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Name: James Harpham
Field:
Musician
Productions:
The Silent Movie Show- James Harpham
Biography: James Harpham has been composing and playing for films, concerts and other media ever since his first commission for the film The Saturday Men.
James has conducted the Midland Philharmonic, Syntharmonic, the LSO and other orchestras at various concerts and recordings. He also conducted the first symphony concert at the Glastonbury Festival 25th anniversary in 1995. His group, The Wooden O, appeared on TV, toured Europe, published an LP and performed fund-raising concerts for Sam Wanamaker's Globe Theatre.
James is now passionately involved in accompanying silent films, for which he provides a complete concert on the piano, using material from the time of the film's production or before. Each score uses about 80 different slices of musical culture and takes about a month to assemble.
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