Live dates

These two award winning jazz singers met over 30 years ago and alongside their highly successful solo careers, forged a musical partnership that lasts to this day having performed from New York to Vietnam as well as in concert halls all over the UK along the way. Join them for a Valentine’s Special not to be missed!

IG4 is a new intergenerational band of 4 of the UK’s finest jazz talent sharing their love of great songs and composers. Vocalist Claire Martin OBE joins multi-award winning pianist and composer Nikki Iles, much in demand saxophonist Karen Sharp and rising star bassist Ewan Hastie, the winner of the BBC’s Young Jazz Musician of the Year in 2022. Brand new arrangements written for this project by Nikki will shine a light on classic repertoire from Tom Waits to Burch Bacharach, Anthony Newly and Joni Mitchell as well as stylish reworkings from the great writers of the American songbook including Cole Porter and Johnny Mandel.

RTÉ Concert Orchestra David Brophy, conductor Mark McGann, Joe Stilgoe and Claire Martin, vocalists Experience an evening of beautiful songs composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Join the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and artists Mark McGann, Joe Stilgoe and Claire Martin to perform a list of memorable and extraordinary music written by these musical masters. Conducted by David Brophy, this is an evening to remember.

In these two, rare live performances, the first since their sell out 2022 Cadogan Hall concert, the celebrated vocalist Claire Martin, joins forces with the young arranger, Callum Au to breathe new life into jazz standards, performing the music from their celebrated album “Songs & Stories” Surprisingly, this album is Clare Martin’s first big band recording. Her thrill of working with Callum Au, is clear in every track of jazz standards and American Songbook classics, featuring stunning new arrangements. Callum has created compelling sensitive, modern big band writing, whilst drawing on extensive style and influences from the definitive peaks of this big band. Genre from past eras.