Kate Westbrook (musician)

Kate Westbrook (musician)

Kate Westbrook is an artist following the professions of painter and musician. Her musical work centres around her career as a vocalist, predominantly with her husband, British composer and bandleader Mike Westbrook's bands. She also works extensively as librettist and doubles as instrumentalist (tenor horn and piccolo).

Biography

Kate Westbrook was born in Guildford, Surrey, England and grew up in the U.S.A. and Canada before going to Dartington Hall School (which later became Dartington College of Arts) in Devon. From there she went to Bath Academy of Art at Corsham and then to Reading University. Later she lived and worked on the East and West coasts of America. After travelling in Mexico she returned to England and took up a part-time teaching post at Leeds College of Art. Kate Westbrook's musical career began in 1974 when she joined the Mike Westbrook Brass Band and gave up teaching to concentrate on the dual career of painter and musician. She has worked in theatre, radio, and TV. She and her husband now live in Devon, England.

Music

As an instrumentalist she plays tenor horn and piccolo, however her work centres around vocals both as singer and librettist. Kate Westbrook's wide vocal range embraces jazz, music theatre (she sang the role of Anna in Bertolt Brecht's The Seven Deadly Sins with the London Symphony Orchestra), contemporary music (pieces by Frederic Rzewski, Philip Clark), opera (Gioacchino Rossini) and music hall. She has performed all over Europe and as far afield as the far East and North America.Her work as lyricist has encompassed everything from cabaret songs to opera. In collaboration with her husband, Mike Westbrook, she has generated a whole series of jazz/cabarets and music-theatre pieces. She adapts and sings texts in several languages (English, German, French, Italian on a regular basis - several others when the occasion arises). Other than her own lyrics and music, her repertoire includes works by William Blake, Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill, Cole Porter, Friedrich Hollaender, Federico García Lorca, Paul Éluard, Edward Lear, Wilhelm Busch, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, The Beatles and many others.Other musical collaborations include among others Phil Minton, Lindsay Cooper, Henry Cow (The Orckestra).

Painting

Kate Westbrook studied fine art at Dartington Hall School (which later became Dartington College of Arts) in Devon, Bath Academy of Art at Corsham and Reading University.The first one-man show of her paintings was held at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California, in 1963. Kate Westbrook continues to exhibit her work in solo and group shows in Britain and abroad. Her work is in public and private collections.Many recent musical Westbrook projects, such as Art Wolf and Turner In Uri, have been inspired by the visual arts.

elected discography

Kate Westbrook

*The Nijinska Chamber (2006)
*Goodbye Peter Lorre (1991, 2005)
*Cuff Clout (2004)

with Mike Westbrook

*Waxeywork Show (2007)
*Art Wolf (2005)
* _fr. Chanson Irresponsable (2003)
*Westbrook Rossini (1986)
*Love For Sale (1985)
*The Cortège (1983)

elected Filmography

*Hotel Amigo (TV, music-theatre piece)
*Good Friday 1663(TV opera)
*Turner in Uri (documentary and concert)

External links

* [http://www.westbrookjazz.co.uk/katewestbrook Kate Westbrook,singer/songwriter] Kate Westbrook's official site
* [http://www.westbrookjazz.co.uk/gallery Kate Westbrook,Painter]
* [http://www.westbrookjazz.de Discography]

ources

* [http://www.westbrookjazz.co.uk www.westbrookjazz.co.uk]
* [http://www.westbrookjazz.de www.westbrookjazz.de]
* [http://www.musicweb-international.com/encyclopaedia/w/W55.HTM Musicweb International]


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