Claire Martin with The Purcell School

The renowned Purcell School for Young Musicians teams up with acclaimed UK vocalist Claire Martin for a special concert celebrating music from across her four-decade career. For over 20 years, the Purcell School Jazz Department has been proudly training young jazz musicians for a career in music, with notable alumni such as Jacob Collier, Alexandra Ridout, Jas Kayser, Kit Downes and Seth Tackaberry. Come and watch the stars of tomorrow, today! Under the tutelage of saxophonist and Head of Jazz Simon Allen and a faculty of top jazz musicians and educators, students at the Purcell School develop their instrumental and compositional skills to the highest level, gaining places at major Conservatoires before going on to successful performing careers. Eight-time British Jazz Award Winner Claire Martin began her career aged 19 and two years later realised her dream of singing at Ronnie Scott’s legendary jazz club in London Soho. Signed to the prestigious Glasgow based Linn Records in 1990, she released 18 CDs with the label, collaborating with musical luminaries including Martin Taylor, John Martyn, Stephane Grappelli, Kenny Barron, Richard Rodney Bennett and Jim Mullen on many of these recordings. Claire has performed worldwide with her trio and, until his death in 2012, worked extensively with the celebrated composer and pianist Sir Richard Rodney Bennett.