Kit Marsden // Musician

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  • Sochi 2014 At Edinburgh Fringe Festival

    Sochi 2014 At Edinburgh Fringe Festival

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    I am proud to have been asked to compose and produce part of the soundtrack to a new original play at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.  A FullFuse Theatre production, Sochi 2014 deals with Russian cultural and political attitudes towards gay rights through the prism of the recent Winter Olympics in Russia, and will feature clips of my music during several scenes.

    The play runs from 1st – 10th August and from 12 – 21st August at 12:50pm each day at Bunker One of the Pleasance Courtyard in the centre of Edinburgh.  Tickets can be purchased from the official Edinburgh Fringe Festival Box Office website.

  • Tasmin Little

    Tasmin Little

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    We are very excited to have world-famous solo violinist Tasmin Little supporting Sistema In Norwich this week, giving a workshop/masterclass with our Martineau Chamber Group, performing alongside them in concert at the John Innes Centre on Friday 28th February.

    This concert is promoted by the Norfolk & Norwich Chamber Music Society, and forms a part of Tasmin’s ‘Naked Violinist’ series of performances. Details and tickets are available here.

  • MAP At Wayland Academy

    MAP At Wayland Academy

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    I am very pleased to have been asked to work with Year 10 and Year 11 students on the BTEC Performing Arts course at Wayland Academy in Watton, as part of the Music Arts Project programme in Brandon and the surround area.

    The students on this course train in three areas on musical theatre – dancing, acting, an singing – and I shall be working with them in a Musical Director capacity, leading vocal rehearsals and taking charge of all the musical aspects of their work on this course.

  • Jimmy Roe Trio Dates

    Jimmy Roe Trio Dates

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    I shall be performing with with my good friend Jimmy Roe in his famous Jimmy Roe Trio at VicFest in Martham (Norfolk), in the first live performance with the brand new Trio line-up at 2:30pm on Saturday 3rd August.

    A few days later, we shall be recording a live video with the Trio at EPIC Studios in Norwich, featuring some of the latest new material on which we have been working.  Stay tuned for a link to these when they are online!

    I’m really enjoying working with Jimmy again, and can’t wait for you all to see and hear the new tracks.

  • Witchers To Appear At Cambridge Rock Festival

    Witchers To Appear At Cambridge Rock Festival

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    Witchers will be taking a break from finishing up work on the forthcoming album to make an appearance at the Cambridge Rock Festival on Friday 2nd August in a rare ‘back-to-the-roots’ set as a four-piece.

    Our set is at midday on 2nd August, for forty minutes. I’m really looking forward to playing live with Witchers again, and getting back into the festival scene.

    If you want to come along, we have some tickets available from the band – you can get in touch with me here, or contact us through the Witchers Facebook Page.

  • Sistema In Norwich At EPIC Studios

    Sistema In Norwich At EPIC Studios

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    This Friday, the Sistema In Norwich Martineau Orchestra will be performing live at EPIC Studios in Norwich, in the biggest, most exciting end-of-term concert to date. This will include linking up with In Harmony Liverpool over the internet to perform simultaneously via a live video stream, as well as the involvement of In Harmony Lambeth and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

    Doors open at 7:00pm, and the performance begins at 7:30pm – tickets are free, but must be booked in advance (details below).  For those who can’t attend the concert in person, the whole event will also be streamed live online, on the EPIC Studios TV website.

    Having worked hard all year with the children from Sistema In Norwich, I am very excited to be involved in what is believed to be a world first (two Sistema orchestras playing together through an online video link) with them, and I am looking forward to everyone being able to see the results of all our efforts! Please tune in and watch, if you can’t make it to EPIC Studios on the night.

    Click here to book your tickets for the concert.
    Click here to watch EPIC TV live online.

  • New Release: Axel Loughrey – Poets Road

    New Release: Axel Loughrey – Poets Road

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    Axel Loughrey’s new EP, Poets Road, to be released on All Sorted!?! Records on 20th April 2013.  I am playing drums on four of the six tracks on this record.

    Poets Road will be available to buy online, on iTunes, Amazon, Play.com, etc. from the 20th.

  • Jimmy Roe Trio

    Jimmy Roe Trio

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    I’m very excited to be playing drums on a gig with the Jimmy Roe Trio, and hooking up with my good friend and ex-Cardiem guitarist Jimmy on stage again. I can’t wait to jam with Jimmy again, and to play the blues once more!

    The gig itself is on Saturday 2nd February, at The Flowerpot in Derby, and is supporting well-known blues guitarist Ron Sayer Jr.

  • Bring On 2013!

    Bring On 2013!

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    It is, sadly, too late to post this with the title “Happy New Year” – but here goes…

    I’ve seen plenty of people asking how 2013 can possibly live up to the wonders that 2012 had to offer.  On a National scale, that may well be the case; 2012 was a Jubilee year, and was the year of a triumphant London Olympics – not to mention the fact that Norwich City Football Club survived to stay up in the Premier League.

    On a personal level, however, my first gig of 2013 last weekend, with Crystal Bats, was a belter, while tomorrow sees a return to teaching at Sistema In Norwich, to which I’m very much looking forward.

    There are plenty of exciting things planned for 2013 – including more shows with Crystal Bats, a debut album with Witchers (our first studio release since the Throw Your Books Into The Fire EP in July 2010), potentially the biggest ever Keyboard Camp Residential Course, and even a film appearance!  So yes, 2013 is shaping up to be pretty good!

    As always, you can keep up-to-date with everything that’s happening here on the site, and by following me on Twitter.

  • New Release: Axel Loughrey – Crayon Factory

    New Release: Axel Loughrey – Crayon Factory

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    Axel Loughrey’s new album, Crayon Factory, to be released on All Sorted!?! Records on 26th November 2012.  I am playing drums on all the tracks on this album.

    Crayon Factory will be available to buy online, on iTunes, Amazon, Play.com, etc. from the 26th.

Kit Marsden // Musician