Portfolio of works
Samples of Derek Williams' work as Arranger, Orchestrator, Composer, Conductor, Musician, Producer
Theatre YouTube Showreel (Theatre)
Performance | Recordings | Dance | Film | Television
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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'
Client: Tonight Productions
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, November 2015
Video Clips
Medea (Act II)
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
Video Clips
Wilde
New opera 2006-2010
Demos - recorded at The University of Edinburgh by friends and students
Orchestral samples by Vienna Symphonic Library
Audio Clips
Faust
Edinburgh Grand Opera
Edinburgh Festival Theatre, March 2008
Répétiteur, Offstage Conductor
Client: Edinburgh Grand Opera
Opera Shorts
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2008
The University of Edinburgh
Répétiteur, Sound Recordist
Salad Days
Caroline O’Connor
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
Audio Clips
- Almost Like Being In Love
The Last Empress
Festival Recording Studios, 1997
Client: Peter Casey
Leopard’s Leap (A Little Life Like This)
New York and Capetown, 1997
Production Musical Advisor
Client: Eaton Magoon Jr
Audio Clips
- Which Way The Wind
Lulu - The Musical
New Theatre, 1996
Client: Crook & Carroll Partnership
Cats
The Really Useful Theatre Company
Her Majesty's Theatre, 1995-96
Sydney Theatre Royal, 1986-88
Phantom of the Opera
Cameron Mackintosh Ltd
Sydney Theatre Royal, 1995
Jekyll & Hyde
New opera 1993-
Audio Clips
- Demo Scene
Nunsense
Glen Street Theatre, March 1991
Répétiteur, Keyboards
Client: Mike Wade
Sydney Cantata
The Story of Sydney 1990
Client: David King
Audio Clips
- Sydney Cantata
Thirteen Daughters
Cinderella
Peter & Ellen Williams Productions
Philip Street Theatre, 1986
Aloha
Hamilton Operatic Society
His Majesty's Theatre (Auckland), 1985
Founders Theatre (Hamilton), 1981
Client: Eaton Magoon Jr, Sir Robert Helpmann
Audio Clips
Oklahoma
Rotorua Operatic Society
Civic Theatre, 1983
Godspell
Rotorua Operatic Society
Civic Theatre, 1980
Earthfire
Rotorua City Council
Civic Theatre, 1980
Jesus Christ, Superstar!
Rotorua Operatic Society
Civic Theatre, 1979
