Carriagehouse Studio

Carriagehouse Studio Carriagehouse Studio is a music production studio located in the beautiful Barnsley countryside.

Residing in a Grade 2 listed building, Carriagehouse offers a full range of production services in a comfortable, warm and welcoming environment.

26/11/2025

🌳 || "Come Down From The Tree..."

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⭐ Introducing the amazing Georgina Liley... ⭐

I have had the privilege of working alongside Gi for a couple of years now in our respective roles for Mikron Theatre Company, and I am delighted to present the first video from her professional showreel recording session - "Come Down From The Tree", a gorgeous yet moving number from 'Once On An Island'.

Having worked as an arranger and musical director for two years on productions she has featured as an actor-musician in, I am very familiar with the great variety of Gi's talents. The responsibility of making sure these came through in a showreel was something I was delighted to be asked to help with!

Acting through song is such a tough thing to accomplish in a way that feels genuine, but this song is the perfect demonstration of Gi's ability to do just that. Completed by a delightfully tender and pure vocal, it's a pleasure to present this wonderful recording to you today.

Bravo, Gi! 💚

Here is what Gi had to say about her time in Carriagehouse Studio:

"I'm an actor-musician and have been in need of a singing reel for my Spotlight since graduating in 2023. Working with Rob is so incredibly easy! His knowledge of mixing, editing and getting the best out of your voice while keeping it true to your individual sound is unmatched. The studio is fully equipped and a great space to work in. I chose to have my reel filmed and I used a mix of playing live and bringing in some backing tracks. Rob was so accommodating of all my needs and has produced something I'm so proud of. Legend!"

24/11/2025

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15/11/2025

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10/11/2025

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06/11/2025

💔|| "Return, O mysterious night!"

🌟 Welcoming back John Scholey... 🌟

It is always a delight for me to accompany my clients on the piano, especially when they sing such gorgeous music as this... 🎹

John Scholey, a brilliantly-talented tenor, visited Carriagehouse to record three songs as he continues his vocal studies at university. Here, he performs Fauré's "Après un rêve"

The first of 'Trois Mélodies', an enduring popular set of songs for solo voice and piano, "Après un rêve" (After a dream) is a dream of a romantic flight with a lover, away from the earth and "towards the light". However, upon awakening, the dreamer longs to return to the "mysterious night" and the ecstatic falsehood of his dream.

The incredibly long lines of this piece, along with the push-and-pull of the tempo throughout, makes this a challenge for any performer. But the silkiness of John's tone, along with such assured technique, makes for a truly effortless listen. It was a true joy to accompany such an accomplished performance. Bravo, John! 💚

🇫🇷 ➡️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Translation:

In sleep made sweet by a vision of you
I dreamed of happiness, fervent illusion,
Your eyes were softer, your voice pure and ringing,
You shone like a sky that was lit by the dawn;

You called me and I departed the earth
To flee with you toward the light,
The heavens parted their clouds for us,
We glimpsed unknown splendours, celestial fires.

Alas, alas, sad awakening from dreams!
I summon you, O night, give me back your delusions;
Return, return in radiance,
Return, O mysterious night!

22/10/2025

💔|| "All my life’s buried here, heap earth upon it...."

🌟 Welcoming back John Scholey... 🌟

It is always a delight for me to accompany my clients on the piano, especially when they sing such gorgeous music as George Butterworth's "Requiescat". 🎹

John Scholey, a brilliantly-talented tenor, visited Carriagehouse to record three songs as he continues his vocal studies at university. Here, he performs Butterworth's "Requiescat".

The song is a setting of a poem penned by Oscar Wilde which he dedicated to his sister Isola, who died of meningitis in 1867, when she was ten years old. Butterworth set his text to music in March 1911 some weeks after his mother died. This incredibly saddening song contains the same polished lines, both vocal and accompaniment, that frequent all of Butterworth's music, and which makes his music demand a most careful and considered approach, with every detail requiring thorough attention. It was a delight to accompany this most melancholic and delicate song, and produce this recording for John. Keep an eye out for John's third and final recording to be released very soon!

Bravo, John! 💚

04/10/2025

🎸 || One of my most prized possessions...

Brian May, the legendary guitarist of Queen fame, famously plays his Red Special guitar with a sixpence, citing more a defined attack over a plastic plectrum as his reasoning. Back in 2011, I went to see Brian May and Kerry Ellis at Sheffield City Hall with my dad. At the end of the show, we went to the front to see if we could grab a setlist, and at that point, I noticed a small, round, shiny thing near the front of the stage, right where Brian had been playing. I reached over and picked up this - one of Brian's sixpences he used to play that night that he had obviously dropped! I walked away clutching this 1966 example so tightly, amazed at what I had just picked up - one of the famous sixpences that gives Brian his distinctive voice on the guitar - and I still treasure it to this day.

