Lauren Kinsella

Lauren Kinsella is a London-based vocalist and composer originally from Dublin. She has performed in venues across the UK, Hungary,Ireland, France, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Norway and India. She sings and composes in many groups including Blue-Eyed Hawk, Thought-Foxand SnowPoet with bassist Chris Hyson.

She collaborates in duos with Swiss drummer Alex Huber, Loop collective pianist Dan Nicholls, and in a trio with cellist Hannah Marshall and trumpeter Nick Malcolm. She has released albums on Wide Ear Records and Diatribe to critical acclaim and is the featured vocalist on ‘Island Mentality', the Chaos Orchestra’s debut album. She performs with leading improvisers on the UK and European Jazz scenes including Yves Robert, Mark Sanders, Julian Siegel, Mark Lockheart, Chris Batchelor, Liam Noble and Hans Hassler.

Her work continues to be reviewed in several countries including the USA,Germany, the UK, France, Norway, Switzerland and Ireland. Hailed as a ‘gifted young singer’ (John Fordham, The Guardian) her music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Jazz FM, RTE Lyric FM and BBC Radio Scotland.

She was awarded The Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize 2013 and teaches jazz voice at Leeds Conservatoire’s undergraduate programme.