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Moonlight Serenade Orchestra UK - Swing Big Band
Founded in 2003 by trumpeter Kevin Cunningham, the Moonlight Serenade Orchestra UK wowed audiences in Concert Halls and Theatres all over Great Britain for four years. Known for it’s mix of Big Band Swing teamed with outstanding vocals, the Orchestra’s repertoire ranges from the classics of Glenn Miller through Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman to the cool vibe of Sinatra with a touch of Buddy Rich thrown in.

The Orchestra took time out during late 2007 and 2008 to extend their repertoire and experience in other fields, our musicians now have credits ranging from 1920’s trad jazz, BBC Big Band, Jazz Funk and West End shows behind them. 2009 sees the MSO UK take up the baton again beginning with a pre Christmas 3 date tour covering Morecambe, Fleetwood and Port Talbot.

Kev Cunningham believes the Orchestra is better than ever and is looking forward to evenings of nostalgia, foot tapping and good humour.

In Concert in addition to Big Band numbers there are solos spots from a number of our top notch musicians and fabulous renditions from our Star vocalists Roman Marek, Patrick Kumah or Jim Whitley. ‘Ella Be Good’ with its incredible scat section is always a showstopper.

How The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra UK started
The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra UK was formed in 2003 following a conversation in a crowded pub late at night between two slightly inebriated musicians. The general idea was along the old Mickey and Judy ‘hey kids, lets put on a show in a barn’ premise- the only problems being there was no barn and these guys were definitely NOT kids!

Skip forward a couple of months and the initial two have become a rather large 14 piece professional, passionate, swinging big band orchestra dedicating most of their weekends to sharing the greatest music (in their opinion of course) in the world with anyone who would listen, preferably paying at the same time. The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra UK went out on the road in a series of mini tours playing in theatres from Fleetwood to Margate and back again, detouring to Scotland on the way – Geography was never a strong point with these boys.

Having taken time out to do other non music-related less important things in life (marriage, kids, Masters Degrees etc) as well as widen their musical horizons in various shows, jazz bands and village fetes the boys are back, older but not much wiser and still swinging!

Members
The MSO UK's members collectively have hundreds of years experience behind them including BBC Big Band, Syd Lawrence Orchestra, Nick Ross Orchestra, Squadronnaires, Memphis Belles, Glenn Miller Orchestra and more.