Ayanna Witter-Johnson

Friday 11 June
8.00pm Ship Studio

“A tigerish confidence and flexible, jazz-R&B prowess. We’ll be hearing a lot more of her”. Jazz Wise

Performers:
Ayanna Witter-Johnson (vocals and cello)
Fraser Fifield (pipes, whistles, bagpipes and soprano saxophone)
Robert Mitchell (piano)

Unique and captivating, Ayanna Witter-Johnson is a composer, vocalist and cellist who has developed musically from a diverse background of mixed cultures. Following an Emerging Artist Residency at London's Southbank Centre, extensive collaborations with two of the UK's most groundbreaking artists - Nitin Sawhney and Courtney Pine - and a year spent developing new work in New York, Ayanna has composed new material for her trio which comprises Fraser Fifield, the astonishing piper and low whistle player who is equally conversant on soprano saxophone and the amazingly inventive pianist Robert Mitchell.

The music that you hear tonight has been developed as part of a Dartington Residency in collaboration with SERIOUS.

Tickets £12.00
Concessions £11.00
Students & U16s £5.00

Box office:
01803 847070
www.dartington.org/arts/ayanna-witter-johnson

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