Multi Award Winning Female Saxophonist, Birmingham, UK, Jazz, Gospel, Reggae, Blues, Soul and Originals. 'Music for the soul'
In preparation for the next big learning resource I want to offer, which will cover how to get bookings as a musician, I want to know how you learn best. For that, I have put together a two minutes survey, which will be open until Sunday 20th June.
Whilst the focus of this website is on music, now that the results of the elections have sunk in, I need a moment to talk about politics.
Sammy Stein has a rich and extensive bibliography about music —particularly jazz— and gender. She has recently published a new book, probably her most ambitious in terms of scope so far. It is titled ‘Music Is Your Superpower: How Music Changes Lives’. I already ordered my copy!
‘You’re Still The One’ is arguably one of the best known songs of Shania Twain, which is a lot to say, given her extraordinary career as the best-selling female artist in country music history. Here is a sax version by The Millicent Stephenson Trio.
At the end of March, I went to a type of theatrical and musical performance I had never experienced in person before: the opera.
Celine Dion has one of those voices that has moved the hearts of entire generations. In the same line of our cover of Whitney Houston’s ‘Run To You’, which is part of a movie soundtrack, for Celine we picked the main theme of the film Up, Close & Personal: ‘Because You Loved Me’. Have a listen here.
A new, lovely Sunday afternoon, a new video for all of you. Back at Ditton Manor, the Millicent Stephenson Trio performed the legendary song ‘Fly Me To The Moon’, written by Bart Howard in 1954. Our interpretation is based on Frank Sinatra’s recording of it, which released around a decade later.
Let’s continue with the recap of season 2 of my podcast Success Beyond The Score. This time, I bring you the interviews I had with two brilliant musicians: Anna Brooks and Dan Whitehouse.
One of my dreams in music has always been to produce my own tracks. Whilst I am very thankful to the people who has supported me in that regard, for projects like my album Reflective Notes or my single Take Me To The King, I always wanted to do it myself. Last year, I finally took the critical step. For the last 15 months, I have been on a music production course for women ran by Xylo Aria. It has been brilliant!
