Raph Clarkson.

ARRANGEMENTS

We Are Family (2021)

arrangement of the classic Sister Sledge song for Merton Music Foundation’s Royal Albert Hall spectacular in 2021, comprising over 1000 young singers, adult choir, and massed youth ensembles (concert bands, string ensembles, guitar ensembles, percussion).

Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon: Kalba (2019)

horn section arrangements (trombone, trumpet, sax) for this Ghana-U.K. collaborative album produced by grammy-nominated Sonny Johns

Don’t Know Why (Jesse Harris/Norah Jones) (2018)

arrangement for brass sextet (3 trumpets (one jazz improviser), 2 trombones, tuba)

The Three Little Pigs (2018)

arrangements of a huge range of music from traditional children’s songs to Bach to James Brown, for 3 trombones (to fit alongside a storyteller/animateur) – originally written for Creative Futures with the project led by music leader Penny Osmond.

Human Kind (2017)

Horn section arrangement for this collaborative worldwide charity single, recorded here by members of Snarky Puppy

Music for Mid Wales Music Trust’s ‘Black Dog’ (2017)

as Musical Director for this show involving KS2 children and improvising ensemble (drums, double bass, piano, saxophone and trumpet) arrangements of music by John Dowland, Jerome Kern, Bela Bartok, and the young people themselves:

http://www.mwmt.org.uk/our-projects/joined-up-music-year-1

Three Billy Goats Gruff (2017)

arrangements of a huge range of music from traditional children’s songs to Grieg, for 3 trombones (to fit alongside a storyteller/animateur) – originally written for Creative Futures with the project led by music leader Penny Osmond.