Black Art Notes

Leading improvisers and composer-performers are joined by students from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to perform graphic and open score work by Afrodiasporic composers. This ground-breaking line-up includes scores by Corey Mwamba, Nyokabi Kariũki (Kenya), Njabulo Phungula (South Africa), veteran composer Wadada Leo Smith, Fay Victor with an ensemble led by London legends Neil Charles, Mark Sanders and Xhosa Cole, joined by special guests including cult group Nurse With Wound collaborator Aurélie Nyirabikali Lierman. Always, Already There is the first UK edition of George Lewis’s Afrodiasporic Incubator project. Curated by vocalist and composer Elaine Mitchener, in partnership with Guildhall School of Music & Drama. It explores the radical, varied and richly experimental work of Afrodiasporic composers, past and present. Programme Corey Mwamba Orrery Fay Victor Overlap/Seam Njabulo Phungula Playground Postcard And works by Pat Thomas, Wadada Leo Smith and Nyokabi Kariuki to be announced Performers Neil Charles bass Mark Sanders drums Aurélie Nyirabikali Lierman voice Xhosa Cole saxophone