The Messengers is a 30-piece band of strings, wind, brass, vocals and rhythm section. The band is funded by and delivered at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, in collaboration with homeless charities across London. Membership is equally split between students at the school and people with lived experience of homelessness.
The Messengers have collaborated with the international record label, Luaka Bop, played Field Day Music Festival, The Jazz Café in Camden and performed for an audience of thousands at the Walthamstow Garden Party, where they were the warm up act for Toots and the Maytals.
In 2020 the band released their debut album, Bear Witness and continue to write new music and perform across London.
The band is led by Icelandic musician Sigrún Sævarsdóttir-Griffiths