ARTISTS
Sunday 27th Nov.
3:00 - 3:30pm
Door entry £5
Andi Hopgood - Vocals
Andi is a suffolk based vocalist with a love of jazz and improvisation. She has been a freelance performer and educator for many years as a vocalist and saxophonist. Andi has released two jazz albums “I Could Be So Happy” and “It Only Takes a moment” with such musicians as Geoff Gascoyne, Graham Harvey, Matt Skelton and Sebaastian De Krom.
Andi is a member of The London Vocal Project alongside Pete Churchill and has performed alongside Dame Cleo Laine, Jacqui Dankworth, John Dankworth, Anita Wardell, Tina May and Bobby McFerrin.
Andi graduated from the Guildhall School Of Music And drama in 2005, it was here that she met Martin Hathaway. As a tutor and choral leader Andi is a vocal teacher at Anglia Ruskin, runs the Cambridge Jazz festival choir, Suffolk Soul Singers and Suffolk Soul Singers youth choirs.
Alcyona Mick - Piano
Alcyona started playing piano at the age of 3 and is now a London based jazz pianist.
Currently working regularly with Arabic singer Natacha Atlas, she performs widely in France and the rest of Europe, North Africa, and in the UK with many other artists of varying musical backgrounds.
She has a Masters from the National Film and television School, and has written music for many short films and documentaries. She has also received many commissions to write and perform live to silent film.
She is currently working on an electronica project with Egyptian violinist Samy Bishai.
Martin Hathaway - Alto sax
Martin Hathaway is a British jazz performer, composer and educator who works with many ensembles covering a wide range of styles. As a performer, he is probably best known for his long associations with the late British jazz pianist / composer Michael Garrick, trumpeter Loz Speyer, and the London Jazz Orchestra. As a small group jazz performer, Martin has worked alongside many noted international and UK jazz musicians.
Martin has also worked as a session musician, including touring and recording with ‘Radiohead’, performances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and recording music for radio, television and film.
As an educator, Martin is a professor of jazz studies at the Guildhall School in London (since 1991) and led jazz curricula there for 21 years. He is a tutor for Essex Music Services (since 1989), Musical Director of the Essex Youth Jazz Orchestra (since 1992) and professor of saxophone at City University, London.
