Matheson is singing (and dancing — be warned!) as a Tin Soldier with the CGMC in their Christmas show, Revolt of the Elves.
Dates:
December 12th 2008
December 13th 2008
In case you thought only the French Revolution could inspire a musical, wait till you see what happens at the North Pole. Fed up with poor working conditions, Norman the elf inspires his comrades to rise up against their big fat boss. Will Christmas be cancelled? Will Norman be jailed? And where did Mrs. Claus get that dress? Find out for yoursELF! This show promises to be a hilarious way to kick off the holiday season.
List of recent and up-coming projects.
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Matheson is curretly working with the circus arts & HIV charity, Cirque For Life, as artistic director, musical director & composer.
Details of upcoming U.S. tour to be announced.
Visit the Cirque For Life website.
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Hear Matheson's orchestrations on the début album, F Sharp, of extraordinary singer/songwriter, Mark Hole, to be released 30th Oct 2008.
Theo Adams' new performance piece, “Make it Happen”, featuring orchestrations by Matheson of Lena Zavaroni's “Going Nowhere”, for Frieze Art Week (sic.), London and the “OPTIMISM: THE ART OF OUR TIME” exhibition.
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…Then the finale, orchestrated by the gifted musical theatre composer Matheson Bayley, saw Theo singing his interpretation of "Going Nowhere", …as the near naked dancers were draped around the metal scaffolding bellow leaving behind a twinkling urban wasteland and an audience left in shock and awe. ” |
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Matheson performed with Mikey O'Connell for the 25th anniversary of Chicago's most popular piano bar, The Gentry.
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The Channel Island of Jersey (between England and France) is soon to select its first official anthem.
Until now, God Save The Queen has been sung on official occasions. But on the 13th of March 2008*, a live concert will present four newly proposed anthems to the public. A vote will then decide which anthem is to be adopted.
Matheson has co-composed the music and co-written the text, together with London-based Jersey-born composer, Kevin Porée (owner of Berry Street Studio), for one of the four entries that made the short-list, to be sung by the Jersey Festival Choir accompanied by Matheson on the piano. Watch this space...
Edit, 5th March 2008: Owing to the current ongoing police investigation see article in The Guardian, the competition has been postponed. New date coming soon.
Edit, 3rd April 2008: A new date has been set: the competition will take place on the 30th April.
See: Videos for footage of Matheson performing, as well as songs, interviews, and TV broadcasts featuring Matheson.
More videos coming soon.
Edit 10th Jan 2008: New posting of video from the Disney Classic "The 3 Caballeros" added to videos page.
Matheson sings and acts the lead rôle of the parrot, José Carioca.
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Arrangement & Transcriptions for Ain't No Other Man for Anna Vissi's (Άννα Βίσση) 2007 world tour.
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For the hit avant-garde theatrical show, "2", by Dimitris Papaioannou (Δημήτρης Παπαϊωάννου), director of the 2004 Athens Olympics Opening Ceremony, Matheson translated the spoken Moldovan, Arabic, Albanian & Russian in the show into English for the subtitles for the DVD release.
Arranged and performed on British pop band Hiding In Public's 2008 album, including trumpets & soprano saxophone on their catchy new summer song — Bikini Blue Sky; violin & string orchestra arrangement on No-One To Save Me; trombone, trumpet & alto saxophone on Sangria; and clarinet, saxophones, trumpets & trombones on She Was Mine.
The tracks No-One To Save Me & She Was Mine both received awards from GarageBand:
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You can hear these tracks at the band's MySpace page: Hiding in Public - myspace.
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Matheson is currently collaborting with Taim-Laps Animation Studios and Greek composer and producer Nassos Sopilis, on a new CG animation feature: The Mouse Who Wanted To Touch A Star.
The book and lyrics are by the world-renowned poet and author of children's books, Eugenio Tribizas, and Matheson and Nassos have adapted and set poetry from the original book to music (+ orchestrations, production, sound design, and foley).
The première of the film is to be shown at Athens' largest concert hall, Megaro Mousikis (Μέγαρο Μουσικής), December 2007, followed by a television broadcast on Greece's National Television Station, ΕΡΤ, and a DVD release.
Above: Pre-production sketches of three of the characters in the film.
