Voices From A Rebel City: The Kanneh Mason Family

[@davideddy5877]

Love the whole family. Am very distressed by the comments regarding Sheku's valid views on Rule Brittania. You are a Great British Family and I am very proud that you have become a part of my musical life.

[@claudiawilson1008]

My heart is full of pride, I Love and Respect you all, especially your Mom and Dad, a job well done Mr and Mrs Kanneh-Mason , be Blessed, you and the Children.

[@kennethnicholls7967]

What an amazing family thanks to the hard work and dedication of their parents we have seven very talented musicians 😊

[@toscanaremi]

Amazing family

[@deborahbarnes8377]

Ive always exspected to see people who look like you to do as you all do.❤❤❤

[@juliablaxill7646]

I love them. They are just like their amazingly beautiful music. Dear hearts.❤

[@chrisk3754]

What an inspiring family, listening to this has been so enjoyable to see a family which with so much talent and drive to take on the music and everything that goes with performing. Much respect to you all.

[@raynasmr]

Thank you for rebelling. You’re an amazing family of talented musicians!

[@christinecowlard7286]

An amazing family, very talented and a great pleasure to listen to them.

[@XXOOjg]

The Best Family in UK, by far....

[@nathanvancesr2409]

Amazing! Ludwig Beethoven is mighty proud and present also!

[@TJay41]

Watching this made me think of Calvin Simmons the first African American to conduct a major orchestra, he may have felt the same way these young ones felt, he was amazing though.

[@tjeannine99]

Wonderful! Looking forward to seeing Sheku at SF Symphony and to taking my school children to the open rehearsal. It is so important for my kiddos to see themselves on that stage, in this formal setting and know their are no boundaries for them in achieving their goals lest they are self-imposed. Kudos to this family. What an inspiration!

[@bustaknutt7729]

Mother... WOW

[@Mariotime-cd1ym]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@joshuabassey-bf7gt]

Wat's name of the song at the beginning of the video?

[@christianm.1146]

Edward Elgar. Salut D´amour.Op 12

[@kwamestamps35]

What a shame that this is the world we continue to live in.

[@LukaMagda1]

I don't get any of this. Why would it be rebellious to be a musician? What's wrong with the way you look?

[@peterhind9401]

I am disappointed that the mother appears to be making such an issue of the family's skin colour and the supposed whiteness of the traditional classical music world. There have been a myriad of non white musicians involved in music- making worldwide for the past 50 years. The fact that this family's talents have been embraced and lauded and championed by UK audiences and organisations is testament to the fact that music making is colour blind and that what matters above all is the talent of which this very middle class British family clearly possesses.

[@LynnisWoodsMullins]

It is not just an “issue “ it is It the reality of being black in the world of classical music and ballet. I speak from experience and unless you have lived literally lived in our skin you will NEVER understand the micro aggressions, covert and overt slights, and sometimes outright disdain and dismissiveness that is experienced. It’s important to call it out and express the experience instead of pretending that there are never challenging times as a black person in these genres.

[@carinjohnson8324]

Gosh, you seem to have a naive view of the reality, that is different. Just like classism, and gender bias, the fight for true equality is never over. The professional, work-side of the music world is a quagmire, make no *&%* mistake.

[@siennastone5009]

thank you…..it shouldn’t be the job of a person of color to teach us white folks about racism…..it’s our responsibility (as white) to challenge our privilege and place in society and make the absolute changes that are necessary for a more harmonious world.

[@carinjohnson8324]

@@siennastone5009 An interesting point to make. It is VERY difficult, though, when one grows up with the 'norm', i.o.w. an idea, in your head, of 'how the world is, or works', to see someone else's point of view, literally, from where they stand, i.o.w. from where they grew up. My own, lovely husband apologised to me, one day, for not realising his male privilege. Please understand, he had Never treated me or another woman with disrespect. However, he wondered, for instance, why female musicians needed an all-women brass conference, when there were plenty of women in brass bands and orchestras, until I explained that it would be so nice for women to be able to enjoy their brass instruments without thinking about having to navigate mysoginy and groping, in that arena. IN the 21st Century, for crying out loud, it seems that we have not eradicated this compartmentalising of the 'other', whatever or whomever the 'other' seems to be. But, and this may seem inflammatory, but hear me out, please: If one comes from a set of people that, historically, 'ruled the waves... and ...never, ever shall be slaves' but saw fit to overrun other nation's territories and, in that process, enslave THEM, it makes it so much easier to say that people are 'making an issue' of something.