RNCM Session Orchestra: Songs in the Key of Life / Sat 21 Feb

7pm Support Act: Bart Zagamé and Izzy Taylor 
8pm Main Act: RNCM Session Orchestra

Celebrating 50 years since its release, the RNCM Session Orchestra transforms Stevie Wonder’s iconic Songs in the Key of Life into powerful orchestral creations. Uplifting, radiant, and bursting with joy, signature tracks take on new dimensions as they are skilfully rearranged for the full sound of an orchestra and soloists from our Pop Department.    

Performers

Troy Miller guest director
Steph Godwin assistant conductor
Iain Dixon arranger
RNCM Session Orchestra:

vocals
Moli Edwards
Zoe Cook
Linnea Weiss
Yufei Yao
Harry Lines
Jamie Ellis
Ruixi Liang

bass guitar
Max Cooper

drums
Jack Willan

guitars
Guy Bandell
Leroy Chan

keys
Sam Roberts
Seth Ling

first violins
Kit Massey
Isobel Barber
Olivia Trezise
Hanna Shamihova

second violins
Amit Ilan Segev
Kinga Kaluza
Carola Cecchelli
Chloe Wood

violas
Alexandra Harrison
Jina Sou
Lily Machin-Bradbury
Ilana Tapper

cellos
Chloe Chen
Teresa De La Espada
Samuel Hills-Field
Chengyu Yin

flutes
Amelie Sainsbury

alto saxophones
Tom Law
Maddie Stewart

tenor saxophone
Conor Parker-Delves
Joao Correia

baritone saxophone
Emily Leavy

trumpets
Tom Scaife
Tilly Crutchley
Amelia Butler

tenor trombone
Seb Brailsford

bass trombone
Richard Stevens

percussion
Ben Salwey
Christian Holyoake

harp
Mark Askew

Programme

1. Love’s In Need Of Love
2. Have A Talk With God
3. Village Ghetto Land
4. Historia
5. Contusion
6. I Wish
7. Pastime Paradise
8. Summer Soft
9. Easy Going Evening
10. Ordinary Pain
11. Knocks Me Off My Feet

Interval

12. Isn’t She Lovely
13. Joy Inside My Tears
14. If It’s Magic
15. Black Man
16. Another Star
17. Ebony Eyes
18. Saturn
19. All Day Sucker
20. Sir Duke
21. As

 

 

 

 

Arrangers

arranger and mentor
Iain Dixon

student arrangers
Charlie Dix-Mason
Lukas Hall
Luca Mellor
Yijia Zhang 

Support

Izzy Taylor vocals
Bart Zagamé piano
Sam Reynolds drums
Ben Smith bass
Wilf Richards guitar