Music

JULY

West London Sinfonia Saturday 6 July

Summer on the Green

BRAHMS: Serenade No 2, Op.16

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 3 (“Eroica”)

7.30pm. St Anne’s Church, Kew Green, TW9 3AA

£14 (concessions £12, child £5)

020 3475 4200 • westlondonsinfonia.org

Ealing Symphony Orchestra Saturday 13 July

Free family concert!

A short programme with younger listeners in mind

4.30-5.30pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, W5 1QG

No charge: just come along

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END-of-season concert

James MACMILLAN: Stomp

BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia

SCRIABIN: Piano Concerto in F# minor

Michael HURD: Overture to an unwritten comedy

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 2

Varvara Tarasova (piano), Ealing Symphony Orchestra, John Gibbons

7.30pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, W5 1QG

£14 (concessions £12, student £6, accompanied child £1)

Tickets: www.ealingso.org.uk/tickets and at the door

Enquiries: 020 8567 4075 • secretary@ealingso.org.uk • www.ealingso.org.uk

Questors Choir Saturday 13 July

QUESTORS CHOIR SUMMER CONCERT – ‘Lucky Dip’

Come and enjoy the drama of well-loved, epic poems set to music, and a selection of 20th century popular songs, sung in an order to be determined on the night!

7.30pm. St Martin’s Church, Hale Gardens, West Acton, W3 9SQ

£14 (concessions / advance £12), including an interval glass of wine or soft drink. Under-12s free.

07802 720333 • more@questorschoir.org • www.questorschoir.org

HEOS Musical Theatre Friday & Saturday 19 & 20 July

And the Winner is...

A summer cabaret, filled with numbers from Tony and Olivier award-winning shows.

7.30pm plus Saturday 2.30pm. St Thomas the Apostle Church Hall, 182 Boston Road, W7 2AD

£11 to 21 June; £12.50 from 22 June

Enquiries: 07758 841523 • boxoffice@heos.org.uk

Tickets (no booking fee) via www.heos.org.uk

October

West London Sinfonia Friday 4 October

PRE 2019/20 SEASON RECEPTION

West London Sinfonia is holding a reception to introduce its exciting programme for the forthcoming 2019/2020 season. There will be a presentation of the six-concert programme, which includes a 50th anniversary concert at St John’s Smith Square. Drinks and snacks will be served, and there will be live entertainment. Everybody welcome.

7.30-9.30pm. The Michael Room, St Michael & All Angels’ Church, Bedford Park, London W4 1TT

Free

WLS Helpline: 020 3475 4200 • friends@westlondonsinfonia.org • www.westlondonsinfonia.org

Ealing Symphony Orchestra Saturday 5 October

ARNOLD: Peterloo Overture

RESPIGHI: Adagio con variazioni

TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5

7.30pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, London W5 1QG

£14 (under-25 and full-time students £5, under-18 free). Phone or email for season ticket details.

020 8567 4075 • secretary@ealingso.org.uk • www.ealingso.org.uk

REGULAR EVENTS

The Hanwell Voice Studio

SINGING LESSONS

Singing lessons with a professional opera singer from English National Opera. Master a solid vocal technique, essential for success in performance. Tuition for all musical styles. Beginners welcome.

The Hanwell Voice Studio, W7

Enquiries (Lydia Marchione, AGSM): 07791 170662 • www.lydiamarchione.com

Ealing Junior Music School Saturdays

Younger Years

EJMS is a Saturday morning music school for 3-18 year olds; we are based at Twyford C of E High School in Acton. We provide individual instrumental tuition on almost every instrument of the orchestra, as well as guitar and singing lessons, in a relaxed and fun environment. We run some 20 orchestras and ensembles and three choirs, including one for parents, along with musicianship classes for our youngest pupils. Parents can relax in the café. Ensemble-only pupils are welcome. Sorry, we do not do piano lessons.

