Played the role of the Phantom of the Opera in
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (at the age of 29)
- rumoured to be the youngest ever to play the role
Has a 100% success rate in test match anthems
- Has sung six national anthems for the All Blacks – for six
victories (although he says he obviously cannot claim credit…)
Was voted by the BBC Voice of Musical Theatre
as one of the top voices in the world in two successive events
Recorded his debut album with the New Zealand
Symphony Orchestra and legendary arranger Russ Garcia who is the
same guy who used to arrange for Louis Armstrong and Ella
Fitzgerald (Russ lives in Kerikeri and is going strong at 91
years)
Travelled with Russ to Hollywood to record
Come Rain Come Shine with the Buddy Childers Big Band who have
the credit of having worked with Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong,
Ella Fitzgerald etc etc
Recently completed Live in Concert Album
with Russ
Garcia and the Auckland Neophonic Jazz Orchestra recorded live
at the Auckland Town Hall in late 2006.
Directed The Ultimate Vegas Experience for
40,000 people in his home town of Rotorua adopting the name
Rotovegas for the night.
Has his own 9 or 17 piece Neophonic Big Band (The
Neophonic Jazz Orchestra) featuring NZ’s
premiere musicians