Artists 17 May 2024

Fugitive Orchestra

Fusing together Beatboxing, Live-Looping and Guitar, Fugitive Orchestra (the alias of singer-songwriter James Tattington) makes music best described as: Jazz-infused, Bluesy Hip-Pop; drawing inspiration from the likes of LCD Soundsystem, Andrew Bird, Talking Heads, St. Vincent, Paul Simon, Kate Bush and the Blue Nile. Fugitive Orchestra has supported the likes of: The Howl & The Hum, Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer, The Petebox, The Showhawk Duo, shared a stage with early-naughties heroes Wheatus at the Isle of Wight Festival, and continues to take his exciting live show to ever-growing audiences.

James from Fugitive Orchestra looking at the camera from behind a guitar
Monica MacLeod by piano

Monica MacLeod

Monica MacLeod (former Sik Holm) is Monica is originally from Norway, but she has been based in The UK since 2009 and now lives with her Scottish husband, Spanish rescue dog and, soon to be, two daughters, in Surrey. She is a versatile professional, working as a musical theatre performer, singer, actress, voice-over artist, pianist/MD, composer, writer and Singing Teacher. She has a First Class BA(Hons) from The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and an MA in Voice Pedagogy from The Voice Study Centre. Monica has toured and performed all over the world; on some of the world’s most luxurious cruise ships on 4 continents as a guest Entertainer, at the The Kia Oval for former prime ministers and destination weddings in the hills of Valpolicella. She is now a resident Singer/pianist at PianoWorks West End and The Dorchester, amongst others. One of her favourite jobs was the North American Tour of Gobsmacked! performing in 32 states at world-famous venues including the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington DC.

Monica still works in Norway as much as she can and is the co-owner of the theatre school MusikalKollektivet in Hønefoss.

As a composer, she has composed/written 8 musicals and is the recipient of Sparebank 1s Talentstipend, Drømmestipendet, Buskerud Fylkeskommunes Ungdomspris, Lions Ungdomspris, Celledelingsstipendet og Rotary’s Young Leadership Awards, amongst others.

Tim Voilhat

When Tim Voilhat’s grandma passed away, she left a huge mansion for her only grandson. The only problem was that he lived in Australia. Although Tim lived on the other side of the planet he chose to leave his hometown to go to Norway and explore his Norwegian roots. Not long after he arrived in Norway, the pandemic broke out and forced him to stay in the big mansion all alone. Time went by and he began to feel homesick, so he started writing and creating melodies. After a while, he met four Norwegian guys who he wanted to explore his music with. Together they became a group and started writing and producing music together.

After killing it at Malakoff Rockfestival, the band has been receiving attention from not only Norway, but also the UK, the US, Brazil, and Australia. Be sure to check out their instagram, it’s insane and never ending!

Follow Tim on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok @timvoilhat.

Listen to his music on Spotify here.

Tim Voilhat with sunglasses in a flower field
Aron smiling at the camera with a white T-shirt with red, halfway cropped text on

aron

aron is a Norwegian-Moroccan artist. She describes herself to be “Stuck in a coming-of-age movie, and she can’t stop writing about it.” 

aron creates music that questions self-image, society and the confusion of coming to terms of becoming an adult. With her unique theatrical style, aron is able to create her own magical whimsical universe around her music.

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Regent Brass

Regent Brass is a 28-piece brass band based in Chalk Farm, North London. Founded in 1985 to cater for young brass players in Brent that had left the youth set-up, the band has since risen to the upper levels of the brass band scene, currently under Musical Director Alan Duguid, and performing regular concerts of innovative, exciting modern brass band repertoire. The organisation also incorporates Regent Community Brass which was formed in 2012 to provide an outlet for local musicians, both young and old, to get involved with playing with a brass band.

Image of the band members standing with their instruments in their hands
Olavskoret sitting on chairs inside a building, all smiling to the camera

Olavskoret

Olavskoret, the Choir of the Norwegian Church in London, was established in 2012 to enhance the regular worship at the church. Around 16 regular members meet two or three times a month to rehearse a repertoire of SATB anthems, carols and national songs depending on the season. 

Over the years, the choir has attracted keen amateur, professional and semi-professional singers who are either Norwegian or have a strong interest in Norway. Olavskoret aims to sing for one service a month at the Norwegian Church and has also performed in Westminster Abbey, St Martin-in-the-Fields Church and with Sissel Kyrkjebø for the ‘baptism’ of MS Viking Sea. The choir is delighted, once again, to be invited to sing in Southwark Park for the 17th May celebrations!