Pluckybird, Danielle Saxon Reeves

I am a multi instrumentalist, playing Guitar, Banjo and Mandolin; with a particular personal interest in the music of the 19th century : the Early Romantic Guitar, the Classical Mandolin and the Classic Fingerstyle Banjo .  Having previously studied with Craig Ogden and Mark Ashford, I then graduated from Birmingham Conservatoire in June 2001. I have performed at a wide range of UK venues and festivals including at Art in Action, St David’s Cathedral Festival, The Royal Festival Hall at The South Bank; The Bolivar Hall, London; the CBSO centre in Birmingham, the Royal Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool and Birmingham Town Hall; at York Guitar Festival, Bath Banjo Festival, Droitwich Festival, Jane Austen Festival, Bath; Hagley Music Festival and numerous appearances on BBC Radio and Television both as a soloist and with various ensembles.

As well as my performing career, I run a busy private teaching practice offering tuition in many different styles of music – you can find more information on the tuition page. I also direct the Midlands Fretted Orchestra, which I founded in September 2001 to promote the ensemble playing of fretted instruments. The Award Winning orchestra is based of the principles of the original fretted orchestras which were popular in the 19th Century, and is one of only a handful of similar ensembles in the UK.
You can find more information about MFO at their website www.m-f-o.co.uk
I offer talks and after dinner speaking, run regular day long music workshops and a fortnightly ensemble “Friendly Folk for the Plucking Terrified” . ​​