The Common Press and Guildhall School are thrilled to present the Trans Music Takeover celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month. Friday 7th February 2025 from 7 pm - 9 pm at Guildhall.
This event will showcase the incredible talents of trans voices in music and the performing arts at the iconic Guildhall —it's an evening you won’t want to miss!
Special guest performances from Jason Kwan, Tribe, Tobi Adebajo, Kyoko Takenaka (WasteWowxn), Petals, and Trans members of My Blood Is My Voice & Nawi Collective
During the event, you’ll also have the chance to browse and purchase a fantastic selection of books
Event Details
- Bar opens at 6:30pm | doors open from 6:45 pm
- Performances kick off at 7:00 pm
- The event ends at 9 pm
About Guildhall School
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music and drama school located in the City of London, England. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz along with drama and production arts.
Performers
Jason Kwan ( Performer )
London based, indie-pop singer-songwriter Jason Kwan released his debut EP, “Deja Vu” on June 7th 2024 and has just finished his first UK tour.
Jason’s debut EP “Deja Vu” features the focus track “Paradise”, accompanied by a visually stunning music video.
“Paradise” landed on Spotify’s New Music Friday UK and GLOW playlists, Apple Music’s New In Pride across all territories, and premiered on BBC Introducing. Jason is currently on an extended Deja Vu EP Tour, including playing mainstage at London Pride for the first time.
Independent through and through, Jason has performed at Glastonbury Festival, Meltdown Festival, opened for Rina Sawayama at Electrowerkz, and in 2023 landed three national billboard campaigns. He’s notably been a face of NYX Cosmetics since 2021, starring alongside Anne-Marie and Yasmin Finney.
Tobi Adebajo, and Kyoko Takenaka (WasteWowxn)
Tobi Adebajo (@tobiadebajo) and Kyoko Takenaka (@jinjabrew) of @Wastewomxn are anti-disciplinary performance artists whose practice incorporates writing, music, butoh + bata dance, and visual media.
As diasporic artists based in the UK and the US, they are constantly finding ways to bypass a colonial lens on their existences - connecting directly within their mother tongues, and incorporating storytelling in both Japanese and Yoruba into their work.
Petals, Trans members of My Blood Is My Voice & Nawi Collective
The evening will also include performances from petals. petals is a composer, poet, and multi-instrumentalist living on the hidden river Effra in London; she is the author of ‘Kalimba’, co-author of ‘Marsh-River-Raft-Feather’, and her new manuscript ‘& glee & bless’ (Guillemot Press).
Tobi & Kyoko are excited to also have Choral accompaniment by trans members of My Blood Is My Voice & Nawi Collective
My Blood Is My Voice is a ritual gig theatre & collective vocal healing project in co-creation; exploring the queer & neurodivergent experience through decolonized ways of working with the human body as a complete instrument and storyteller. @mybloodismyvoice
Nawi Collective is a London-based, Black women & non-binary vocal collective.
Singing to reclaim their time | Singing for their ancestors @nawicollective.
TRIBE
Tribe is a live music event and community space. TRIBE believes in gathering the community together through different events such as live music, chess, community conversation, fairs, arts and crafts, with the centre piece being music. Our name is inspired by African philosophies of collective living. We are founded under the principles of the Igbo Nigerian proverb which states, “Gidi Gidi bu Ugwu Eze”, translating to the equivalent of “in Unity there is strength.”