Resonant Futures Presents: Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Event
- Time:
- 13:00 - 13:50
- Date:
- 18 October 2021
- Venue:
- Online event (Microsoft Teams)
For more information regarding this event, please email Ben Oliver at B.Oliver@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
The Department of Music is delighted to welcome composer, musical director and arranger Benjamin Kwasi Burrell to our live online employability series: Resonant Futures Presents. Benjamin will talk about his experience of working in the music industry, share some of his music and answer student questions.
Speaker information
Benjamin Kwasi Burrell is a composer, orchestrator, arranger and musical director. Born and raised in south-east London, he studied saxophone and piano before training in Jazz Piano at Trinity College of Music, then gained a Masters in Scoring for Film, Television & Video Games from Berklee College of Music.
For theatre, Benjamin is composer & arranger for the National Theatre's production of Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey directed by Bijan Sheibani which transferred to trafalgar studios after a UK tour. He was composer & musical director of the hit play Small Island adapted from the book by Andrea Levy, directed by Rufis Norris at the National Theatre and of Dick Whittington performed at the National Theatre in December 2020.
In 2019 he was the recipient of the Musical Director Recognition Award at the inaugural Black British Theatre Awards. Since 2019 Benjamin has been the Musical Director of The House and Garage orchestra and 2020 saw him collaborate with the Jazz Jamaica All Stars and Chineke! Juniors on their groundbreaking performances on Britains Got Talent.
On screen, Benjamin has scored the fantasy/horror film Shortcut. He has scored several independent short films including Shiney by director Paul Holbrook and shorts for director Jack Ryder and Arts Ed.
Tickets
Our concerts are free but e-tickets should be pre-booked through the Turner Sims box office .