So when the opportunity to track some guitar for Somebody To Love (one of the songs I'm arranging and tracking for the Lawrence Batley Theatre panto this year) came about, I thought I'd add a little authenticity to the sound, and use the old sixpence as Brian had intended!

It's quite a different feel in the hand, but really does give a harder, almost metallic sound to the onset of each note. Maybe Brian is onto something...

Brian - if you want it back, just let me know and we can chat! ;)

01/10/2025

📀 || Announcing the release of a Carriagehouse Studio Original, in collaboration with Emma Turton and Compass Be...

"Feeling My Feelings", with music from Carriagehouse Studio and lyrics by Emma Turton, forms part of a wider set of children’s mental health resources open to schools in Barnsley, provided by Emma and Compass Be. This catchy little song, which introduces young children to the concept of changing emotions, is now being taught in schools all around the borough!

It has been an absolute to delight to collaborate with Emma to create a fun, interactive song designed to impact children's lives in a positive manner. I'm very proud of the result and I really hope that it can do some good in a scary world for children as they are growing up.

The song has been funded by Compass Be Mental Health Support Team (MHST), who work with children, young people, and families in education settings in Barnsley. They provide free, confidential support, help and advice for pupils, students and schools for issues related to mental health.
For more information about the service they provide, visit their page tagged above.

"Feeling My Feelings"
🎹 Music and Arrangements by Robert Cooper
✍️ Lyrics and Vocals by Emma Turton
🎛 Recorded and Produced in Carriagehouse Studio

25/09/2025

💃 || Something a little silly...

Tracking for the Lawrence Batley Theatre panto is in full swing! The brief today... create a pit band version of Offenbach's "Infernal Gallop" (better known as the 'Can Can') to accompany "The Candy Nan's" introductory song. The lyrics, which I've kept from you here, are all about how many candy bar names you can fit into one two minute song. As I said, very silly. But the bass part I've created was VERY fun to play.

Featuring the new P-bass! 🖤

🚨 New music from Jasmine Fearn coming September 19th! 🚨I’m delighted to announce that Jasmine’s debut single, “Polaroids...
02/09/2025

🚨 New music from Jasmine Fearn coming September 19th! 🚨

I’m delighted to announce that Jasmine’s debut single, “Polaroids”, produced here in Carriagehouse Studio, is to be released on all streaming platforms in just over two weeks.

It’s been a pleasure and an honour to work with Jasmine on this gorgeous song of hers. I can’t wait for you all to hear what we’ve cooked up! 🔜

23/07/2025

💔|| "I don’t love you anymore..."

🌟 Introducing John Scholey... 🌟

It is always a delight for me to accompany my clients on the piano, especially when they sing such gorgeous music as Francesco Tosti's "Non t'amo più". 🎹

John Scholey, a brilliantly-talented tenor, visited Carriagehouse to record three songs as he continues his vocal studies at university. Here, he performs Tosti's "Non t'amo più", a heartbreaking song of lost love, with such control, style and flare. It was a delight to accompany and produce this recording for John. Keep an eye out for the rest of the recordings to be released very soon!

Bravo, John! 💚

Lyrics (translated into English):

"Do you still remember the day that we met;
Do you still remember your promises?
Crazy from love I followed you, we were enamored with each other
And I dreamed next to you, crazy from love.

I dreamed, happily, of caresses and kisses
A chain fading away into the sky:
But your words were misleading,
Because your soul is made of ice.

Do you still remember?
Do you still remember?

Now my faith, my immense desire;
My dream of love isn’t you anymore:
I don’t search for your kisses, I don’t think of you.
I dream of another ideal; I don’t love you anymore.

In the dear days that we spent together
I scattered flowers at your feet
You were the only hope of my heart
You were the only thought in my mind

You watched me beg, turning pale
You watched me cry before you
Only to satisfy your desire, I
Had given my blood and my faith.

Do you still remember?
Do you still remember?

Now my faith, my immense desire;
My dream of love isn’t you anymore:
I don’t search for your kisses, I don’t think of you.
I dream of another ideal; I don’t love you anymore."

🩷 || It was a privilege to welcome Claire and Kerry into the studio a couple of days ago. These two incredibly inspiring...
10/07/2025

🩷 || It was a privilege to welcome Claire and Kerry into the studio a couple of days ago. These two incredibly inspiring ladies recorded their own special version of the Simon & Garfunkel classic, “Bridge Over Troubled Water” in support of Women's Aid. This recording and video will be used far and wide in a national campaign as part of the work they both undertake around reform of Family Courts to protect victims of domestic abuse.

It’s always a great privilege to help Claire realise her musical ambitions, whether they be for her own voice, or if she is singing with the voices of many others who she represents. And it was brilliant to meet Kerry, who had travelled all the way from Surrey to add her voice to this brilliant vocal arrangement. To welcome the pair of them into Carriagehouse for the afternoon and help them realise their musical ambitions was such an honour. 🥰

It’s an incredibly important cause and one I’m so proud to be involved in the fight for. 🩷

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