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Ken Burton, Gospel Singer
Ken Burton
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As a conductor and musical director he has had the opportunity to perform across the globe in some of the world's greatest venues and events, including the Queen's Golden Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace in 2002, with the award-winning London Adventist Chorale.
In 2002 he founded the broadcast ensemble AVE (Adventist Vocal Ensemble), who regularly appear on BBC television and radio programmes. His Croydon SDA Gospel Choir were part of a storyline and also appeared twice in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Ken also organises ad hoc session ensembles, having put choirs together for shows such as The X Factor, Ant And Dec, and Holiday On Ice.
As an arranger and composer, his works have been performed, recorded and broadcast by ensembles and soloists worldwide including Lesley Garrett, Kings' Singers, CBSO and BBC Orchestra.
The Adventist Vocal Ensemble is a session broadcast ensemble, whose size varies from a handful to a large chorus. It regularly performs on BBC Songs Of Praise and has also appeared on the Mike Doyle Show for S4C Wales, and several radio programmes. The singers are drawn mostly, however not exclusively, from the London Adventist Chorale and the Croydon SDA Gospel Choir. The ensemble's gospel style is quite unique, as it draws from both traditional and contemporary gospel music idioms, with an infusion of Jazz harmony.
In How Music Works, Ken performs the traditional Deep River as a soloist and Rivers of Babylon with some of his Gospel Choir members – Jenniffer Bailey, Robert Carr, Paul Lee and Gail Roberts.
