Marlon Hibbert & Will Hobson
Marlon Hibbert & Will Hobson
Mon 13 November 2023
Stage time / 6:30pm
Doors / 12:30pm
Celebrating the Jazz Clubs
The Guildhall Jazz Festival in association with the EFG London Jazz Festival features current and past students, Guildhall Jazz teachers and special guests in a celebration of the wealth of creativity and originality within the Guildhall Jazz community.
Marlon Hibbert & William Hobson are a steelpan a piano duo recently graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Playing a mixed repertoire of standards, Caribbean and Latin music the duo aspires to the likes of the Gary Burton & Chick Corea duet.
Marlon is an aspiring Jazz musician, Educator and performer born in London, Uk. With 15 years of experience performing in the UK, USA, Trinidad, Switzerland, Slovakia and more, he aims to continue taking the instrument worldwide and demonstrating the art form.
Marlon regularly performs an array of music from all genres. Marlon is also the Uk Pan Clash champion soloist 2018 & 19. Marlon arranged his first panorama in 2015 winning his first Junior Panorama with Endurance Steel Orchestra in 2018.
Will Hobson is a versatile and forward-thinking young pianist/composer based in London.
At 24 years old, his artistic voice draws on a wide range of influences, where a deep knowledge of the jazz idiom meets minimalist-inspired cells, elements of ambient sound design and catchy earworm melodies.
Will has performed extensively across the country, particularly in Essex and London. Most notably he has had the opportunity to play at some of the capital's most renowned jazz clubs including Ronnie Scott’s, Oliver’s and The Vortex, as well as having provided piano for world-famous hotels such as The Dorchester and The Savoy. In addition to this, he regularly works with a variety of bands and solo acts, including The VV Experience, Chisara Agor and The Unswung Heroes.
Marlon Hibbert & William Hobson are a steelpan a piano duo recently graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Playing a mixed repertoire of standards, Caribbean and Latin music the duo aspires to the likes of the Gary Burton & Chick Corea duet.
Marlon is an aspiring Jazz musician, Educator and performer born in London, Uk. With 15 years of experience performing in the UK, USA, Trinidad, Switzerland, Slovakia and more, he aims to continue taking the instrument worldwide and demonstrating the art form.
Marlon regularly performs an array of music from all genres. Marlon is also the Uk Pan Clash champion soloist 2018 & 19. Marlon arranged his first panorama in 2015 winning his first Junior Panorama with Endurance Steel Orchestra in 2018.
Will Hobson is a versatile and forward-thinking young pianist/composer based in London.
At 24 years old, his artistic voice draws on a wide range of influences, where a deep knowledge of the jazz idiom meets minimalist-inspired cells, elements of ambient sound design and catchy earworm melodies.
Will has performed extensively across the country, particularly in Essex and London. Most notably he has had the opportunity to play at some of the capital's most renowned jazz clubs including Ronnie Scott’s, Oliver’s and The Vortex, as well as having provided piano for world-famous hotels such as The Dorchester and The Savoy. In addition to this, he regularly works with a variety of bands and solo acts, including The VV Experience, Chisara Agor and The Unswung Heroes.
