Isaac Boothman (they/them) is a neurodivergent musician and artist from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, living in Birmingham since 2017. They love and believe in the power of being silly, serious and sincere in music and art. This might mean anything from spooky backing music for cafes to holiday play days, from shows in care homes to inclusive jam sessions.
To compose and perform, they use trumpets, voices, ukuleles and keyboards, and love finding new ways to make music. Isaac regularly brings their interests and skills from outside of music into their work, including poetry, tap dance, physical theatre and sign language.
They’ve performed with Spiltmilk Dance, Spectra Arts and Cloud Cuckoo Land Theatre, and facilitated for Quench Arts, Wigmore Hall, Fantastic Journeys and Curiosity Productions. They’ve made music in psychiatric wards, the Solihull Core Theatre foyer, an alpaca farm in Greenock, and at least two canals systems. Isaac also regularly performs around Birmingham with choirs, big bands, samba groups and other friends from worlds of jazz, folk and pop and classical.
They sometimes moonlight in other roles, providing access or producing help and advice to colleagues and outside organisations. Wherever they are, Isaac likes to make ways of playing and growing into becoming braver, more creative, and more affirmed.
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