Laura Mvula: 'I feel like I'm the geeky kid of R&B'

But in the case of this young soul rebel, being a 'geek' means she's a classically trained composer …Arts graduates are often told that as long as they've got a foot in the door of the right industry, the dream job's not far behind. Want to be a theatre director? Sell tickets for Mamma Mia! A composer? Answer the phones for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Laura Mvula giggles. "I'd be sitting at the reception desk right in front of the rehearsal room and hearing this amazing music fl...

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