Portfolio of works
Samples of Derek Williams' work as Arranger, Orchestrator, Composer, Conductor, Musician, Producer
Theatre YouTube Showreel (Theatre)
Performance | Recordings | Dance | Film | Television
Credit Abbreviation Key
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Arranger |
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Chorus Master |
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Orchestrator |
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Composer |
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Audio |
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Producer |
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Additional |
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Musician |
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Score |
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Conductor |
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Musical |
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In other people's words...
“I am still amazed each time I think of how you and those working with you whipped together the orchestra for the performances of 'Aloha'. The outcome was really super, and I look forward to working with you in the future."
Eaton Magoon Jr
Hawaiian Records, Honolulu USA
'Tonight from the West End'
![Medea](../../images/thumbs/performance/tonight-star.jpg)
Client: Tonight Productions
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, November 2015
![Musician](../../images/icons/musician.jpg)
Video Clips
Medea (Act II)
![Medea](../../images/thumbs/theatre/medea.jpg)
New opera 2013-2014
August 2013 Edinburgh Jazz Bar
January 2014, Reid Hall, The University of Edinburgh
Soprano: Christina Dunwoodie
Bass Clarinet: Jean Johnson
Piano (Composer): Derek Williams
![Composer](../../images/icons/composer.jpg)
![Musician](../../images/icons/musician.jpg)
Video Clips
Wilde
![Wilde](../../images/thumbs/theatre/wilde.jpg)
New opera 2006-2010
Demos - recorded at The University of Edinburgh by friends and students
Orchestral samples by Vienna Symphonic Library
![Composer](../../images/icons/composer.jpg)
![Orchestrator](../../images/icons/orchestrator.jpg)
![Conductor](../../images/icons/conductor.jpg)
![Producer](../../images/icons/producer.jpg)
Audio Clips
Faust
![Faust](../../images/thumbs/theatre/faust.jpg)
Edinburgh Grand Opera
Edinburgh Festival Theatre, March 2008
Répétiteur, Offstage Conductor
Client: Edinburgh Grand Opera
![Musician](../../images/icons/musician.jpg)
![Chorus Master](../../images/icons/chorus-master.jpg)
Opera Shorts
![Opera Shorts](../../images/thumbs/theatre/opera-shorts.jpg)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2008
The University of Edinburgh
Répétiteur, Sound Recordist
![Musician](../../images/icons/musician.jpg)
![Recording Engineer](../../images/icons/recording-engineer.jpg)
Salad Days
Caroline O’Connor
![Tribute to Garland](../../images/thumbs/performance/a-tribute-to-garland.jpg)
Hamer Hall Opening - July 2012
Showgirl Within - September 2010
Night Of 1000 Voices - May 2007
Tribute To Garland - January 2006
Venues: Sydney Opera House, Taronga Park,
Royal Albert Hall, Garrick Theatre, London, Hamer Hall Melbourne
Client: Caroline O'Connor
![Arranger](../../images/icons/arranger.jpg)
![Orchestrator](../../images/icons/orchestrator.jpg)
![Musician](../../images/icons/musician.jpg)
Audio Clips
- Almost Like Being In Love
The Last Empress
![The Last Empress](../../images/thumbs/theatre/the-last-empress.jpg)
Festival Recording Studios, 1997
Client: Peter Casey
![Score Programmer](../../images/icons/score-programmer.jpg)
Leopard’s Leap (A Little Life Like This)
![Leopards Leap](../../images/thumbs/theatre/leopards-leap.jpg)
New York and Capetown, 1997
Production Musical Advisor
Client: Eaton Magoon Jr
![Arranger](../../images/icons/arranger.jpg)
![Orchestrator](../../images/icons/orchestrator.jpg)
![Score Programmer](../../images/icons/score-programmer.jpg)
![Musician](../../images/icons/musician.jpg)
![Recording Engineer](../../images/icons/recording-engineer.jpg)
Audio Clips
- Which Way The Wind
Lulu - The Musical
![Lulu](../../images/thumbs/theatre/lulu.jpg)
New Theatre, 1996
Client: Crook & Carroll Partnership
![Musical Director](../../images/icons/MD.jpg)
![Arranger](../../images/icons/arranger.jpg)
![Orchestrator](../../images/icons/orchestrator.jpg)
![Score Programmer](../../images/icons/score-programmer.jpg)
Cats
![Cats](../../images/thumbs/theatre/cats.jpg)
The Really Useful Theatre Company
Her Majesty's Theatre, 1995-96
Sydney Theatre Royal, 1986-88
![Musician](../../images/icons/musician.jpg)
Phantom of the Opera
![The Phantom of the Opera](../../images/thumbs/theatre/the-phantom-of-the-opera.jpg)
Cameron Mackintosh Ltd
Sydney Theatre Royal, 1995
![Musician](../../images/icons/musician.jpg)
Jekyll & Hyde
![Jekyll & Hyde](../../images/thumbs/theatre/jekyll-and-hyde.jpg)
New opera 1993-
![Composer](../../images/icons/composer.jpg)
![Orchestrator](../../images/icons/orchestrator.jpg)
![Conductor](../../images/icons/conductor.jpg)
![Producer](../../images/icons/producer.jpg)
Audio Clips
- Demo Scene
Nunsense
![Faust](../../images/thumbs/theatre/nunsense.jpg)
Glen Street Theatre, March 1991
Répétiteur, Keyboards
Client: Mike Wade
![Musician](../../images/icons/musician.jpg)
Sydney Cantata
![Faust](../../images/thumbs/theatre/sydney-cantata.jpg)
The Story of Sydney 1990
Client: David King
![Orchestrator](../../images/icons/orchestrator.jpg)
![Producer](../../images/icons/producer.jpg)
Audio Clips
- Sydney Cantata
Thirteen Daughters
Cinderella
![Cinderella](../../images/thumbs/theatre/cinderella.jpg)
Peter & Ellen Williams Productions
Philip Street Theatre, 1986
![Musical Director](../../images/icons/MD.jpg)
![Chorus Master](../../images/icons/chorus-master.jpg)
![Musician](../../images/icons/musician.jpg)
Aloha
![Aloha](../../images/thumbs/theatre/aloha.jpg)
Hamilton Operatic Society
His Majesty's Theatre (Auckland), 1985
Founders Theatre (Hamilton), 1981
Client: Eaton Magoon Jr, Sir Robert Helpmann
![Musical Director](../../images/icons/MD.jpg)
![Conductor](../../images/icons/conductor.jpg)
![Orchestrator](../../images/icons/orchestrator.jpg)
![Arranger](../../images/icons/arranger.jpg)
Audio Clips
Oklahoma
![Oklahoma](../../images/thumbs/theatre/oklahoma.jpg)
Rotorua Operatic Society
Civic Theatre, 1983
![Musical Director](../../images/icons/MD.jpg)
Godspell
![Godspell](../../images/thumbs/theatre/godspell.jpg)
Rotorua Operatic Society
Civic Theatre, 1980
![Musical Director](../../images/icons/MD.jpg)
Earthfire
![Earthfire](../../images/thumbs/theatre/earthfire.jpg)
Rotorua City Council
Civic Theatre, 1980
![Musician](../../images/icons/musician.jpg)
Jesus Christ, Superstar!
![Jesus Christ Superstar](../../images/thumbs/theatre/jesus-christ-superstar.jpg)
Rotorua Operatic Society
Civic Theatre, 1979
![Musician](../../images/icons/musician.jpg)