Carol Jarvis

Carol Jarvis is a much in-demand session musician in the UK and a multi-award-winning trombonist, keyboard player, arranger, orchestrator and voiceover artist. She has toured, recorded and worked extensively with the likes of Sting, Queen, Seal, Rod Stewart, Amy Winehouse, Bon Jovi, Ellie Goulding and appeared on many renowned television programs with stars such as MUSE, Harry Connick Jr, Michael Bublé, Taylor Swift and so many more. Carol is often invited to play with internationally renowned ensembles and some of the world’s top orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, all of the BBC Orchestras, and she can also frequently be found performing in London’s West End shows.

 What makes her achievements all the more remarkable is that when she was 26, Carol with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. During her nine-and-a-half-year battle with the disease, Miss Jarvis underwent chemotherapy, radiotherapy and a stem cell transplant. After all these traditional methods of care had failed to completely cure her, she was eventually saved by a new drug.

 In a powerful speech, Carol tells us her story.