Abbey Artico
Location
Johannesburg
Gauteng
About Abbey Artico
Vibrant and full of personality, Abbey is a well know saxophonist with over 17 years of performance experience which includes theatre productions, jazz bands, orchestras and pop groups. She has performed with PJ Powers, Little Sister, Jennifer Jones, Andre Schwartz, Jannie Moolman, Melanie Lowe, Bruce Cassidy and Denzil Weale.
Abbey provides sophisticated yet vibrant background music for cocktail parties, tea parties, meet-and-greets, golf days and corporate events. The repertoire incorporates jazz, light pop ballads, light jazz funk and fusion.
Solo saxophone for:
- Corporate events
- Gala dinners
- Cocktail parties
- Meet and greets
- Garden parties
- Themed events
- Weddings
- Birthday parties
- Golf Days
Demo Videos
Gigging Experience
Musical Director for Richard Loring for 4 years
Musical Director for Girl Talk 2000
Musical Director for Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Musical Director for The Best of Girl Talk
Musical Director for The Young Ones
Musical Director for Emperor’s Casino for two seasons of Sisters in Song
Band leader aboard the Symphony Cruise-Liner
Musical Director and Arranger for an album for Tove Kane of Jacaranda Fm
Vocal & Saxophone coach for the hit show African Footprint
Performances in more than 20 musical theatre productions including
* The Rocky Horror Show
* Roll Over Beethoven
* Girl Talk Nite Out
* Glory Days
* Motown Gold
* Sixty Something
* Fifty Something
* Feeling Groovy Too
* Undressed (with Duc Chowles)
* What a Night
* Route 77
* Bits & Pieces (with PJ Powers)
* Little Sister Unplugged
* Songs from the Med (with Harry Sideropoulos)
* I’m All Shook Up
Producer and Musical Arranger for a BMG Africa album for Little Sister's Debbi Lonmon
Co-producer and co-director for “Can You Feel It”
Co-producer and co-director for “Off the Record”
Performances with PJ Powers, Little Sister, Navi Redd and Cinema
Soloist for the KZNPO Starlight Opera in 2006
Soloist and ensemble member for The National Philharmonic
Soloist and ensemble member for The National Symphony Orchestra
Performed with numerous jazz bands, including performances with Bruce Cassidy; John Daviesl David Mills and Denzel Weale.
