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THE NORTHERN SESSION COLLECTIVE WAS SET UP IN 2018 BY ISABELLA BAKER, A VIOLINIST STUDYING AT THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC IN MANCHESTER, WITH THE GOAL OF BRINGING TOGETHER A TEAM OF LIKE-MINDED MUSICIANS THAT WANT TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF MUSICAL GENRE. OUR AIM IS TO ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ARTISTS & SESSION PLAYERS IN THE NORTH-WEST OF ENGLAND AND BEYOND, TAKING AN OPEN AND APPROACHABLE STANCE IN WHAT IS A COMPETITIVE WORLD.

 

BASED IN MANCHESTER, MOST OF OUR MUSICIANS ARE ALUMNI OF THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC, AND HAVE ALL RECEIVED HIGH-LEVEL TRAINING FROM PROFESSIONALS IN THE JAZZ, POPULAR MUSIC & CLASSICAL WORLDS. EACH OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE A VAST AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE IN MULTIPLE MUSICAL SETTINGS, BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, BRINGING UNIQUE SKILLS TO THE COLLECTIVE.

 

 

SOME OF THE ARTISTS OUR STRING PLAYERS HAVE WORKED WITH:

JOHN NEWMAN

ED SHEERAN

ZARA LARSSON

BASTILLE

TAKE THAT

CALLUM BEATTIE

RAY QUINN

JAMIE LAWSON

KAY YOUNG

IAN PROWSE

ALFIE NEALE

HUMBLE THE GREAT

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