The acclaimed Jason Max Ferdinand Singers will appear at the Edinburgh International Festival this August, performing on 10 August at The Queen’s Hall in a programme of spirituals, folk songs and celebrated hymns. Led by conductor and composer Jason Max Ferdinand, the ensemble is internationally recognised for its powerful sound and artistic excellence.
In addition to their own concert, the singers will also take part in the opening Festival performance on 8 August at Usher Hall of Wynton Marsalis’s All Rise, adding their distinctive voices to the massive jazz symphony in 12 movements, a tribute to the 12-bar blues, blends musical influences from around the world in a full-blooded expression of the human condition.
Jason Max Ferdinand also leads a workshop with Cedric Dent, the ten-time Grammy Award winner from Take 6, and John Stoddart on piano. Together, they will songs from the origins of gospel music to the present day.
Their appearances promise to be among the vocal highlights of Edinburgh’s summer season.