Our first gig prompted an official complaint from the examiner-in-chief at the Royal Academy of Music. It was my final recital for my masters in jazz piano, but I went in with a band full of pop musicians. The audience whooped and cheered so raucously that a formal email was sent to all students about 'appropriate' exam conditions.
But we thrived on it. We knew we were on to something.
Now, 5 years later we have a shed-load more gigging experience under our belts. Whilst touring with Alice Zawadzki over the last two years, I've had the pleasure of working with the Manchester-based Amika String Quartet. Their stunning playing led me to arrange my music for strings, and invite them to a week-long recording session in the Autumn of 2016.
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