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| Jazz Carols at Methodist Central Hall Westminster |
I've never been a huge fan of New Year's resolutions and I'm not going to start now. I believe in New Day's resolutions. :D Every morning we can set the reset button and plan to make the changes we want in our lives. As well as planning the changes, we also need to actually carry them out (that's normally where I get stuck!) but I'm working on it...
I had my first ever experience of working with a choir for the Hull Jazz Festival in November. The Hull Junior Choir sang beautifully and it was wonderful to hear them sing backing vocals to my original song Little Things from Spellbound Stories. A really highlight of the year!
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| Hull Jazz Festival 2018 poster |
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| Albemarle Music Centre - venue for the concert with Hull Junior Choir |
And then I had another chance to share the stage with some great gospel singers for the Jazz Carols concert at Westminster Central Hall with the Dan Forshaw Quartet. I love singing in a group and our harmonies we sang for Silent Night (arranged by German saxophonist Birgitta Flick) really was magical - sent chills up my spine! And I also got to meet Songs of Praise and ex-Blue Peter Presenter Diane Louise Jordan who presented the concert. A lovely woman!
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| Jazz Carols poster |
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| After the concert with the lovely Diane Louise Jordan |
And it's not stopping there because I'll be singing with 3 other wonderful singers for the new jazz recital performance of The Austerity Playbook making its London debut on 18 January at Hoxton Hall. Some great music written by Andrea Vicari to lyrics about the austerity measures in the UK through the decades. Maybe I'll see some of you there.
Happy New Year, Happy New You!
