COME & SING AT ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE
SMITH SQUARE VOICES
Smith Square Voices is our occasional community choir, performing large-scale works with full orchestra under the expertise of St John’s Smith Square’s own director, Richard Heason.
We regularly host Come & Sing events at St John’s Smith Square, including a season with our very own Smith Square Voices conducted by the Director of St John’s Smith Square, Richard Heason. These are informal opportunities for choral singers to come together and tackle great pieces of repertoire, sometimes from scratch and sometimes with a prior rehearsal period. Each concert with Smith Square Voices is accompanied by the Chartwell Sinfonia, a professional orchestra specially formed for these events.
Coming up
Wednesday 4 July
Come and Sing | American Choral Classics
Part of Independence Day celebrations
The first half will feature performances of American artsongs by Barber, Bernstein, Ives, and Rorem.
Rehearsals will take place on Thu 28 June 2018 7.00pm-9.30pm, and Sun 1 July 2018 10.00am-12.30pm at St John’s Smith Square.
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Purchasing a Day Pass gives you access to all events on 4 July as part of >>Independence Day<<, except for participation tickets for the Come & Sing, which must be booked separately.
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Past Events
Saturday 17 March
Come and Sing | Bernstein Musicals
Part of Americana '18
Thursday 29 March
Come and Sing | Handel's Messiah
Part of Holy Week Festival
MUSIC MARATHON 2017
Following on from the huge success of last year’s inaugural Music Marathon, we invite all musicians (choirs, orchestras, solos and duos, chamber groups and bands) to take part in this very special event as part of the Open House London 2017.
Taking place on Saturday 16 September our ambition is to have continuous music from 10.00am through to 10.00pm that evening. We are offering the opportunity for musicians to purchase 15 minute slots throughout the 12 hours to perform on our world-renowned stage, with all proceeds going towards the St John’s Smith Square Young Artists’ Scheme’s community outreach projects.
THE TENEBRAE EFFECT
FIND OUT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A TENEBRAE SINGER BY JOINING THE AWARD-WINNING CHOIR AND THEIR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR NIGEL SHORT FOR TWO ENGAGING CHORAL WORKSHOPS!
Saturday 1 October 10.30am – 1.30pm - The Tenebrae Effect: Music of the Spheres
Parry My Soul, There is a Country
Stanford The Bluebird
Vaughan Williams Rest
COMPOSERS’ WORKSHOP WITH THE GESUALDO SIX
Following the enormous success of the Composition Competition run by The Gesualdo Six (2015/16 Young Artists), their Founder and Director Owain Park will lead a composition workshop for those with an interest in writing for vocal ensembles on Monday 24 October. Admission is free. Details will be pubished on sjss.org.uk on Monday 5 September 2016.
LOOK, LISTEN AND LEARN: WOMEN WITH THE WOW FACTOR
This day of workshops, led by Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Jessica Cottis, 2016/17 Young Artist Christina McMaster, and Olivia Jageurs, will take place on Saturday 4 February 2017 10.00am – 5.00pm, and will be open to all aspiring composers, song writers, conductors, non-musicians, and observers. Further details will be published online on Monday 5 December 2016.