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Will's Other Projects
Will plays trumpet and valve trombone
with Zubop who create their own unique style of world beat jazz. Since
2003 a spin off project, ZubopGambia, has been touring the UK
working with traditional West African musicians. A live album was
recorded at Ronnie Scott’s and is available on the “ 33 records” label,
as are the previous four Zubop albums.
www.zubop.com
Will also makes tuned percussion instruments, notably two for Evelyn
Glennie OBE, and runs Up-beat, a music education project offering
Science of Sound and instrument- making workshops and occasionally creative music workshops.
Through 2007-8 Will
worked as
a musician/composer with Rhythm Tree Theatre touring the show “Blue
like an apple” raising awareness of climate change using
Shadow Puppetry. Most of the instruments were
made from recycled/reclaimed materials. The show was written and
performed by
Karin Andrews
Jashapara and directed by Zannie Fraser.
‘The
performance raised lots of issues which met with a lively discussion in
the hall as well as in classrooms later on…...the children were especially
impressed by the creative use of recyclable material for those beautiful
puppets and the musical instruments. ....’
Mrs
Sarah Qureshi, Science Co-ordinator, Camden Junior School
Another important area of work is with Green
Candle Dance Company as composer and musician for the annual Deaf
Dance Summer School at Sadler's Wells and tours of Mina’s
Story (2003) and Listening Eyes (2005). www.greencandledance.com
Previously, Will has worked in various fields including:
* Improvised music, with Phil Durrant, Will Menter, Evan Parker, Barry
Leigh and many
others.
* Street Bands, co-founding both the Fallout Marching Band, and Crocodile
Style. Until recently Will played trumpet with the
Bollywood Brass Band, an Indian style wedding band, who frequently
tour Europe and further afield with their unique take on popular tunes
from Indian films. Movie Masala is their latest album.
www.bollywoodbrassband.co.uk
* Theatre, with Oily Cart (2009) for "Something in the Air"
www.oilycart.org.uk
Also with Dogtroep (Amsterdam), Welfare State International, Ken
Campbell’s Science Fiction Theatre of Liverpool, Emergency Exit Arts,
Horse and Bamboo and Quicksilver.
On leaving school, Will proceeded to
self-direct his musical education through courses and evening classes
at the City Lit and Oval House, under tutors such as Phil Waschmann,
Eugene Skeefe, Bheki Mseleku, Thebe Lipere, Annie Whitehead, Mervyn
Africa and others.
As a mature student Will gained a TEC diploma in Musical Instrument
Making at the London College of Furniture and , much more recently, has
passed Level 1 in British Sign Language.
For more details of any aspects
of Will's work check the pages of this website or
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