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From June 27th to July 12th 2007, Matheson could be seen playing the piano and singing with the acclaimed New York diva Lina Koutrakos at Mykonos' world-famous piano bar Montparnasse.
The ultimate resource for all you ebay-ers: become a 'Power Seller' with these superb instructional videos by Sally Olson, featuring tips and tricks on how to 'beat the system'. Introductory music by Matheson.
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Due for release in April July 2007, Matheson's latest album, The Spice of Life, can be pre-purchased from this order form, or you can subscribe to the newsletter if you'd rather receive an email upon its release with details as to where to buy.
Featuring 4 rearrangements of popular songs & 10 eclectic original compositions by Matheson, the album vacillates between the satirical and the serious, the parodical and the pioneering, with as may hilarious moments as there are melancholy.
A few tasters from the album:
Somewhere Out There
A prestissimo patter-song with a politico-geographical bent...
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See www.the-countries-song.com for more information.
“...I'll search Belarus and Bahrain, Uganda and Spain
The Gambia, Zambia and The Ukraine
Trinidad & Tobago, The Congo and Togo and Tonga and Tajikistan...
Costa Rica, Barbados, Afghanistan, Egypt, Japan
Then in Cyprus, Benin, The Bahamas, Iran
Nicaragua, Monaco, Cuba, Nauru
Vanuatu, Lesotho, Peru:
I'll travel by boat or by bike or by train
Helicopter or hovercraft, parachute, plane
Because somewhere out there though I've no idea where
Is my dream come true...!”
The Elements: Part II
Another patter-song: an 'update' to Tom Lehrer's original The Elements, exploring the heavy nucleuses discovered since 1959 when Tom penned a mere(!) 102 to the tune of Gilbert & Sullivan's I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General.
Extra verses take us up to 116 elements, followed by an intrepid foray into the tongue-twisting world of subatomic particle nomenclature...
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See www.the-elements-song.com for more information.
“Then came hahnium, dubbed 'dubnium', with dubious applications
— More protons in its nucleus than Cruella has Dalmatians!”
“But why reject cause and effect — the cosmic chain reaction;
The predetermined universe and physical attraction?
If up until they prove free will, you claim it's an illusion…
…We can all commit adultery and blame atomic fusion!”
A beautiful Celtic-influenced ballad written & performed by the soft, sensitive vocals of American-born Karen Solomon, and arranged & produced by Matheson.
The mix is scheduled for June 16th... Thanks to everyone who's expressed an interest, but please - no more emails! :-) It'll be posted here towards the end of June for all to hear!
Update, July 07: orchestral mix completed
And no, the rumours weren't entirely accurate! So, in an attempt to answer a multitude of emails in one posting, here is the instrumentation (all recorded live, save two samples):
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Matheson worked on six tracks for Christos Alexandrou's album One Look, Play Music record label, 2007.
(Due for release April 2007)
Born in Germany and raised in Greece, Christos trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London, and has starred in several musicals including the rôle of Jamie in Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years, Joseph in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar, and Phantom in the promotional campaign of the 2004 film: Joel Schumacher's The Phantom of the Opera.
| Title | Genre | Origin | Matheson's involvement |
| She's Like The Wind | Musical Theatre Rock-Tango | Patrick Swayze's song from Dirty Dancing | Arrangement, orchestrations, programming, musical direction, production |
| Come What May | Pop ballad | From the Baz Luhrmann film Moulin Rouge | Arrangement, orchestrations, various live instruments, programming, production |
| Make Your Darkness Light | Pop | Original composition by Nassos Sopilis | Co-lyricist with Stratos Sopilis |
| Moving Too Fast | Musical Theatre Jazz-Rock | From Jason Robert Brown's musical The Last Five Years | Piano, arrangement, production |
| If You Ask Me To Lie | Ethnic Musical Theatre Ballad | Original Composition by Matheson | Music, lyric, orchestrations, production, various solo instruments |
| Remember | Pop Ethnic Ballad | James Horner's song from the hit movie Troy | Arrangement, orchestrations, various live instruments, programming, production |
March 2007, Matheson interviewed the Israeli rock sensation Teapacks in Tel Aviv, talking about their politically controversial song Push The Button written by lead singer, Kobi Oz. (www.itv4u.net)
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