I improvised this tune on guitar in Claybury Woods, Ilford, surrounded by crows, pigeons, squirrels and what sounded like a woodpecker. It was blissful. The photo is called 'Forest music' by Gemma Boyd.

'Crows' by Gemma Boyd

A composition for piano for a mighty destructive / constructive emotion.

The digital art image is called ' Curled Up' by Gemma Boyd

'Anger' by Gemma Boyd

The Priory Street Stardusters - a 5-piece band playing swing jazz and blues from the 1930s and '40s (featuring Gemma Boyd on double bass, Piers Clark on guitar, Annie Schutt on vocals, Daniel Rehahn on trombone and John Pargeter on alto and tenor saxophones and clarinet). For more information, please check out the Priory Street Stardusters link at: www.gemmaboyd.com

'Chelsea Bridge' by The Priory Street Stardusters

A piece for cello inspired by the winter solstice 2017.

'Winter Solstice' by Gemma Boyd

The Priory Street Stardusters (featuring Gemma Boyd on double bass, Piers Clark on guitar, Daniel Rehahn on trombone, Annie Schutt on vocals and John Pargeter on alto and tenor saxophones and clarinet). The band played swing jazz and blues from the 1930s and '40s.

'Easy Living' by The Priory Street Stardusters

I improvised this meditative piece on the thumb piano I bought in Amsterdam. The image, 'Angels', is also by me.

'Raw Thumb Piano' by Gemma Boyd

Here are two tracks of myself playing thumb piano and singing the 'Sat Nam' mantra over the top. It's supposed to be a meditative, soothing piece. I took the accompanying photo image in my back garden. It's called, 'Ice Mandala'.

'Sat Nam Mantra Meditation' by Gemma Boyd

One of my favourite jazz standards I love playing the chord changes of on piano. The image is of a leaf skeleton I found on my allotment.

'Autumn Leaves' by Joseph Kosma, performed by Gemma Boyd

I composed this ambient piece as I imagined looking out onto a rain-soaked moor and played all of the instruments for it. I also created the accompanying digital sketch.

'Moor Song' by Gemma Boyd

I played this meditative improvisation on guitar surrounded by birdsong in the middle of Claybury Woods, Ilford, England. The accompanying image was created by me and is called 'Tree chocolates'.

'Claybury Woods Meditation' by Gemma Boyd

I improvised this violin tune with an accompaniment of wind and birdsong in Claybury Woods, Ilford, England.

'Fiddle and Wind' by Gemma Boyd

'Ain't Got No' by Brighton & Hove based, Samik Gemdav (featuring Gemma Boyd on double bass, Dave Lacey on percussion, Mike-the-Mic on guitar and vocals and Sam Chara on vocals).

'Ain't Got No' by Samik Gemdav

I loved improvising on my mouth organ surrounded by trees, falling leaves and the birds of Claybury Forest, Ilford. Image by Gemma Boyd.

'Autumn Organ' by Gemma Boyd

A tune I improvised one summer's afternoon in my allotment shed. 'Spanish Mountains' artwork by Gemma Boyd

'Taste the Stars' by Gemma Boyd

I am a heartfelt, incisive and versatile professional musician, private music teacher, published writer, mixed media artist, Forward Prize-nominated poet, sylvotherapist and organic gardener with international experience, who charges fair and appropriate rates. I am a member of the Musicians' Union.

My objective is to enhance face-to-face communication, creativity and connection for the well-being of diverse communities in an age where all living beings are facing existential crisis.

Currently I am interested in selling my art, facilitating trauma-integrating creative workshops for survivors of incest, and in doing a MSc in Green Building at the Centre for Alternative Technology.

Feel free to book me for gigs, sylvotherapy sessions, recordings, private tuition, workshops and commissions.

"Gemma Boyd is definitely a true artist with a real passion for her work." - Louis Royer (leader of Cortezia - a French Canadian band of which Gemma is a member).

Gemma Boyd: Musician, Writer & Artist

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