Marc Gordon

Marc has been playing guitar for a long time and the last four years has seen him focussing on composing, arranging, performing his own music, as well as coaching and tutoring. 

His musical 'roots' are in the Blues and in the past, as a soloist and in bands, has played Blues, Soft Rock, Pop and Welsh & Irish folk. More recently his tastes have expanded and he now puts his energy into his own compositions for solo performances. He also writes his own arrangements of other music for duets with female vocalists, with the addition of improvisation to challenge the singers to add their own special touch.

His great love is to feel the vitality of music that communicates images and emotions to his audience. The majority of his solo guitar compositions are descriptive pieces communicating his image of people (portraits), scenes or emotions to his audience. 

As Marc enjoys 'fresh' music, many of his pieces are primarily improvisation around a concept framework, which means that no two performances are exactly the same. Audiences either get involved in discovering the images his music provokes or just enjoy the music when 'chilling-out'. When asked to categorise his music Marc struggles to identify a genre that suits, as his own special style embodies classical, jazz, folk, blues and rock. His coach has suggested "Isomorphism" as she feels that his music "provokes involvement in his imagery and also allows space for the listener to explore their own images and emotions.Cecilia was born and raised in a very large musical family in Canada. On arrival in the UK she fell in love with the haunting lyrical sound of the traditional folk music. Over the years she has performed and recorded both traditional and original songs on the Terra Nova label. She now enjoys exploring and singing anything from blues to gentle rock, to jazz to folk, mainly with the Waunifor Café Band Maggie NicolsMaggie, well known locally and in the European music scene for her jazz singing and improvisation creating magic wherever she performs. During the many yeas of her career she has worked both as a dancer, including the Windmill Theatre and Moulin Rouge, and as a singer with many famous jazz musicians. Details of her amazing performing career and lists of her recordings can be found on her web site. www.maggienicols.com

She first sang with Marc accompanying on his guitar at a private party where they experimented with a couple of old jazz numbers and now enjoy any opportunity to improvise together.

Chris RatnerChris has a powerful voice developed during many years singing professionally on the club circuit, using the stage name of 'Christiana'. This included both singing solo and with bands and has been a support artist for 'Chas & Dave'. She now enjoys singing for fun 'Swing' her favourite, and other good songs from a range of genres and can be seen regularly at Waunifor. She is also an Equity member and has worked as an extra in various television shows including 'Casualty' and 'Pobl' .