Award-winning saxophonist Xhosa Cole will perform as part of the Lichfield Festival.
The 2018 BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year will be at The Hub at St Mary’s on 17th July.
A spokesperson said:
“Xhosa Cole is an embodiment of the success of numerous community arts programmes in Birmingham, including the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra, Jazzlines Ensemble and Birmingham Music Service.
“Having grown up in Handsworth and first played the tenor at Andy Hamilton’s Ladywood Community Music School, he’s now among a long legacy of Birmingham saxophonists including Soweto Kinch and Shabaka Hutchings.
“He has performed twice at the BBC Proms, recorded saxophone for Mahalia’s debut album Love and Compromise, completed a 22-date UK tour, all alongside his studies as a scholar at Trinity Laban Conservatoire.”
Lichfield Festival spokesperson
Tickets are £14 and can be booked online.
