White Chapel from London Suite – Fats Waller

About this performance:

Callum Watson performs his arrangement of White Chapel with references from Warsaw Concerto. Live-to-air on 3MBS radio.

Callum Watson

Callum Watson born 1997 in Melbourne is an ambassador for young Australian jazz and classical talent, a respected pianist and composer, and a prolific producer spanning across jazz, classical and theatre.

In addition to winning the Margaret Schofield Scholarship for composition, Watson has won a variety of awards and grants including from Melbourne Fringe Festival (2018), state (Creative Victoria, 2019) and local governments (City of Greater Geelong, 2019) and internationally from orkest de ereprijs in the Netherlands (2019).

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