HACKNEY CHORAL SINGS SUMMER…A FUNDRAISING CONCERT IN AID OF HACKNEY MIGRANT CENTRE - MONDAY 17th JULY, 5pm, ST PAUL’S WEST HACKNEY

Our children and young people are putting ‘COMPASSION INTO ACTION’ by performing Simple Acts as part of refugee week 2023. They’ll be singing to raise money for vital local charity, Hackney Migrant Centre, who offer support to vulnerable migrants. Our concert is a listed REFUGEE WEEK event

Come along and help support this essential local charity!

SUMMER CHORAL COURSE 2023 - 24-28 JULY, ST PAUL’S WEST HACKNEY

9am-4.30pm Monday to Wednesday, 9am-5.30pm Thursday, 9am-5.45pm Friday

We can’t wait for this year’s Summer course. A week long singing adventure that includes activities, guest artist workshops, fantastic professional musicians and more.
There is a concert for families on the Thursday and the week culminates in a final performance at St Paul's Cathedral on the Friday. - To book use the QR code on the flyer or the link below:
https://forms.gle/6DEjQwuvBtUHZPUT6
We don't have many spaces left so book your place now!

Hackney Choral Sings Christmas in Aid of GOSH Charity - St Christopher’s Chapel, Great Ormond St Hospital, 13 December 7pm

We sang a Christmas concert in aid of Great Ormond Street hospital Charity. We performed in the beautiful St Christopher’s Chapel at the hospital. We raised £1235 for this vital charity that cares for seriously ill children.

Songs In Celebration, 17 October, 5.30pm, St Paul’s West Hackney - A BHM Fundraising Concert in aid of ‘Children With Voices’

We celebrated Black History Month whilst fundraising for local charity, Children With Voices , a vital service that fights to improve the lives of children and young people.
Our fundraiser will helped to purchase some desperately needed cold food storage for the their food hub. We raised £1010!

A Royal Celebration, 25 May 7.30pm, House of St Barnabas Chapel

Celebrating the the Platinum Jubilee through music, our fundraising concert was in aid of the HOSB, whose employment academy supports homeless people into work. We sang in the beautiful Chapel and raised some funds for this essential charity.

Dig Deep Christmas Fundraiser & Track Launch in Aid of Centrepoint

We finally launched our Dig Deep track and Go Fund Me campaign on behalf of Centrepoint youth homelssness charity. The Christmas fundraiser was a great success and along with the Go Fund Me, we have raised more that £1000 for this essential charity. Thank you to all those who have suppoted us and contributed to this campaign to make a difference.

Remembrance Evensong

The Senior Choir sang Remembrance Evensong for parents/carers & community leaders on Monday the 15th of November. They worked very hard and sounded lovely.

TASTER DAY - SAT 19 JUNE 2021 2-4PM, ST PAULS WEST HACKNEY

Thanks to everyone that joined in the taster day for our Senior Choir. For young people in Y6 and above, this fun-packed afternoon gave them an insight into how the weekly Monday Choir works. There were games, we learnt two pieces of music from different styles and made a recording. We also danced the Electric Slide!

Guest Artist - Brookemorgan (April 2021)

To help us progress with our ‘Dig Deep’ fundraising track which focuses on youth homelessness, we were thrilled to be joined by guest artist, singer/songwriter Brookemorgan. This inspirational artist was supported by Centrepoint after she became homeless for a time. You can read more about her story and listen to her track here

‘Dig Deep’ creative project - Virtual fundraiser For Centrepoint

Our creative project, ‘Dig Deep’ is almost ready to go live. In support of young people’s homeless charity Centrepoint, using their own words, out young people expressed how to be resilient and move forward in the face of adversity. Watch this space for updates on this exciting exploration and important fundraiser!

Happy Christmas From Hackney Choral!

We want to wish all our participants, partners, collaborators and guest artists a very Happy Christmas and a New Year filled with hope & promise. We are so proud of all our young people, the resilience they have shown, and the amount they have achieved in this most challenging of years. We’ll be back on the 11th January. See you in 2021!

Autumn Masterclass with Mary Pearce

On 2 November we were thrilled to welcome the fantastic singer, Mary Pearce, to deliver a Masterclass during our rehearsal. A backing vocalist, session singer and all round talent, Mary has sung with everyone from Stevie Wonder & Donna Summer, to Rita Ora & George Ezra. Our young people hung on her every word as she gave them her invaluable top tips and taught some excellent singing. What an experience!

I HAVE A DREAM - BLACK HISTORY MONTH FUNDRAISER FOR SISTAH SPACE

Listen to our track and help us raise funds!

During lockdown, the Senior Choir created a virtual track called ‘I Have a Dream’. Inspired by freedom, justice and the Black Lives Matter Campaign, our young people are using the track to raise money for our favourite local charity, Sistah Space. This important charity support women of African & Caribbean heritage who experience domestic abuse.

Please show your support by listening to the track, then donating as little or as much as you are able by clicking on the link to our GO FUND ME page (you can listen to the track there too). Help to raise at least £1000!

Summer Choral Course 2020 Monday 27-Thursday 30 July

Our Summer Course was a huge success! We delivered daily online singing sessions via Zoom & Facebook Live, we had fun activities, and daily online masterclasses with special guest artists! We also be devised our own track based on participants’ lockdown experiences.

OUR MASTERCLASSES

Monday: Abigail Kelly - ‘Summertime’ Porgy & Bess

This inspirational opera singer sang ‘ Summertime’, talked about how to improve your voice and gave some top singing tips. We are so lucky!

Tuesday - !

1. Valerie Etienne & David Gallagher - ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ Frank Sinatra

Singer/songwriter Valerie Etienne & multi-instrumentalist David Gallagher performed their version of fly me to the moon. They gave us their top tips and talked about what it was like to tour around the world!

2. Charlotte Barbour-Condini - ‘The Fanfare’  from ‘The  Fanfare of Dance’ by Bob Margolis 

Charlotte is a recorder player and violinist who reached the final of Young Musician of The Year. Charlotte plays all over the world, and after telling us all about her instrument, we were able to get to hear her play this fantastic piece - what a treat!

Wednesday - Kwesi Edman

Kwesi is a cellist who who shared his truly inspiring story of how he learnt to play the cello

bach st john passion with english touring opera

The senior choir joined English Touring Opera in a semi-staged production of Bach’s St John Passion at the Hackney Empire on Thursday 5th March. Our young singers learned English chorales in new translations as well as a number of German movements contrasting solo voices with treble chorus.

house of st barnabas christmas showcase

The choir sang a Christmas fundraiser for the House of St Barnabas in Greek Street, Soho, on Monday 16th December 2019, alongside singers from St Paul’s Cathedral choir. The concert raised over £700 for the HOSB academy, breaking the cycle of homelessness. It was followed by a reception for friends and supporters of the choir.

black history month fundraiser for sistah space

We held a fundraiser Sistah Space as part of Black History Month on Monday 28th October 2019, to support local women of African heritage who are at risk of domestic abuse. The choir sang to a packed hall, including the Mayor of Hackney, Philip Glanville, and Councillor Antoinette Bramble. The concert raised £494.38 for their important work.

choir makes debut with Vivaldi gloria

The choir gave a rousing performance of Vivaldi’s Gloria, with professional soloists and orchestra, and joined by friends from St Paul’s Cathedral Choir. This debut concert brought 100 local people together to hear our young people’s voices, tackling one of the choral greats.