Recently described by the Yorkshire Post as a 'powerful, moving, & extraordinary' addition to the UK music scene, Manchester Collective produces world-class, innovative, and outward facing musical experiences for new audiences across Britain.
Perhaps Contraption is a multi-award winning, progressive brass band from London. Part choir, part chamber orchestra, part avant rock band, they create a truly unique musical experience; melding elements of jazz, punk, art pop and post-minimalism.
Forward-thinking UK group Vula Viel continue their unique musical journey centred around the gyil (Ghanaian xylophone).
Naala’s songs overflow with the delicate complexities of modern British and African storytelling. A hybrid between electronica and elemental RnB. Music for sharpening the mind and blurring the senses.
‘Kabantu’ means ‘of the people’ – stemming from the South African philosophy of Ubuntu – ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. This is autonomous music bridging countries and cultures.
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, these jazz legends blew the world away and set the standard for jazz singing with their joint approach to the American Songbook in 1956 for the album ‘Ella and Louis’.
In each episode of their award-winning podcast (Silver Award, Most Original Podcast, British Podcast Awards 2018), a person talks about a single poem and the extraordinary part it has played in their life.
Legendary pianist Ronald Brautigam and award-winning saxophonist Amy Dickson in conversation with Nicholas Collon, Aurora Orchestra’s Principal Conductor.
Principal Players from Aurora Orchestra reflect on 15 years and look back on the orchestra’s journey of becoming one of the world’s most dynamic and creative forces in orchestral music.