Clients

Michael has worked for and with many production companies, arts organisations and musicians, often called back to work with and for clients repeatedly.

You can read some feedback from clients on the home page.

Theatre

Year Show Role Producer / Venue
2016 Carnival Dreams Musical Director Stuart Morrison / Ashcroft Theatre
2016 13, The Musical Programmer Stagecoach Stanmore / Kings Head Theatre
2015/16 Various Productions Musical Supervisor Paul Holman Associates / Nationwide
2015 Aladdin Musical Director / Programmer Paul Holman Associates / Derby Arena
2015 Saturday Night Fever Musical Director / Programmer TSE Productions / Scandinavia
2014 Cinderella Musical Director / Programmer Jordan Productions / Redditch Palace Theatre
2014 The West End Experience Musical Supervisor / Programmer  Andrew Harding Productions / UK Tour
2014 Love Changes Everything Keyboards  Michael Courtney Productions / UK Tour
2013/2014 The Jungle Book Musical Director / Co-Arranger  West Yorkshire Playhouse
2013 Aladdin Musical Director / Programmer  Jordan Productions / Redditch Palace Theatre
2013 Summer Revue Musical Director / Composer-Facilitator  Geraldine Connor Foundation / West Yorkshire Playhouse
2013 The West End Experience Musical Supervisor / Programmer  Andrew Harding Productions
2013 The Wizard of Oz Musical Director  Redditch Palace Youth Theatre
2013 The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe Musical Director  Redditch Palace Youth Theatre
2012 Sleeping Beauty Musical Director / Programmer  Jordan Productions / Redditch Palace Theatre
2012 Annie Musical Director  Redditch Palace Youth Theatre
2011 Snow White Musical Director / Programmer  Paul Holman Associates / Redditch Palace Theatre
2011 The West End Experience Musical Supervisor / Programmer  Andrew Harding Productions
2011 Goodnight Mr Tom Musical Director  Redditch Palace Youth Theatre
2010 Mother Goose Musical Director / Programmer  Paul Holman Associates / Redditch Palace Theatre
2010 Bugsy Malone Musical Director  Redditch Palace Youth Theatre
2010 The Magic Of Eurovision Keyboards Kelly Dixon Productions / European Tour (The Netherlands)
2009 Jack & The Beanstalk Musical Director / Programmer Paul Holman Associates / Redditch Palace Theatre
2009 Animal Farm Musical Director Redditch Palace Youth Theatre
2008 Beauty & The Beast Musical Director / Programmer Paul Holman Associates / Broxbourne Civic Hall
2008 BITC / Carnival Messiah Musical Director BITC / Royal Albert Hall
2007 Beauty & The Beast Musical Director / Programmer Paul Holman Associates / Redditch Palace Theatre
1999 – 2007 Carnival Messiah Musical Director Harewood House Trust (2007), Queens Hall Trinidad (2004/2003), West Yorkshire Playhouse (2002/1999)
2006 Peter Pan Musical Director / Programmer Paul Holman Associates / Redditch Palace Theatre
2005 A Waiting Room For Journeying Souls Musical Director / Programmer Peepul Centre (Leicester)
2004 The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe Keyboards / Programmer West Yorkshire Playhouse
2003 Candyland Musical Director Selfridges
2002 Little Shop Of Horrors Programmer West Yorkshire Playhouse
2002 Fire In Ice Musical Director Selfridges / West Yorkshire Playhouse

Composing & Arranging

Year Credit Description Client
2015 Mad About The Musicals Arranger and Transcription Michael Courtney Productions
2013/2014 The Jungle Book Musical Director / Co-Arranger, working with Director Liam Steel West Yorkshire Playhouse
2013 Dave, The Less Than Average Fairy Composer, original musical Personal
2013 Summer Revue Composer-facilitator, working with 16-24 year olds to devise new multi-disciplinary theatre piece Geraldine Connor Foundation
2013 1st 1mpressions Composer, original musical songs Personal
2012 Cycles Composer, original short musical Personal
2010 Don’t Leave Me This Way Arrangement and backing track production The West End Experience
2010 Your Day Commissioned composer, track in the style of Black Eye Peas’ I Gotta Feeling for use at national charity day. Infinite Vision
2009 GB Special Olympics 2009 Commissioned Co-composer for Mahogany Arts’ opening ceremony performance. The process involved workshopping ideas for the composition with a group of musicians from Drake Music and then taking some of these ideas through to the composition of the final 25 minute piece. I also co-arranged, produced, recorded and mixed the final. Mahogany Arts
2009 Teaching Awards 2009 Commissioned composer, providing fully produced indie pop track for Infinite Vision’s video production used at the 2009 Teaching Awards ceremony. Infinite Vision
2008 Africasky.co.uk Commissioned composer, providing six 90 second contemporary African tracks used by Infinite Vision in a series of online web advertisements for africasky.co.uk. Infinite Vision / Africasky.co.uk
2008 Various Arrangement / production of backing tracks. The West End Experience
2006 I Believe In A Thing Called Love Arrangement of The Darkness’ ‘I Believe In A Thing Called Love’ for Welsh Male Voice choir. BBC / Blue Peter
2005 No Explanation Composer, producer and artist for self-released 12 track album. Michael Lovelock

Other notable credits

Year Service Provided Client
2015 onwards Transcription Jordan Productions
2010 Transcription Paul Holman Associates
2009 – present Keyboards / Bass Yes Entertainment
2008 – present Keyboards dep Double Measures (pop / funk/ soul band)
2008 – present Keyboards / bass dep Mowgli (pop / funk / soul band)
2007 – present Keyboards / bass Best Unheard (jazz / swing band)