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Paul Booth & The Bansangu Ensemble with The Festival Chamber Orchestra

Paul Booths’ love of the ‘iconic’ Beach Boys album Pet Sounds led him to transcribe the original album in its entirety, and then arrange it for his Big Band ‘Bansangu’, with sell out shows at Ronnie Scotts in 2024.

This year Pet Sounds Reimagined has expanded to include the Festival Chamber Orchestra, exploring the music of the Beach Boys in in yet more exciting and innovative ways.

Alongside this ‘Bird with Strings’ uses the wonderfully lush orchestral arrangements which feature on the album’ Charlie Parker with Strings’ which he recorded in the late 1940’s and early 50’s.

Both Albums are seen as iconic in their own right and the new versions performed this evening, present a wonderful fusion of Classical and Jazz with a wonderful tapestry of Musical Styles and colours.

Pet Sounds Reimagined & Bird With Strings

Sun 5 October

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ART31 takes its name from Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child, which states that ‘Children have the right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of cultural, artistic and other recreational activities’.

ART31 is a vision created with, by, and for young people in Kent, championing the belief that all children and young people have an entitlement to access high quality arts and culture, to empower them to achieve their creative potential, and to genuinely engage young people as equal partners in any decision making that affects them.

The ART31 Youth Board is made up of young people from across Kent aged 13-25 who steer its governance, and influence policy and practice across the county and beyond, challenging the creative sector to examine existing ways of working and integrate young people into the core of their practice.

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