8.30am - 1.30pm. Twyford CofE High School, W3 9PP.
Charges vary, depending on course taken.

admin@ejms.org.uk • www.ejms.org.uk

The Friends of St Mary’s Perivale SUNDAYS

SUNDAY CONCERTS AT ST MARY’S PERIVALE

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7 July (7.30 pm): Ealing Symphony Orchestra Instrumental Groups

14 July: The Rossetti Ensemble

21 July: The Barbican Ensemble

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8 September: Bradley Cresswick (violin) Margaret Fingerhut (piano)

15 September: Jayson Gillham piano recital

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3pm, except as above. St Mary’s Church, Perivale Lane, Perivale, UB6 8SS
Free with a retiring collection

020 8997 7691 • hmather@btopenworld.com • www.st-marys-perivale.org.uk

Ealing Chamber Music Club Mondays

New playing members (and visitors) are always welcome at our regular evenings.
Free refreshments.

2nd Monday in the month, except August and September. Please phone to check before coming.

8pm. St Mary’s Church Perivale, UB6 8SS

020 3143 3206 • ealingchambermusic@gmail.com • www.ecmc.org.uk

Capital Chorus Mondays

WEEKLY REHEARSAL

We’re a friendly, diverse and welcoming group of men who love to sing close-harmony songs in the barbershop style. Whatever your age or experience, come and meet us at our weekly open rehearsal. Barbershop could be the exciting, rewarding, fun hobby you’re looking for.

7.45 - 10.15pm. Kingsdown Methodist Church, Northfield Avenue, Ealing, W13 9PR

07963 595930 • www.capitalchorus.co.uk

The Love2sing Choir Mondays

THE LOVE2SING EALING CHOIR – Daytime

Take part in fun, friendly and informative rehearsals and twice-yearly concerts. Choir meets for 35 rehearsals a year (term lengths vary 10-13 wks). Styles include musical theatre, pop, rock, big band, Motown, traditional choral and more.

1-3pm. North Hanwell Baptist Church, Cuckoo Avenue, W7 1BW

Monthly: £20.40

07989 560603 • admin@love2sing.co.uk • www.love2sing.co.uk

Ealing Choral Society Mondays

REHEARSALS BEGIN FOR NEW SEASON: NEW MEMBERS WELCOME

Rehearsals start Monday 9th September 2019. Concerts this season to include: Britten St Nicolas, Mozart Great Mass in C Minor, Vivaldi Gloria, Puccini Messa di Gloria.
Come Sing With Us!

Every Monday, 7.35-9.45pm. Ealing Green Church Hall, W5 5QT

Free membership for 16-23, substantial reductions for under 30 years, and 50% reduction for new tenors and basses

07932 460388 • membership@ealingchoralsociety.org.uk • www.ealingchoralsociety.org.uk

HEOS Musical Theatre Mondays etc

New season Younger Years

Join one of the premier musical theatre groups in west London for our exciting new season. Our traditional family pantomime this year is Aladdin, and in April we will perform Our House at the Questors Theatre, Ealing.

There are no auditions to join the chorus, and no previous experience is necessary. Rehearsals are Monday evenings (chorus) and Thursday evenings (principals) for Our House, and Sunday afternoons plus a few Tuesday evenings for Aladdin. Auditions for both shows will be late September/early October for principals, and dancers from age 8 for Aladdin.

We are a very friendly group, and look forward to welcoming you.

Learn more about both shows at our launch night on Monday 9 September at 7.30pm at Northolt Methodist Church Hall, Church Road, UB5 5AE.

020 8567 4075 • info@heos.org.uk • www.heos.org.uk

The Friends of St Mary’s Perivale Tuesdays

TUESDAY AFTERNOON PIANO RECITAL SERIES

2 July: Viv McLean and Tim Horton

9 July: Callum McLachlan

16 July: Maya Irgalina

23 July: Sasha Grynyuk

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10 September: Chiyan Wong

17 September: Dmitry Kalashnikov

24 September: Tommaso Carlini

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2pm. St Mary’s Church, Perivale Lane, Middlesex. UB6 8SS

Free with a retiring collection

020 8997 7691 • hmather@btopenworld.com • www.st-marys-perivale.org.uk

Petros Singers Tuesdays

Welcoming new tenors and basses

We’re a well-regarded auditioned chamber choir with a reputation for high-quality singing and innovative programmes. Check our website to see what concerts we have planned, and email our membership secretary if you’d like to join us for some trial rehearsals. We’d love to hear from tenors and basses, and also offer free bursaries to all singers age 27 and under.

