Afghan womens orchestra – Orchestra of St John's | Taking classical music out into the community

Afghan womens orchestra

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/trumpeter-sounds-note-of-hope-for-kabuls-youth-gkt55vm99 John Lubbock says: “This young man is one of the musicians my principal trumpet Paul Archibald has been remote teaching via Skype for 2 years How wonderful that such a small project should have such an impact” This is...
  • October 6, 2019
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“Cayenna is a life force whose commitment to music and social justice is inspirational. She was a joy to interview – spontaneous and articulate. We need to watch this musician as she works to realise her vision around the transforming...
  • July 14, 2019
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Newly released video of the tour  
  • July 5, 2019
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We are thrilled that brilliant Bubble Productions have cut together this video for us, looking at our work last week with Ensemble Zohra.  If you haven’t realised yet what remarkable things these young women are achieving, find out here. Please...
  • March 28, 2019
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This is an interview with Toby Young, Cayenna Ponchione and the Displaced Voices students put together by the SOAS students in London. From The Curativity Team website at https://curativitylndn.wixsite.com/curativitylndn Link is here
  • March 27, 2019
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We have had a wonderfully exciting week, and we are thrilled to see how many publications have picked up stories about Ensemble Zohra while they undertook their UK tour. Today, please see the headline for an article in The Sunday...
  • March 19, 2019
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