My first public was performance was at the age of 10. It was the very first international guitar festival in China and I was the only child performing. Following the performance the Spanish Ambassador to …. Read More
Laura Pick
Laura Pick is a singer and actress based in London who has been in various stage productions around the UK. Her credits in theatre include playing understudy Maria in The Sound Of Music at the Regent’s Park Open Theatre, a featured ensemble and Dr Osgood in Anyone Can Whistle at the Union Theatre. Her most recent role was of Elphaba in Wicked at the Apollo Victoria.
Laura was recently in Jersey as part of our Jersey Sings programme for 2025. She sang at two ‘Night at the Musical’ events which she sang classics from Wicked, as well as other West End classics and she also sang at Music in Actions Jersey Sing’s event with over 800 local school children.
Here she tells us in her own words, why music matters to her.
Flora MacAngus
Flora MacAngus, curator and actor in the immersive theater production “A Soldier with No Name”, that tells the story of local legend Claude Cahun: a French surrealist artist, trailblazing androgyne of gender politics, and self-proclaimed insurgent rebel against the occupiers of Jersey in World War 2, with the blends of music and Cahun’s words, offering a captivating multi-sensory journey of art and emotion. Here she tells us in her own words, why music matters to her.
Georgia Mae Bishop
I am immensely proud to be from Jersey and Liberation Day has always been a special time to celebrate resistance against tyranny, remember those who are no longer with us, and empower people today to stand up united for what is right. The concert will be a huge celebration of the basic human right to be free, whilst offering a time to reflect on those in the world today who are still fighting for it, and how we here in Jersey can help bring freedom for everyone around the world.
Suzi Digby
Eamonn Dougan
Boris Brovtsyn
On 25th January 2025, the Jersey Chamber Orchestra presents a programme featuring the legendary violin soloist Boris Brovtsyn, under Eamonn Dougan's baton, JCO’s Chief Conductor. Boris Brovtsyn takes the stage for Mendelssohn’s beloved Violin Concerto in E minor., bringing to life the lyrical beauty and technical demands of this masterpiece.
Vicki Genfan
Vicki Genfan's evening of folk, jazz, pop and world music will be taking place on 9th November, part of Music in Action’s 2024 International Guitar Festival! All the way from the US, Vicki will be bringing powerful percussive ‘slap-tap’ acoustic technique using 29 alternate tunings, with soulful vocals that captivate audiences worldwide.
Harriet Mackenzie
Renowned international violinist and acclaimed composer Harriet Mackenzie is collaborating with legendary guitarist Carlos Bonell in a unique guitar-violin concert, part of Music in Action’s 2024 International Guitar Festival. Here, so talks to us about her work as a performer, composer, arranger and her passionfor bringing music to those with little or no access to live music.
Silvia Bettoli
On Saturday 12th October, award-winning Italian horn player Silvia Bettoli joins us fresh from her studies – with full scholarship – on the prestigious Professional Diploma at the Royal Academy of Music. She will perform Mozart’s celebrated 4th Horn Concerto at a special concert honouring 90 years of the 3rd Jersey Scout Group. Find out about her journey so far with #whymusicmatters
