Issie Barratt is an internationally active composer, arranger, conductor, baritone player, record producer and educator. Ranked at number 38 in BBC Radio 4’s Women in Music Power List 2018 (comprising the top 40 most influential women in the music industry) Issie has performed at a majority of leading concert halls, jazz clubs and festivals in Britain, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, south east India, central America and the east coast of Canada.
In 2014, Issie was the winner of the Parliamentary Jazz Award for Jazz Education and in 2017 was handed the Music Teachers Award for Excellence: Best New Initiative.