Jumping Fences - Stories

35 Years Ago - Santiago de Cuba

On 21st December 1985, Sue and I gave our first ever performance in Cuba. It was at a street concert organised by the organisation that coordinates solidarity from around the world with the Cuban rev ...

Foco Nuevo: Celebrating 12 years

Foco Nuevo turns 12 Cachicamo Latin Harp / Duo Serenata / Jumping Fences When we started Foco Nuevo in 2008, we had no idea that we would still be going strong 12 years later.

Composing for Choirs

Our choral works have been performed locally and internationally, with our piece The Shore being performed in Europe, the United States, Canada and Latin America. We were very pleased to be contacted ...

Jumping Fences in Cuba 2018

In June 2018 Jumping Fences returned to Cuba as invited guests of the 'Ella y Yo' Festival.

Spain 2017

Our brief holiday in Spain during September 2017 has been more than we could have possibly hoped for. We've enjoyed learning firsthand about this country which has figured, amongst other things, in o ...

Jumping Fences Tour Cuba 2017

Our tour of Cuba has come to an end after twenty-four days of travelling, performing, attending concerts, and sight-seeing as well as catching up with musician friends and others who have made Cuba s ...

Cuba 2008

We travelled to Mexico in December 2007 and went on to Cuba celebrating New Year’s Eve in Havana and spending most of January there.

I Never Sing

Our song 'I Never Sing' is based on the moving courtroom testimony of a young woman

Exilio

Exilio is the second work we wrote for Canto Coro. It was composed over February — May 1999.