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Alexander L'Estrange and Joanna
Forbes must be one of the most versatile husband-and-wife musician
teams ever! They sing, play, record, run bands, write, conduct, lead
workshops, teach, MD shows and produce recordings; since graduating
in Music from Oxford University in the early 1990s, they have each
carved successful careers working in a huge variety of musical fields.
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"If you had to create from scratch
the perfect 21st century musician Alexander L'Estrange would
be your template."
Howard Goodall,
composer |
Alexander
is one of Britain's foremost young jazz musicians. A distinguished
composer/arranger, as well as playing double bass, piano and
singing counter-tenor, he is consultant editor of Choral
Basics a new series of arrangements for choirs, published
by Faber
Music. His most recent original composition, Lute-Book
Lullaby, has already received acclaim and performances world-wide. |
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Joanna
is known for her extraordinary vocal versatility, dividing her
time between Classical solo concerts, jazz gigs and commercial
studio sessions. For seven years she sang soprano and was Musical
Director of international a cappella group The
Swingle Singers, with whom she performed in thirty-five
different countries, treading the boards of the world's most
famous stages from La Scala, Milan, to Ronnie Scott's,
London. |
"These are people with
outstanding talent. There is no doubt that they will have a
brilliant future."
Ward Swingle, founder of the
swingle singers |
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