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Tickets
About this event:
- Category:
- Jazz
- Event type:
- Booking required | In-person
- Admission:
- £15 (£8 concessions)
- Location:
- Milton Court Concert Hall
Event information
Guildhall Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Nikki Iles, is proud to present a collaboration with one of the most important contemporary American composers marrying jazz with Western neoclassical music, Billy Childs.
Over the course of a glittering career, Childs has worked with, amongst many others, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Wynton Marsalis, LA Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, Renee Fleming, Yo-Yo Ma, Wayne Shorter, Alison Kraus, Dianne Reeves, Chris Botti, Esperanza Spalding, Lisa Fischer, Susan Tedeschi, Rickie Lee Jones, Shawn Colvin, Ledesi, Becca Stevens, Chris Potter, Brian Blade, Steve Wilson and Jerry Douglas.
Performers
Guildhall Jazz Orchestra
Nikki Iles director
Billy Childs composer and pianist
Venue information
Milton Court, based across the road from our Silk Street building, provides the School with world-class performance and training spaces, including a state of the art concert hall, a lyric theatre, a studio theatre and several major rehearsal rooms.
- Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH