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Drink at Bobs, 214 hither green lane - 25th march 2024, 7.30pm - £££: FREE!!
Nightwriter premiere… Music followed by Q&A.
WILTON’S MUSIC HALL - 22ND MAY 2023
Talk on themes in Joni Mitchell’s Hejira, including details on Sorana’s ethnographic research into the work, and performances of the composed interpolations Sorana has created. Tickets available here.
the rhythm studio - 4th January 2023
Talk on building original voice and authenticity in creative practice with Q&A.
drink at bobs, 214 hither green lane - jumpers for jimmy charity event - 18th december 2022
Charity event singing & improvising with Olivier Award-winning pianist & MD, Phil Cornwell.
‘fringe in the round’, the bristol fringe, 32 princess victoria - bristol - 7th june 2022
First outing of voice/text/electronics improv duo. Sorana Santos (voice/piano/guitar/objects), Joe Wright (electronics/saxophone)
DRINK AT BOBS, 214 HITHER GREEN LANE - LANDSCAPES/SEASCAPES - 29TH SEPTEMBER 2021
Songs of the land and sea, inspired by a photography exhibition on a similar theme by Andrew Sleightholme. Sorana (voice), Andrew Sleightholme (piano).
nobounds radio - marnie stern & multidimensionality - 17th may 2021
Radio programme analysing virtuoso guitarist and songwriter Marnie Stern’s expression of metaphysics and multidimensionality.
originality & authenticity in Creative practice - the shed with alex merritt - online - 5th may 2021
Talk about how to build Originality and Authenticity in Creative Practice with live Q&A at the end and a free worksheet for attendees.
online interview with hannah nepilova - 4th december 2020
Interview with James Wilson and Hannah Nepilova about compositional processes for the ORA Singers commission
[moved online due to covid-19] - love spells & rituals for another world - 30th may 2020
Music and the Medial Woman: Metastructure and Metaphysics in Contemporary Songwriting - Part of the Love Spells and Rituals for Another World Symposium, 2020
the vortex (downstairs bar), dalston - London - 21st November 2019
Performing songs based on poetry and poetic form as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival at Words and Jazz, ft: Joe Wright (saxophone), Nick Jurd (Bass), & Jonathan Silk (drums)
ewert house, oxford university - oxford - 25th november 2018
Joni Mitchell: Singer, Songwriter, Artist - a public day-long talk musical analysis on themes underpinning Joni Mitchell’s catalogue
pizza express, dean street - london - 23rd july 2018
Refuge of the Roads: Re-imagining Joni Mitchell's 'Hejira', ft: Sorana (vox/pno/prepared pno), Joe Wright (sax/electronics), Bruno Heinen (pno/keys), Calum Gourlay (acoustic/electric bass), & Riccardo Chiabterta (dms)
The North Wall - Oxford - 13th April 2018
Refuge of the Roads: Re-imagining Joni Mitchell's 'Hejira', ft: Sorana (vox/pno/prepared pno) Joe Wright (sax/electronics), Bruno Heinen (pno/keys), Calum Gourlay (acoustic/electric bass), & Riccardo Chiaberta (dms)
The Vortex - London - 22nd June 2017
Refuge of the Roads: Re-imagining Joni Mitchell's 'Hejira', for Words and Jazz, hosted by Nicki Heinen, ft: Sorana (vox/pno), Bruno Heinen (keys)
Kings Place - London - 11th June 2017
The Lyric I Made - a talk on the links between Lyrics and Poetry for Poet in the City's 'Poetry and Lyrics Festival'
london live tv - 7th june 2016
The Southbank Centre - London - 5th February 2016
Our Lady of Stars Tour, ft: Sorana (vox/pno), Joe Wright (sax/electronics), Conor Chaplin (bass), Corrie Dick (dms)
The Vortex - London - 15th December 2016
Our Lady of Stars Tour, for Words and Jazz, hosted by Nicki Heinen ft: Sorana Santos (vox/pno), Joe Wright (sax), Calum Gourlay (bass), James Maddren (dms)
Salisbury Arts Centre - Salisbury - 26th September 2015
Our Lady of Stars Tour, ft: Sorana (keys), Joe Wright (sex/electronics), James Maddren, (dms)
Oxford University - Oxford - 25th September 2015
Talk: public talk on Digital Music & the New Music Industry & Songwriting
Oxford Contemporary Music - Oxford - 30th July 2015
Our Lady of Stars Tour, ft: Sorana (keys), Joe Wright (sax/electronics), Conor Chaplin (bass), James Maddren (dms)
Jazzlines - Town Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham - 24th July 2015
Our Lady of Stars Tour, ft: Sorana (vox/pno), Joe Wright (sax), James Maddren (dms)
Lauderdale House - London - 21st July 2015
Our Lady of Stars Tour, ft: Sorana (vox/pno), Joe Wright (sax/electronics), Conor Chaplin (bass), James Maddren (drums), and The Subrosa String Quartet
The Ramshorn - Glasgow - 25th June 2015
Our Lady of Stars Tour, ft: Sorana (vox/pno), Joe Wright (sax/electronics), John Lowrie (dms)
The Forge - London, 15th June 2015
Our Lady of Stars Album Launch, ft: Sorana (vox/pno/prepared pno), Joe Wright (sax, electronics), Conor Chaplin (bass), James Maddren (dms), and The Subrosa String Quartet
the opera hour, resonance fm - 14th may 2015
the opera hour, resonance fm - 13th march 2014
creative journeys: artists share their insights - 13th december 2013
Zealous X Panel with Bill Aitchison, James Webber, & Rachel Raynes.