Individual Musicians

Find out how Maya's ancestory has shaped her life, how she balances singing, playing the cello, kora and guitar, and what it's like to be the first female kora-player in a long line of male musicians.

James MacMillan's a composer and conductor. He conducted David Horne's piece Emerging Dances for SoundJunction. But he's better known as a composer.

Emma Fielding's oboe-playing experiences have taken her round the world. She plays with Britten Sinfonia, including performing on David Horne's Emerging Dances for SoundJunction.

Discover how Tony Cross became a professional trumpet-player. From starting out on the drums as a child, to playing the trumpet with the Bergen Orchestra in Norway...

Like many viola players Clare Finnimore started out playing the violin, find out why she made the switch and how she made it as a professional....

What's it like to lead an orchestra? Lucy Gould played principal violin with Britten Sinfonia for the recording of David Horne's Emerging Dances.

Find out what type of music Joy Farrall enjoys listening to for relaxation and what it's really like to play in an orchestra.

Cleveland Watkiss talks about using of technology, vocal techniques and his experiences of working in the world of drum 'n' bass and jungle...

Find out all about composer and singer Paul Gladstone Reid

Learn more about electric bass-player Andy McLean

Anna Pyne very nearly gave up on a flute career in her early twenties taking two years out to work as a waitress in France...

Find out all about West African griot Kasse Mady Diabate

Composer and saxophone-player Jason Yarde works in jazz, hip hop amd R&B as creator, producer and performer.

David Horne describes his early life as a concert pianist, his move to the USA to study composition and where he seeks inspiration for new works.

Gareth Williams talks about starting out learning the piano, early inspirations and demonstrates how to improvise....

Find out all about composer and kora-player Tunde Jegede

Gareth Twigg is one of the youngest players with Britten Sinfonia. Having only recently left music college, Gareth explains how he started to get professional work and what he thinks the future holds for him...

Recently shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize, Seb Rochford is a drummer in demand. He's happy playing music from hip hop and drum and bass to electric jazz and more.

Byron Wallen is a trumpet player and composer, and played the African bass ngoni in the song Moving Away for SoundJunction.

Abram Wilson is a jazz trumpeter from New Orleans. He spoke to SoundJunction about growing up in America where he was surrounded by the jazz tradition, his move to New York and his life now in London...

Double bass player Larry Barltey talks about how he started out playing the bass, how he was able to get regular gigs and how he fills his days...

Wali Cham Jobarteh is a kora-player from The Gambia in West Africa. His family has been learning the kora for generations, passing on the skills and music from father to son for hundreds of years.

Growing up in rural Cornwall, David Hockings spent his childhood playing percussion in the Salvation Army band....