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YolanDa Brown...
- is the premier female saxophonist in the UK.
- won the MOBO award for “Best Jazz” in 2008 and repeated the achievement in 2009 also for “Best Jazz”.
- was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by the University of East London in 2010.
- graduated with a first class degree in Operations management from the University of Kent.
- has 2 Masters and had been studying a PhD for four years at the University of Kent, before taking a hiatus from her thesis in January 2010 to pursue her music career
- was invited to meet the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on the 9th May 2011 at Buckingham Palace.
- has played to the President of Russia at the Hermitage museum in St Petersburg, as well as the Prime minister of Jamaica in Kingston, Jamaica.
- was listed in the Evening Standard as one of the top 30 black students in the UK selected by ex Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
- is a Celebrity Ambassador for HRH The Prince of Wales and His Prince’s Trust Charity.
- is endorsed by Yamaha and was appointed as the UK's class band ambassador in February 2011.Yamaha Class Band is a whole-class wind band teaching method, currently being piloted, until July 2012, in a collaboration between Yamaha UK and two of the UK's leading music services.
- is also endorsed by Guess Jeans, MAC cosmetics and adidas to name a few.
- will be re introducing herself as not just a saxophonist, but now also a singer and pianist too.
- is a Patron of Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s MFYM fund
- has recently been booked to play as part of Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
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Comment by Orduh Jerry Ruhuoma on November 15, 2011 at 4:58am -
Keep d fire burning brown...... I like ur courage.... Breaking grounds and taking over territories.
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