Debby Bracknell, Vocals, with The Terry Hutchins Qrt
Debby has many years of experience as a professional singer in both live settings and in the studio.
Training...
She started her vocal training at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, completing an HND in Vocals, and receiving the high accolade of most outstanding vocalist of the year. She continued her studies at the Access to Music College in London where she worked towards an ATCL in Session Vocals passing with distinction.
Session vocals...
An experienced and talented singer, Debby is more than comfortable singing most styles of music and in addition to her own bands has performed and recorded both lead and backing vocals with many successful artists and bands across the UK and abroad.
Debby's list of credits demosntrates how highly considered she is as a musician. We are delighted to have her come to Jazz@PJC
Artists and Bands...
Since 2006 Debby has had extensive involvement as a backing vocalist with the jazz/funk band Shakatak performing with them in many national and international venues on tours, festivals and private gigs. Her backing vocals also feature in several of their album releases.
Artists/bands/choirs she has performed and/or recorded with include:-
- Mariah Carey
- Ariana Grande
- Lionel Richie
- Diana Ross
- Take That
- Katy Perry
- Oli Murs
- Stevie Winwood
- The Darkness
- Boy George & Culture Club
- Shakatak
- Natasha Beddingfield
- Mica Paris
- Katherine Jenkins
- Marisha Wallace
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor
- ACM Gospel Choir (Last Choir Standing)/MDL Singers
- Sheridan Smith
- The Shires
- SuRie - Eurovision Song Contest
- Ruby Turner
- Bryn Christopher
- Sir Bryn Terfel
- Gareth Malone
- Nicola Roberts (Girls Aloud)
- Steve Nichol (Loose Ends)
- Michael Rice (All Together Now)
- Oh Wonder!
- George Anderson Band
- Oli Silk
- Jeff Lorber
- Dimitris Dimopolous
- Kavana
- Tommy Jules (Rudimental)
- Junior Giscombe
- Lenny Henry
- Sir Willard White
- Ramin Karimloo
- Claudia Rose (The Voice)
- Ben Ofoedu (Phats & Small)
- Matt Eaves (The Voice)
- Sam Obernik
- Liz Thomas (The Younger Younger 28s)
- Uplifted Voices
- ...and many more.
TV/radio credits...
She has performed on many TV shows, radio stations, festivals and tours, these include:-
- The Coronation Concert (BBC)
- The Queens Platinum Jubilee (BBC)
- Mariah Carey Christmas UK tour
- Ariana Grande at the BBC
- Eurovision Song Contest (Live Final - BBC)
- Capital Summer Ball (Wembley Stadium)
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor's New Year's Eve Disco (BBC)
- Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular from the Royal Albert Hall (ITV)
- Strictly Come Dancing (Rehearsal VT - BBC)
- ITV’s This Morning
- The Graham Norton Show (BBC)
- BBC’s The One Show
- Michael McIntyre Big Christmas Show (BBC)
- Michael McIntyre Big Show (BBC)
- VJ Day 75th: The Nations Tribute (BBC)
- Alan Carr’s New Year Specstacular (C4)
- Children in Need Rocks the 80’s (BBC)
- Sky advert for the Sing! Acapella series (Sky)
- RBL - Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall (BBC)
- Songs of Praise (BBC)
- Karaoke Challenge (Challenge TV)
- DSTV Delicious festival (Shakatak - Supporting Chaka Khan)
- BBC Tony Blackburn Soul night out at KOKO
- Age UK's annual Celebrity Christmas Concert
Notable venues & Festivals:-
- Wembley Arena, London
- O2 Arena, London
- Royal Albert Hall, London
- SSE Arena, Wembley, London
- Atlice Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
- Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
- First Direct Arena, Leeds
- The Pheasantry, Chelsea
- Pizza Express, Holborn
- Pizza Express, Soho
- Pizza Express, Birmingham
- 606 Club, London
- Charles Bronfman Auditorium,Tel Aviv (Israel)
- Cadogen Hall, London
- Hideaway, London
- London Stadium
- Blue Note, Japan
- Billboard, Japan
- O2 Indigo, London
- KOKO, London
- DSTV Delicious Festival (South Africa)
- Sapporo City Jazz Festival (Japan)
- Kaliningrad City Jazz Festival (Russia)
- Kaunas Jazz Festival (Lithuania)
- Klaipeda Castle Jazz Festival (Lithuania)
- Augsburg Smooth Jazz Festival (Germany)
- Cayman Arts Festival (Cayman Islands)