Project: Sufjan Songs for Christmas

I’ve been part of this Sufjan project since 2018 during which time I’ve lead sung during performance, played guitar and bass, organised the production of the 2020 five-hour online extravaganza, done live sound for the 25 piece band 30 piece choir and made videos to support the project.

The gigs are organised by a core group of friends and artistic associates that work with a community band and choir (usually 20-30 participants in each) to bring Stevens’ christmas songs to bursting life. We’ve done these across the UK and the events are always playful and profound experiences for everyone involved.

In 2024, our tenth year, we are playing at Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh and I’m organising the first performance of this project in Huddersfield: wrangling together the community band and choir and setting up all the relationships to get the whole thing up and walking.