MUSIC
A musician and community educator with nearly 30 years of experience and a passion for arts for everyone, Marcus is a percussionist, guitarist and singer songwriter, with his band, Bird Service, the focus of his musical output. He is also the Programme Director and percussion tutor for the Sistema Norwich orchestra programme and programmes the Norwich Summer Sessions festival for NORCA.
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Specialisms:
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Samba drumming workshops for all ages
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Samba bloco creation, development and leadership
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Creative opera projects with young people (using an approach based on the Royal Opera House's 'Write an Opera')
Skills include:
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Composition and arrangements for group and ensembles
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Sound engineering (live/recording)
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Music festival and event programming
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SOME SAMPLES
(Some examples of my compositions and arrangements - Bird Service material is on a separate page)
Piece written for string sextet and recorded live.
Linked pieces written for piano and strings (Sibelius version).
Piece written for pandeiro and electronics and recorded live as part of the UEA Electro Acoustic concert series.
Piece written for choir, brass and percussion (Sibelius version).
Arrangement of Cidade Negra's song Girassol for Rabo's line up of percussion and brass, recorded live at Norwich Arts Centre.
Arrangement of Lenine's song Jack Soul Brasileiro for Rabo's line up of percussion and brass, recorded live at Norwich Arts Centre.
Piece created for Norwich Samba inspired by a piece by Scottish band, MacUmba, recorded live.
Piece created for Norwich Samba inspired by a Candomble groove, recorded live.