October 16, 2021
In Italy with Andrea Bocelli!
Wow! The legendary Andrea Bocelli has invited me to perform with him for two special shows in his hometown of Lajatico in Tuscany, Italy. I mean, what...
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October 16, 2021
Jess Gillam’s ‘This Classical Life’ LIVE (BBC Radio 3) @ Royal Festival Hall
What a joy to be part of the very first live performance and recording of Jess Gillam's Award-winning BBC Radio 3 Podcast 'This Classical Life'. So great to perform incredible arrangements of 'These Four Walls' and 'Misty' with the might BBC Concert Orchestra for the first time! YAAAY! https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ehdwxj ...
July 14, 2021
The Global Playground
This year I was commissioned by Manchester International Festival & Theatre-Rites to compose for my first theatrical production. It's an uplifting new show mixing dance, music, theatre and puppetry for all the family. We started the creative process in November 2020, had an intense 10 day research and development phase over Zoom in January and then spent six weeks (May to June) forming a creative bubble right in the city centre of Manchester to bring...
April 14, 2021
Later… with Jools Holland
Oooh! Nitin Sawhney and I got to perform our beautiful song 'Movement - Variation II' taken from his latest album 'Immigrants' (broadcast 26th March 2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G1zZyBC174 ...
February 10, 2021
PRSF Funding – Beethoven Bartok Now Series!
Wow! Massive thanks to the PRSFoundation for supporting my commission from the Solem Quartet for Part IV, 'Experiments', of their Beethoven Bartok Now Series. Cannot wait to get started 🤩👏🏾🙌🏾🎻🎵 #BBN ...
January 8, 2021
Rise Up EP
I originally wrote the song Rise Up to encourage and remind my generation and especially the young Black people in my Caribbean community of who they are. Their greatness, they power, their gifts, their belonging in this world. It was released on my debut album Road Runner in 2019 and on the back of last year and all the racial uprisings, the lyrics resonated even more, so I wanted to release the song alongside two...
July 3, 2020
British Music Collection BLOG
I loved writing this blog on my transnational identity as a composer for Sound and Music curated by composer Alex Ho. Click HERE to have a read. Would love to know your biggest takeaways...
June 26, 2020
The Windrush Suite
Monday was Windrush Day (22nd June 2020) and I was honoured to celebrate my Grandparents and all the Windrush heroes by being featured in 'The Windrush Suite', a very special new piece composed by bassist/composer Renell Shaw in association with the Vortex Jazz Club and PRS Foundation. Enjoy! x [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHkLvRbPLZM[/embed] ...