Mellow Baku
Artist and Arts Facilitator @Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
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WORK HISTORY
Artist and Arts Facilitator @Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
2015 – 2020 | LALU (Look A Lady Ukulele) project for Bright Sparks Arts. Weekly bilingual song-writing/ukulele workshops for female identified folk, Peepul Enterprise Leicester. 2015 – 2022 | Associate Artist, The Spark Arts for Children: Artist in res. at 4 EY settings (12-weeks). Performing in in schools, nurseries & Spark festivals 2016, 19, 21 & 22.2015 | Glenfield Hospital, Mill Lodge. Performances for Huntington’s Disease in-patients. Workshops on wards, Bradgate mental health unit.2014 – 2022 |\'Showcase Smoothie\', NHS partnerships. Target group African Caribbean males with severe & enduring mental health difficulties. Workshops + music performances.2012 – present | Creative writing workshops in-person and online: WORD!Gay Pride 2012 Leicester. Jamaican Independence Day Notts \'Vibrations\'\'Mellow Baku & The Friday People\' released single \'Make it Brighter\' with Atjazz 20••••12 | Tutor: 1-1 vocal coach, Rushey Mead School Leicester.2010 | Released LP \'Patchwork Prophecies\'2008 - Present | Spoken Word: Renaissance One, Lyric Lounge, Writing East Midlands: performances and workshops.2007/8 | Touring: London based Afro/Roots/Jazz band Soothsayers, performances at North Sea Jazz Festival (Holland), Jazz Cafe Camden, Barbican London.2005 Released EP \'Mellow Baku\'. Touring solo acoustic sets: supporting Eric Robeson (US), Fertile Ground (US), Irie Jazz band: Courtney Pine (UK).2005 - Present | Community outreach: 2Funky Arts, CRISIS London, Peepul Centre Leicester, Curve Leicester, BASIS Project Brixton London.Performances: Intl Womens Day, Northampton, Notts & Derby, Black History Season in Leicester & Chelmsford. Refugee Week Leicester. Love Music Hate Racism events (Baby J) Derby, Sheffield, London & Leicester. 2004 - Present | Private, corporate, community & public events, festivals & UK Jazz clubs. Venues include The Knitting Factory (New York), Ozzies Bar New York. Session Work Studio sessions, voiceover work.
EDUCATION
De Montfort University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
De Montfort University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
The University of Northampton
BTEC National Diploma in General Art & Design
SKILLS
ABOUT MELLOW BAKU
I Do what I Love and I Love what I Do. I give thanks and continue :)
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