James Rose (PKA Brave James) is a prolific arranger, composer, performer, producer & educator, based in London. Over the years, James has become a veteran performer of a cappella & vocal harmony, touring worldwide with acclaimed internet sensation group, ‘Accent’ (www.accentvocal.com).

James has an extensive portfolio of arrangements and originals for prominent groups, choirs and bands, including The Real Group, Voces8, Naturally 7, The Swingles, Rajaton, Perpetuum Jazzile, NBC’s ‘The Sing Off’ winners Committed, The Filharmonic, Arturo Sandoval, Black Voices, Peter Hollens, Women of the World, The Aeolians, Estonian Voices and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain - also working as a vocal group mentor and arranger for BBC1’s prime-time show, ‘Pitch Battle’, collaborating closely with Bebe Rexha. Additional TV vocal arranging and coaching work includes BBC’s ‘The One Show’ & CBBC.

Driven by a love of teaching, James works as the vocal arranging professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama & ICMP (London), Centro Científico da Voz (Brazil), and as a group director at A Cappella Academy (acappellacademy.org), alongside leading vocal courses internationally with students and choirs worldwide. Instead of sleeping, James also composes for videogames, creates musical apps (www.cync.app), and is a producer of original electronic music (www.terranemusic.com, www.imbravejames.com), currently gearing up to release a second solo record.

 

Services include;

  • arranging/writing for vocalists, ensembles, choirs & groups

  • music production, producing ensembles, projects etc.

  • vocal group & choir workshops / tuition / coaching (for groups or individuals)

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