Catherine Pestano is a local singer, making music with an exciting range of styles including folk, blues, latin funk and soul, with her 7 piece band The Open World Orchestra. She draws on her Guyanese and Irish roots as well as wider influences.
Chair of UK wide charity Sound Sense, for the promotion of community music, she also runs local community music services, Croydon community choir and provides low cost trainings for local artists wanting to use music to help their communities.
In 2006 she was the inaugural recipient of the ISME Gibson Community Music Award for her music work in post-conflict Serbia. For gig lists and training please contact communitymusicservice@gmail.com
