Rosewood

Welcome to Rosewood's myspace site.Exemplary musician Chris Matthews and outstanding vocalist Sarah Willows formed Rosewood, to provide professional, high quality live music for Weddings, Civil Partnerships, Corporate events and any special event, be it private or business. Their passion for music is evident when you see them perform live and the musical chemistry between them is spine tingling.Chris is an accomplished musician and songwriter, with many 'strings' to his bow! His skills on a 12 string guitar are to be marvelled at by laymen and professionals alike. Chris has an incredible collection of guitars, acoustic and electric, all of which he plays to an enviable standard. Since the age of 5, Chris has barely let a guitar out of his sight and can put his hand to most instruments and is entirely self taught. More recently Chris has been perfecting his skills as a keyboard player, which will certainly add another awesome dimension to the duo's already impeccable sound. Having been in a wide variety of successful music projects over the past 20 years, he believes that he has finally met his match with talented vocalist, Sarah Willows.Sarah's first major achievement was to overcome her shyness in front of an audience, when she appeared on Stars In Their Eyes, as Doris Day. This experience helped to shape the next phase of her singing career and she began to hone her excellent vocal skills to the standard you can hear today. She also proved herself to be a skillful actress when she appeared on stage playing the character 'Little Voice' at the Halifax Playhouse, which received rave reviews.Since teaming up together last year, Rosewood now have regular engagements at, The Fourth Floor restaurant at highly acclaimed store, HARVEY NICHOLS, Leeds; LLOYDS TSB, GALA CASINO; SOVEREIGN HEALTHCARE; BRADFORD BULLS AND fundraising events homeless charity ST. GEORGE'S CRYPT, Leeds. Recent venues Rosewood have performed at include; The Imperial Hotel, Blackpool; Waterton Park Hotel, Walton; Raven Hall Country House Hotel, Scarborough; Coniston Cold Hotel, Skipton; Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford.Rosewood believe that the secret to their success, aside from their talents, is their friendly and professional approach. Sarah and Chris are very approachable and flexible and aim to provide a high quality service to any event, be it large or small.Their equiptment is of the highest standard and is regularly tested. As well as providing 'background' music for special events, Rosewood are currently in the process of writing and recording their own material which will appear on the site when it is finished.Please do not hesitate to contact them for more information and a free sample CD