MINI BIOGRAPHY

Marcina Arnold is a seasoned singer, musician with a rich highly emotive and distinctive voice. UK based Marcina’s multi ethnic background reflects her musical diversity and she is at ease singing Blues, Jazz, Soul RnB, Folk,,Gospel, Bossa Nova and World music .

Marcina has sung with the Late Great South African Jazz Composer Pianist Bheki Mseleku. She has toured South Africa with Eugene Skeef’s Ngoma Project with the vocal group Shades appearing on South African National TV singing dancing & percussion.

Collaborations include folk Artist Hughie Flint, Blues Guitarist Alan Scratch Prof Jones, British Saxophonist Steve Williamson, British Trumpeter Byron Wallen with whom she recorded on his first 2 albums the 1st album Sound Advice produced by Brasilian Percussionist Airto Moreira. Chart success in Japan with - Jazz Funk group Akimbo. Featuring on recordings with Peruvian Guitarist Manu Ventura, and the classic Quite Sane Album A Child of Troubled Times. South African Kora & Songwriter Pops Mohammed with Shades

Live work includes the late South African Diva Busi Mhlonga, Jason Yardes Acoutastic Bombastic, F’ire Collective, Brasilian Bassist Ricardo Dos Santos, Guitarists Eric Appapoulay, Alan Weeks, Jonathan Bratoeff, BBC Travling Folk with the late Danny Kyle, BBC Radio 1 Extra, Mwalimu Express with Max Rheinhardt & Rita Ray, Soho Radio, Resonance Fm, Jazz Fm, Brownswood Bubblers, Jazz Refreshed, Serious Productions with Cleveland Watkiss, Shlomo & Belatrix, Sonia Sabri Dance Company- KathakBox Banger Factory Records -Magnum Opus QEH.

EDUCATION WORK includes, Glyndbourne Opera Education, London Sinfonietta, LSO, RSNO, LPO, Young Futures, Pembroke Academy, Roundhouse Education, Mary Ward Centre, Morley College, WAC, Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association.

Recordings & Festivals: Far Out Records, P-vine Records, Sony Music, Banger Factory Records. Marcina has performed on MTV awards with Jamiroquai, the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall with the South African Gospel Singers led by the late Pinise Saul. London Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Brecon Jazz Festival, London Meltdown Festival, the London African Music Festival, Barbican, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Dublin Jazz Festival, Denmark Jazz Festival.

Training MARCINA trained in voice with Maggie Nichols free jazz voice.

Classical Singer Jane Metcalfe in Voice technique at The Guildhall School Music & Drama.

 Zabalaza South African voice technique with Eugene Skeef.

South African Gospel Choir with Pinise Saul

Hindustani Vocal Swami Brahma Swaroopanand Rishikesh India.

Studies in Music Voice & Dance @ Morley College

Marcina is trained in Classical Indian Dance Kathak & Yoga.

Yoga Teacher Trained with SAMYAK Yoga School, India.

FILM Marcina has embarked on a journey into film studies at South Bank University Nine Elms Technical college

ANICRAM ARTS her film company & she has made 2 music videos, the existential Love in This Life, & the iconic SAY NO (which can befound in this website, her bandcamp &Youtube channel

She has filmed and acted in her own self made 1 short screenplay Another MH Day tackling the sensitive subject of mental health.

Marcina is working on a new music video and a Jazz Cultural documentary "CHURCH"

TOUR DATES 2026

Next Stop Live

1. 11th February @ Below Stone Nest, Shaftsbury Avenue, London  
2. 27th February @ The ORANGE BOX, FULHAM PIER, as part of the JAZZ BOX Series by DJs Promoters Gordon & Gillian Wedderburn

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