YolanDa Brown

For some, world-wide touring and critically acclaimed albums would be satisfaction enough.

Not for YolanDa Brown who has garnered praise for her delicious fusion of reggae, jazz and soul.

YolanDa has worked with The Temptations, Diana Krall, Billy Ocean and features Jools Holland’s new album.

She is currently composing music for the iconic Sesame Street and an animated series called Bea's Block due for release in 2023.

A champion for the importance of music education, YolanDa is chair of Youth Music (one of the largest music education charities in the UK) and an ambassador for the Prince’s Trust and London Music Fund. She graduated with a first class degree in Operations management from the University of Kent, followed by 2 Masters Degrees and studied a PhD for four years, before taking a hiatus from her thesis to pursue her music career. Brown was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Arts by the University of East London.

In 2021, she was invited by the Government and Department for Education to sit on the advisory board of the National Plan for Music Education.

A broadcaster too - working across TV and Radio, including her eponymous series for CBeebies, "YolanDa’s Band Jam", which recently won the Royal Television Society Awards as Best Children’s Programme. On BBC Radio 4, she co presents Loose Ends with Clive Anderson and covers for Trevor Nelson and Vanessa Feltz on BBC Radio 2 and presents “YolanDa Brown on Saturday” on Jazz FM.

YolanDa loves to drive fast cars around race tracks in her spare time and can even rattle off a Rubik’s Cube in around five minutes (on a good day).

A real renaissance woman, set to reach new heights.