-Des O'Connor
Alan will share his experiences and accomplishments created through his decorated and distinguished 40-plus year career in the entertainment industry.
From his early childhood beginnings growing up in a modest working-class family, Alan became one of Europe’s most successful and loved musicians. If you haven’t heard of Alan Hawkshaw, there’s a good chance you will know him through his music. As a composer, Alan Hawkshaw has written the music for more than 35 films and countless television programs. Alan Hawkshaw has always been at the top of his profession as one of the most in-demand studio musicians.
In the 1960’s, Alan was in a rock’n’roll group and toured with The Rolling Stones while socializing with The Beatles. In the 1970's, he joined The Shadows and enjoyed working as Olivia Newton-John's Musical Director and arranger/pianist for which he was awarded Best Arrangement by The American Academy of Arts and Sciences for I Honestly Love You'.
It then followed that Alan was instrumental in a host of hits and worked with such artists including: Barbra Streisand, Dusty Springfield, The Tremeloes, Cliff Richard, Serge Gainsbourg, Tom Jones, Lulu, David Bowie, Marty Webb, The Marmalade, Maynard Ferguson, Ella Fitzgerald, Albert Finney, Alec Constandinos, Cerrone, Ray Davies (of Button Down Brass fame), Isabel Adjani, Jane Birkin, Englebert Humperdink, Geoff Wayne, Sacha Distel, Donovan, Catherine Deneuve, Cilla Black and Shirley Bassey plus many, many more…
During the golden era of the British session musician - Alan's keyboard artistry featured on a staggering amount of recordings.
As a composer, Alan Hawkshaw has written the music for more than 35 films and countless television programmes including The Outsider, The Silent Witness (for which he was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Score), Dreams Lost Dreams Found, Magic Moments and the classic television themes for Countdown, Grange Hill, The New Statesman, Channel 4 News, Channel 4 Racing, Love Hurts (for which he earned a BAFTA nomination), Tucker's Luck, Bellamy at Large, The Dave Allen Show and The Kenny Everett Video Show.
Artists Worldwide are discovering and sampling Alan's music and recent hits and writer collaborations include: Pray by Jay-Z from the American Gangster Album and his track Chainsaw features in the movie The Ugly Truth (starring Gerard Butler and Katherine Heigl)…with the track Move, Move, Move' in Nacho Libre (starring Jack Black) to name but a very few…
Aside from all this Alan is currently delighted to be working with renowned Theatre and Film Screenwriter David Soames, on their exciting collaboration of the Musical Berlin.
Aside from investing his time and finance in the music industry, for the past 25 years, he has also donated 10% of his income towards the welfare of people less well off, specifically those victim of the effects of natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina.
In addition, Alan is the MD of Petal Music and Alan Hawkshaw Music. Petal receiving two prestigious awards from BMI for over 3 million sales on two of its titles Let Me Be There and If You Love Me Let Me Know.
His Board duties have included 5 years serving on the APC (Association of Professional Composers) now under the BASCA organization.
And finally, when Alan isn't performing with talent he's investing in it! In 2004, in association with the Performing Rights Society (PRS), he setup The Alan Hawkshaw Foundation at Leeds College of Music (LCM) - the area he hails from - which is a scholarship programme providing financial support to gifted young musicians enrolled on the College's Music and Jazz degree courses.
The Foundation specifically helps students studying full time at the LCM and is Alan's way of giving something back to the music industry by helping to ensure financial difficulties don't prevent Britain's brightest musical talent from gaining access to expert tuition and from kick-starting professional careers in music.
To find out more about this legend, go to http://www.alanhawkshaw.com/
About the Boca Raton Executive Club:
The Boca Raton Executive Club was founded in 2001 by Elliot Koolik of Koolik Group Realty BDH. The concept behind the Club is to network with successful professionals, business executives and entrepreneurs from Woodfield Country Club and the greater Boca Raton area. To hear more about our guest speaker and to network with local professionals in the greater Boca Raton area, please contact Jason Solodkin for more info at (954) 873-1001 or Michelle Clubb at 561-393-9177.
