Today I am talking to baritone Jonny Venvell who is the Head of Artist Relations at Encore, a UK-based musicians booking platform that brings together clients with Musicians to make their events as special as possible. In our chat we talk about Jonny’s experience working for, and developing, Encore as well as the impact that the pandemic has had on the music industry.

Jonny Venvell graduated with a music degree from Cambridge in 2015, specialising in choral singing and oboe. He joined Encore as the first employee and was responsible for growing the network from a university project to a UK-wide booking platform. He continues to sing regularly in London church choirs, and with the Facade Ensemble, a group specialising in 20th-century vocal repertoire. He also has a strong interest in Brazilian percussion and is a member of bossa nova and samba projects. Lockdown has found him more interested in folk, and he is currently recording his first folk EP on low D whistle, bodhrán and piano.   

Important links: 

Impact of COVID survey: https://encoremusicians.com/blog/musicians-leaving-music-industry

Impact of Brexit survey: https://encoremusicians.com/blog/musician-brexit-survey 

Jonny's own podcast series, The Sound Exchange (editing it a bit delayed as a result of recording my album!): https://www.mixcloud.com/jonny-venvell/uploads/

Instagram: @jvenv
Instagram: @encoremusicians
Twitter: @JVenvell
Twitter: @joinencore