Aurora Colson, born an only child of drummer Daniel Colson and his wife Jacqueline, developed her passion for music whilst growing up in Neuves-Maisons, a small industrial town in the North East of France.
"I was always interested in music while I was growing up - singing all the time, playing a little keyboard as a pre-teen, grabbing opportunities to play my Dad’s drum kit when I was a teenager."
"I also discovered the old songs by Charles Trenet, Maurice Chevalier, Edith Piaf and others that my grandparents were playing on their radios – I just loved these."
Whilst pursuing her primary studies in “Art Appliqués” and graphic design, Aurora taught herself to play some guitar in her early 20’s to accompany herself while singing and writing songs. Later came a keyboard, an electric guitar, an Apple computer with Cubase - and started more serious song writing.
A creative collaboration with Italian keyboard-player/producer Federico Conti resulted in two albums of electronic dance music under the name "La Boutique".
Several La Boutique’s tracks have been synchronized with television commercials, as well as featured in videogames.
'Live' performance was as important next step, so from 2005 onwards, Aurora identified several opportunities to sing with bands.
In 2008, Aurora formed a duo with pianist Kate Batchelor, playing a mix of pop standards and French songs. "Although I sang in English at first, later I included French songs, which the audiences loved."
In 2010, Aurora established a musical/creative partnership with the guitarist and producer Mike Collins; the two have been performing around London as a live acoustic duet.
They just have released a collection of singles, mostly covers, available to download on iTunes store, under the name of "Mike Collins & Aurora Colson".
Aurora is becoming something of a multi-instrumentalist herself - playing rhythm guitar, basic keyboard, hand drums and percussion, and the ukulele!
Aurora is also performing a selection of Jazz and American popular standards with a New York pianist, Al Clogston.
“I am finding myself more and more attracted to “all time classics” by great American composers such as Cole Porter and Irving Berlin; their songs are like beautiful pearls, perfectly rounded, amazingly written; timeless, and incredibly romantic!…”
Whilst exploring the gems of the Great American Songbook and enjoying live performance, Aurora is also keeping a hand on songwriting, currently working on new songs for La Boutique, but also writing her first solo album.
Never one to sit still, Aurora is always open to discussing new opportunities and ventures!...
"En avant la musique!"
