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Asha Parkinson

Asha Parkinson

NYJC Summer School year(s): 2014, 2015, 2016 Asha Parkinson is a London-based composer and saxophonist whose work regularly crosses the boundaries between traditions. She was twice semi-finalist in the BBC Young Jazz Musician competition and was shortlisted in the 2016 BBC Inspire Composers Competition. Additionally, she was one of 20 young people internationally to win […]

Sahra Gure

NYJC Summer School year(s): Short course 2013 Summer School 2014 Musicians’ Company Young Jazz Musician Award 2019 Winner of the Musicians’ Company Young Jazz Musician Award 2019, Vocalist Sahra Gure is already pipped by Jazzwise as ‘one to watch in 2020’.Born in Berlin to German/Somali parents and raised in Norwich Sahra moved to London in […]