Pre-Primary and Primary syllabi in 2009 and went on to produce the music for Grades 1-3 (2011) and Grades 4-5 (2013)[1], recording the English National Ballet Philharmonic and a collection of ensembles and solo performers[2]. Holdsworth's other productions for the Royal Academy of Dance include the After Class series[3], the Discovering Repertoire series and music resources for Silver Swans. He has released, to date, over 40 albums of music for ballet class.[4]

Other

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Holdsworth’s first studio work was as house engineer at Jacob’s Studios where he worked with death metal band Paradise Lost[5] and played keyboards on their albums Icon[6][7] (1993) and Draconian Times[8] (1995).

Holdsworth's production career started in 1997 with Cosmas[9], the debut album from Damian Wilson and he has since produced all of Wilson's solo albums. He has also worked extensively with Dublin-based record producer Bill Shanley[10] - arranging, mixing and sometimes co-producing Irish artists such as Mary Black[11] and Finbar Furey[12]. During lockdown, Holdsworth produced Tony Woollard's arrangement of Mozart's Requiem for 20 Cellos[13], parts of which were choreographed and filmed by Ballet Black[14].

With Nigel Planer and Hannah Jane Fox, in 2018 Holdsworth wrote a musical adaptation of Fay Weldon’s She Devil which is currently in production[15]

Discography

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Music for Ballet

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2014 Reimagined for Ballet Class: Pop Volumes 1& 2
2015 Reimagined for Ballet Class: Classical Volume 1
2015 Adventures in Pre-School Dance Volumes 1, 2 & 3
2018 An Alternative Ballet Class Volumes 1 & 2
2018 A Christmas Ballet Class Volume 1
2019 Reimagined for Ballet Class Decades – 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s
2019 A Christmas Ballet Class Volume 2
2019 A Christmas Tap Class
2020 Reimagined for Ballet Class: Classical Volume 2
2020 Reimagined for Ballet Class: Decades – 00s, 10s
2021 Music for Dance Improvisation
2021 Movies and Musicals Volumes 1, 2 & 3
2021 Reimagined for Ballet Class: Decades - 00s, 10s (Orchestral Version)
2021 A Christmas Ballet Class (Orchestral Version)
2022 Fun Time Signatures for Ballet Class
2022 Reimagined for Ballet Class: 20th Century Classical
2020s Reimagined for Ballet Class: Songs of the 2020s Volumes 1, 2 & 3
2022 Piano Music for Ballet Training (3 albums)
2023 Repertoire Music for Ballet Class: In 2, In 3, Port de Bras & Adage
2023 A Christmas Ballet Class – The Nutcracker
2024 La Paix – Peaceful Piano Reflections on the Ballet Repertoire
2024 Around the World in a Ballet Class Volumes 1 & 2
2024 Ballet Class Music for the Older Dancer Volume 1

References

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  1. ^ "A Musical Journey". United Kingdom. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  2. ^ "The Way Ballet Should Sound..." Canada. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  3. ^ "After Class". Royal Academy Of Dance Enterprises Ltd. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  4. ^ "Spotify – Web Player". Spotify. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  5. ^ "Andrew Holdsworth - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  6. ^ "Paradise Lost - Icon". www.zenial.nl. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  7. ^ Halmstad, Bree (2023-09-28). "Paradise Lost's Icon Remains Just as Triumphant 30 Years Later". MetalSucks. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  8. ^ "Draconian Times". Metal Wiki. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  9. ^ "Cosmas - a Studio release by DAMIAN WILSON artist / band". www.proggnosis.com. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  10. ^ "News". Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  11. ^ "Mary Black - Stories From The Steeples - Album Notes". www.blixstreet.com. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  12. ^ "Jaxsta". jaxsta.com. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  13. ^ Niles, Laurie (30 July 2020). "For the Record, Op. 125: Tony Woollard's Mozart Requiem". Violinist.com. Retrieved 5 September 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Table Talk - BBonFilm". Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  15. ^ "SHE DEVIL!". RGM Productions. Retrieved 2024-09-05.