The UK registered Charity Brass for Africa has appointed award-winning musician and trumpet-virtuoso Matilda Lloyd as an Ambassador for the Charity
Praised as an “eloquent trumpet soloist” (The Times), Matilda Lloyd captivates audiences with her artistry, communication, and musicality. Casta Diva, her debut album for Chandos Records was BBC Music Magazine’s Recording of the Month in June 2023, with a five-star review describing it as an “album full of delights… Lloyd plays with intense expression and immense warmth.” Nominated by the Barbican Centre London and Konserthuset Stockholm, Matilda will be a European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) Rising Star for the 2024/25 season, performing on some of Europe’s most prestigious stages.
Now, Matilda will also be lending her support, voice and artistry to raise awareness of Brass for Africa’s vital work in using music as a tool for social change. Brass for Africa uses music to equip children, young people and their communities across Sub-Saharan Africa with the skills to fulfil their potential and thrive. Since 2009, the Charity has reached over 10,000 extremely marginalised children and young people with twice weekly Music & Life-Skills education programmes.
Matilda will also be visiting Africa early in 2024 to provide inspiration, technical training and performances to many African youth as they follow their own journey to becoming a brass musician.
Jim Trott MBE, Founder and Executive Director of Brass for Africa, says: “I’ve been a fan of Matilda’s since she organised and performed in a concert to raise funds for Brass for Africa whilst studying at Cambridge in 2015. I’ve been following her career as she has developed into a much sought after and celebrated soloist across Europe and am extremely excited to now have her as an official ambassador for the organisation. Matilda is a fantastic role modeI and I really can’t wait for her to come to Uganda and inspire the many young people we work with, especially the young women and girls we have on our programmes.”
Matilda Lloyd, says: “I am absolutely thrilled to be joining Brass for Africa as their Ambassador. It was so wonderful to get to know some of the musicians on their tour last Summer and I can’t wait to travel to Africa next year to meet many more! It is so inspiring to see how important and how vital music is to these communities and I’m really looking forward to being a part of that journey.”
(C) Photograph: Geoffroy Schied