About

Double (music): To play two or more instruments

Double & Squeak is made up of Simon Andrews, Anne Bury, Sally Gogna, and James Harvey. All of us are woodwind players who play for musicals in and around the Cambridge area. In this style of music the woodwind parts often require that the same player switches between several instruments, often during the same piece, so all of us are woodwind "doublers". We have often played together in shows, but only once have we ever all been in the same show:

It was this that made us think that it would be fun to play together in a small ensemble using the wide range of instruments we play in shows, and thus Double & Squeak was formed.

Whilst we have experience in many musical styles from classical to jazz, we find ourselves leaning towards fun and "easy listening" repertoire and we have found some excellent arrangements in this area. Our style of music works well in lighter concerts, social gatherings or at community events. Have a listen to some of our clips below. We hope you enjoy them.

Listen to us

Players

Simon Andrews

Music has been part of my life since I was a small child. After being thrown out of the school choir for insubordination I started on the clarinet and loved it. After a few years I also got a saxophone and have been playing multiple instruments ever since. My younger life revolved around music, being a member of Birmingham Schools Wind Orchestra as well as smaller jazz ensembles. At university I played in the wind band and big band and started playing in pit bands for musicals. I was a founding member of Birmingham Symphonic Winds, and played with them for 20 years before reluctantly leaving when I moved to Cambridge. These days I play for the Cam Sax Quartet, and the Umbrella Big Band, as well as playing in musicals for a wide number of theatre companies in and around Cambridge. I love the challenge of playing parts requiring multiple instruments (8 in one show is my record so far), so Double and Squeak gives me the chance to play more of this type of music with similarly enthusiastic musicians.

Anne Bury

My progression into the world of music has led me from recorder aged 6 to piano at junior school, to clarinet at senior school, to flute aged 30, to saxophone aged 40, and even to harp (though that rarely gets any attention these days). I play flute or clarinet in local orchestras, have played saxophone in a jazz band, and all three instruments (in various sizes) in bands for local musical productions. Teaching (one to one lessons) has also been a major part of my life, though that is taking more of a back seat these days. I had a go at percussion and cornet for sponsored grade one-a-thons but was very pleased to hand the cornet back at the end of the event! Woodwind instruments are my great love. I'm often asked which is my favourite instrument and find it very difficult to answer as it depends on my mood, or the event, or the style of music - basically I love them all.

Sally Gogna

The first instrument I ever played was piano, however my school days were jam packed with music experiences from the beginning. I have fond memories of "music and movement" classes. I always sang in choirs, performing in operas, masses, shows and also sang in small acapella groups. On instruments I started off performing in recorder groups and an Irish tin whistle group, later progressing onto the oboe and the country orchestras. However - I really always wanted to play the saxophone, so I took lessons at my local music school as an adult student and have never looked back. I now play saxophone, clarinet, and flute, still love playing the piano, dabble in djembe, took part in a grade one-a-thon event on trumpet, and have performed a concert solo on a kazoo!

James Harvey

At school I learned recorder and flute, and then piano, competing in various music festivals and playing in local orchestras. Arriving at university I then got side-tracked into performing in operettas and musical theatre, and then switched again into musical direction. After a break of a few years I rejoined the local theatre scene, and taught myself clarinet and saxophone to be able to play the woodwind parts in pit bands - my favourite reed part to date was one that called for 3 recorders, 3 flutes, 1 clarinet, 2 tin whistles, and some pan pipes - but have again mostly been side-tracked into musical direction and keyboard playing, which takes up most of my show-related time these days. With a day job as a software engineer, it's refreshing to be able to switch over to something completely different at the end of the day!

Contact

For all performance enquiries you can contact us at double.n.squeak@gmail.com.