On Friday 15th September 2023, Nu Civilisation Orchestra and Nubya Garcia realised a 15-year dream held by Tomorrow’s Warriors Co-Founder Dr Gary Crosby OBE and took to the stage to perform Stan Getz’s seminal album Focus, a landmark piece of ‘third stream’ repertoire that marks the meeting point between jazz and classical music.
Mercury Prize nominee and TW alum, Nubya Garcia improvised over the original string arrangements (in much the same way Getz did on the studio recording) and brought her own interpretation and energy to the performance.
The concert, produced by Tomorrow’s Warriors, also featured the world premiere of two new pieces by Black British composers, specially commissioned for the Orchestra, and funded as part of Tomorrow’s Warriors role as a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner.
These were Chemy by Oleta Haffner and Peter Edwards’ Ricochet, and both compositions were greeted by the audience as exciting additions to the Orchestra’s third stream repertoire. READ THE FULL STORY AND CHECK THE REVIEWS HERE
