London Palladium: Supporting Snow Patrol
I was thrilled to join Isaac Stuart on stage at The London Palladium, supporting Snow Patrol for a very special acoustic show. A really special moment, and a strange and wonderful feeling to be performing to a packed out venue after all the restrictions of COVID 19.
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Nitin Sawhney: Royal Albert Hall
I was very proud to join Nitin Sawnhey and his exceptional band as part of London Contemporary Voices for the performance of Jounreys: 100 years of immigration at the Royal Albert Hall. One of the best performances with some of the best music, musicians and audiences I’ve ever had the pleasure to be involved with.
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Recording: Jools Holland
It was a complete joy that one of my first sessions back after lockdown was with the one and only Jools Holland, singing with a selection of my London Contemporary Voices family, for his upcoming album, Piano & Friends, produced by the equally incomparable Nitin Sawhney. Thrilled to feature on a track with Tom Jones...
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Composer: Living Words/London Contemporary Voices
I had a last minute composition commission from London Contemporary Voices for a collaboration with the charity Living Words. Living Words worked with members for LCV, talking all about their experiences of the pandemic, to gather together some words for a 15 minute choral composition. This composition, in 3 parts, was composed, recorded and filmed...
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MD: COTW CHOIR, UNION CHAPEL
On Sunday 26th Jan, I got to MD Citizens Of The World Choir at as part of the Singing Our Lives project 2020, at my favourite venue to sing at, Union Chapel. An extraordinary project with 250 performers and a whole lot of love, an honour all round. Photos; Mike Johnston.
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MD: LSO St Lukes, Raw In War – COTW Choir with Ian Shaw
I was thrilled to conduct Citizens Of The World choir in their performance at LSO St Lukes, where we joined COTW patron Ian Shaw in his set at the Raw in War Awards ceremony, celebrating women working to confront war zones using activism, literature, journalism and much more.
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Nitin Sawhney – Royal Albert Hall
I was honoured to join Nitin Sawhney and his band at the Royal Albert Hall as a backing vocalist, as part London Contemporary Voices. We recreated his groundbreaking album, Beyond Skin, first released 20 years ago. It was a phenomenal evening, a career highlight and I was thrilled to finally perform on that iconic stage....
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Singer – The Staves and LCV @ EartH Hackney
The final, and very full, week before retiring for Christmas culminated in a special moment with London Contemporary Voices supporting and joining The Staves at their Christmas show at EartH Hackney. We ended the show in the sweetest way all together, along with the first support act Flyte. Merry Christmas one and all!
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Singer – Orlando Weeks: The Gritterman Live
December 2017 I was very blessed to have joined Orlando Weeks (previously of The Macabees) with four other members London Contemporary Voices for his live rendition of his most recent project, The Gritterman, at Union Chapel. The Gritterman is a quietly stunning album with narration by actor Paul Whitehouse as he reads the touching original story...
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Singer – Lloyds Advert, Metropolis
Enjoyed quite a morning at Metropolis Studios with 20 of London Contemporary Voices’ ladies recording for a big project. Performing choral backing to Hannah Grace’s solo we recorded a cover of Praise You for a new nation wide television advert for Lloyds Bank
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