Biography
Biography – David
Combes
Over his diverse career David has built a strong reputation on the
London session singing circuit and has sung with
Beyoncé Knowles,
Chaka Khan, Kylie,
Westlife, Elton John, Annie Lennox, Lemar, Keith Urban
and Faith Hill. He can be heard on numerous prime time TV shows
including ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and ‘Grease is the Word’ and has
provided backing vocals for ‘The X Factor’ as well as ‘The X Factor
– Battle of the Stars’; subsequently contributing to both Andy
Abraham, Andrew Johnson and Ray Quinn’s debut albums.
He has appeared as a soloist on Radio 2 with the BBC Concert Orchestra in both their ‘Bernstein Gala’ and 40 years of ‘Friday Night is Music Night’ celebration concert, singing music from the 70s. David has toured as a guest soloist for the RAF Massed Bands, The RTE Concert orchestra and at Guilfest with the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra. David appeared as a solist for both ‘Toyota’ and ‘The British Tourist Board’ at Excel in London's Docklands and for ‘Party in the Park’ and ‘The Oil Barons’ Ball’ in Dubai, as well as performing at London’s most famous jazz venue, ‘Ronnie Scott’s with Pete Long's Big band. He also appears with the jazz harmony group 'Voxtet'.
In 2006 he
sung for the ‘The Prince’s Trust 30th Anniversary’ at
the Tower of London and was asked back to sing for Lionel Richie
during the ‘BBC Prom in the Park’ in Hyde Park. He has also appeared
as a soloist with the Manchester Concert Orchestra in their ‘Cole
Porter Celebration’, and later with the Scottish National Orchestra
in Glasgow, he also works with the jazz based 8 part close harmony
group ‘Voxtet’
David has contributed to the film soundtracks of
'Nine',‘Transformers’ and Transformers 2: Revenge of the
Fallen’,‘Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End’, ‘The Da Vinci
Code’, ‘The Corpse Bride’, ‘Troy’, ‘The Island’, ‘Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory’, ‘Curse
of The Were Rabbit’, ‘The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’, ‘The Lion King
1 ½’, ‘Evita’, and ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ and has made numerous
broadcasts for BBC Radio. His television credits include ‘Saturday Night Live’, ‘Saturday Swings’, ‘Give Your Mate a Break’, and ‘This
Is Your Moment’ - including recording the title song.
David was in the final cast of the musical ‘Cats’
and has worked on productions of ‘Grease’, ‘Starlight
Express’ and ‘Saturday
Night
Fever’ in London’s West End and as a
member of the ‘Elektravox’ rock ensemble for the symphonic Queen
concert ‘Another Kind of Magic’, as well as two European arena tours
of ‘Fame – the Musical’.
As a mark of his versatility David has toured with
Lesley Garrett, Michael Ball and Michael Crawford and has sung with
Bonnie Tyler. He is a regular contributor to both ‘The Royal Variety
Show’ and ‘Children in Need’ and has worked with Will Young, Gareth
Gates, and Ronan Keating.
David is in regular demand as a vocal coach and is responsible for
courses taught at ‘Vocaltech College’ as well as Degree and Masters
Performance tuition at ‘Thames Valley University’. He has recently
tutored a residential popular music performance course at ‘Bath Spa
University’.