LAILA
WOOZEER

🌻 I am a London-based musician, composer and writer.

📙 My book Not Quite White is published by Simon & Schuster. Audiobook by me ft my parents and my music.

🎹 I play piano, bassoon, and sing.

👑 I am the youngest ever academic speaker to present at Senate House. Also, I once spilled a pint on Jay-Z.

🎟️ Currently: Hook-Up Culture; NL Writers Circle.

🌸 I am available for: playing in your group; live soundtracking or accompanying your show; orchestrating/arranging for small ensemble; and other forms of musical R&D. I am sometimes available for writing articles or editing your MS/pitch. I am currently full for teaching private students but do have a waiting list. Please contact me below!

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🌾 My compositions have been used by the BBC, Disney and SXSW among others. I have played (orchestrally and my own work) around the world including Kenya, Tokyo, New York, most major UK festivals and perhaps most memorably, the “It’s A Small World” stage (RIP) at Disneyland Paris. I’ve performed at/hosted events for Future Cinema, Secret Cinema, Olympics, Shunt, Vaults Corps, Pleasance, NESTA, Science Museum, Greenwich Council and numerous others.

✏️ My first viral article What It’s Like Not Being White was front page of Buzzfeed, won a “Best of the Internet” award and I have since written for The Guardian, Mashable, Metro, Stylist, gal-dem, Byline Times, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Refinery29 and many others. I’ve led workshops and lectures for Wikimania; AWP; PoetryFest; Green Man and more.

🎉 Other Places You Know Me From: WOLF PACK; TAPE PARADE; QuizCats; Beetles, Lungs, Kids With Crayons; Laila Rates, Tory Not Tory, Shit or Shed, LailaLectures; collaborations with Stumble Trip, Rhum & Clay, Fine Chisel, Whole Hog, Goth Picnic London etc etc etc

✏️ For work enquiries, fun gigs, or fanmail for the snakes, please use this form: