The talent. The commitment. The energy. The brilliance. Thank you to the City of London Sinfonia (CLS) team creating #Wonderland - a new show for babies & toddlers for working with me to create this beautiful new piece.

🚨We're hiring! 🚨If you're an experienced finance manager who wants a part-time role in a vibrant organisation, find more info at cls.co.uk/work-with-us/

So proud to be celebrating 20 years of partnership with Opera Holland Park this year!

A musical love letter, a hopeful concerto written when Europe lay in ruins after WWII, and a string quartet inspired by a hiking holiday were part of the programme of our final concert of the season at St John's Smith Square. Thanks to everyone who came to join us.

Some of the extraordinary women I am lucky enough to work with holding the extraordinary women poster made by Linton Stephens - who is tireless in championing diversity in all its glorious forms in classical music.

Congratulations and a huge thank you to the 150 singers who joined us at Holy Sepulchre London last Friday for our Come and Sing! Messiah event.
A special thank you also goes to conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren, our wonderful soloists, as well as the Choir of Holy Sepulchre.

Here’s a little something to brighten your weekend.
The wonderful Matthew Kofi Waldren, who will conduct our Come and Sing! Messiah concert next week, will be talking about the event on BBC Radio London's Inspirit with Jumoké Fashola this coming Sunday at 9:25am.

Thank you so much for being there and for the wonderful improvisation!!

Photos (c) Belinda Lawley

Preparations are well underway for our Come and Sing! Handel’s Messiah concert on 29 March at Holy Sepulchre London.
If you want to join us as part of the chorus, now’s the right time to book a ticket - available via: cityoflondonsinfonia.co.uk/events/come-an…

The Big Give 'Arts for Impact' campaign opens today! From now until 12pm on Tuesday 26 March, any donations made to CLS through the Big Give site will be matched, doubling their impact! You can make a contribution through the following link: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a0569…

Today, you've got the chance to hear our wonderful Principal Clarinet Katherine Spencer on BBC Radio 3's Inside Music from 1 to 3pm. She'll be talking about movement in different pieces of music, including Stockhausen’s quartet for strings and helicopters.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Have you started practicing your part yet?
There are still some tickets left for both singers and audience members at our Come and Sing! Messiah event on 29 March at Holy Sepulchre London.
Tickets via: cityoflondonsinfonia.co.uk/events/come-an…

At our last session at UCLH, young people composed music using a looper. They started with simple repeated phrases and then made creative choices according to what they liked the sound of, alongside CLS Creative Director Alexandra Wood and sound artist Gawain Hewitt.

We had a wonderful time with Wimbledon Choral 🎶 at Cadogan Hall on Saturday!

We’ve got a wonderful concert coming up with Wimbledon Choral 🎶.
Join us to hear Fauré's sublime Requiem as well as Richard Blackford's Mirror of Perfection and Lili Boulanger's Pie Jesu at Cadogan Hall this coming Saturday (9 March) at 7:30pm.
Tickets via: cadoganhall.com/.../faure-requ…

So glad to be back at Chelsea Community Hospital School and looking forward to lots of music making.

With less than a month to go until our Come and Sing! Messiah event at Holy Sepulchre London, we thought we’d start sharing a couple of fun facts about Handel's masterpiece with you.
To join us on 29 March as a singer or an audience member go to: cityoflondonsinfonia.co.uk/events/come-an…

We are delighted to announce another Mindful Music concert as part of Team London Bridge’s #MediCultureFest .
Join us on 14 March at 1pm at Guy’s Chapel for at 45-minute concert that brings together live music and concepts from mindful practice.
Free tix via mediculture.co.uk/whats-on/mindf…

“The string quartet gave a finely expressive and richly romantic account of Puccini's Crisantemi, his only piece of chamber music.”

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Holy Trinity, Sloane Square, last week and to Planet Hugill for this lovely review.

planethugill.com/2024/02/markin…

We are delighted to be joined by conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren for our Come and Sing! Handel’s Messiah event on 29 March at Holy Sepulchre London.
Join us as part of the chorus of Handel’s Messiah to experience Matthew’s superb conducting skills.
Tickets: cityoflondonsinfonia.co.uk/whats-on/2744/…