Fredlin First Steps
Fredlin Morency is the 18-year-old singer, songwriter, musician, composer, musical director and choir director is currently taking Leeds by storm.
Fredlin First Steps is an unmissable musical showcase of his story and life journey, from the Turks and Caicos Islands of the Caribbean to Leeds on Friday 15 September at Leeds Playhouse. The evening will feature tracks from his new album in a mix of acoustic performances accompanied by the piano and guitar, and exciting pop and R&B pieces featuring a live band and dancers that will have you swaying in your seats.
On the evening, Fredlin will be accompanied by incredible performers including Graft (The Rap Game UK; MOTDx; E4's Celebrity Ghost Trip) Roundhay's very own singer songwriter Cole LC, and dancers from across the Leeds City Region fusing together dance and song in a concert that you would not want to miss.
Fredlin has previously performed at Leeds Playhouse as part of Open Season, a month-long celebration of community theatre, dance, music and exhibitions.
Speaking about his work and inspirations Fredlin explains, "I find that I’m driven by the concept of allowing someone to feel your emotions, your heartbreaks, your past trauma, your goals, your ambitions, your hope and being able to tie this all together in a neat bow of a beautiful melody, light-hearted humour and joy, embedded within a universal language that makes people feel and truly connect to your soul - Music.
My inspiration stems from a plethora of musicians and artist of all contrasting genres and has varied with different time periods in my life. In the Caribbean, I was heavily tied onto reggae songs and two of my favourite artist were Christopher Martin and Romain Virgo. Along with that, at the time, I was really inspired by Justin Bieber’s incredible talent. He has been my favourite artist up to this point and inspired me to write my first song.
Gospel artists such as the like of Kirk Franklin, Marvin Sapp, Tasha Cobbs, Donnie McClurkin have also had a huge factor in the way I create my arrangements and music for a live performance."
His role as Assistant Musical Director for the Reggae Roots Choir at the Coronation Concert was an incredible experience, "we were one of the youngest groups there and, most likely, I was the youngest director there. I wanted us to show we had something - something more than we are told day in and day out. This was such a success as we got a special commendation from Gareth Malone."
Turning his focus to Fredlin First Steps and what people will hear on the evening Fredlin describes the concert as "the initial grand opening of what essentially is Me unveiling myself as The artist. Throughout the evening I will showcase a journey stringed around RnB, Acoustic, Jazz and Pop with the grit of Rock ‘n’ Roll. The night will showcase bits of my different albums that will be released in the near future. I’m looking forward to the audience being able to say I heard it first and saw it all come together. And now 4 billion people would have witness what YOU made history."
Alongside Fredlin will be Cole LC, Fabienne, Kyrann, GxmeTheHBK, The real Irish Paddy and Leeds figure Graft with support from by the Caution Collective Band.
Tickets for Fredlin First Steps are now on sale here.