8-9.45pm. St Peter’s Church, Black Lion Lane, Hammersmith, London W6 9BE

membership@petrossingers.org • www.petrossingers.org

The Friends of St Mary’s Perivale Wednesdays

WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS AT ST MARY’S PERIVALE

10 July: Leo Popplewell (cello), Rosie Richardson (piano) / The Aurora Trio

17 July: Meera Maharaj (flute), Dominic Degavino (piano) / Julia Pusker(violin), Renata Konyicska (piano)

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11 September: So-Ock Kim (violin) Josephine Knight (cello)

18 September: Milos Milivojevic (accordion) / The Bukolika piano trio

25 September: Anna Hashimoto (clarinet) Veronika Shoot (piano) / The Maconchy String Quartet

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7.30pm. St Mary’s Church, Perivale Lane, Middlesex. UB6 8SS
Free with a retiring collection

020 8997 7691 • hmather@btopenworld.com • www.st-marys-perivale.org.uk

Ealing Folk Club Wednesdays

Hosted by the OddFellas. Listeners, singers, players, all welcome – as long as it’s unplugged, anything goes.

First Wednesday of every month, 8-11pm
Upstairs in the Reading room at the Grange pub, Warwick Road, Ealing, London W5 3XH

We also have an English(ish) Tunes session at the Grange on the last Wednesday of the month 7.30-10.30pm. Join in the playing, introduce your own tunes; any instruments welcome.

020 8567 2955 • bob_little@ntlworld.com

Gregorian Chant: Ealing Abbey Lay Plainchant Choir Wednesdays

Director Fr Peter Burns OSB.
Exploring the riches of the Gregorian Chant tradition. New members always welcome. We usually sing at a Parish Liturgy once each month at 12 noon. A group also sings at a local care home monthly.

6.30 for 6.40 - 8pm. Bulbeck Room of the Ealing Abbey Parish Centre
Voluntary contribution of £2 per session

020 8862 2160 • gregorianchantealing@gmail.com • www.ealpc.org

Questors Choir Wednesdays

COME AND SING WITH QUESTORS CHOIR

Like singing choral music? Not sure? Free on Wednesday evenings? If ‘Yes’, and you’re over 16 years old, why not come along and try us? We’re a well-established, friendly, West Acton-based, Ealing community choir of around 60 members. First three sessions are free of charge, with no obligation to join. You will not be asked to audition: just turn up, join in and do your best!

8 - 10pm. St Martin’s Church hall, Hale Gardens, W3 9SQ. Just a short walk from Ealing Common tube station (Piccadilly & District lines), 207, 427, 607 and 440 bus routes, and with on-street parking outside.
£140 yearly / £130 early birds / £110 concessions. £60 (£50 for concessions) each term. Free for 16-25s.

07802 720333 • more@questorschoir.org • www.questorschoir.org

The Love2sing Choir Wednesdays

THE LOVE2SING EALING CHOIR – evening

Take part in fun, friendly and informative rehearsals and twice-yearly concerts. Choir meets for 35 rehearsals a year (term lengths vary 10-13wks). Styles include musical theatre, pop, rock, big band, Motown, traditional choral and more.

7.30-9.30pm. North Hanwell Baptist Church, Cuckoo Avenue, W7 1BW
Monthly payments £29

07989 560603 • admin@love2sing.co.uk • www.love2sing.co.uk

Julian Light Operatic Society Wednesdays

The Yeomen of the Guard (Gilbert and Sullivan)

From September, we are cracking on with our rehearsals for G&S’s The Yeomen of the Guard. Gilbert’s libretto examines the vagaries of true love, power and forced marriage, accompanied by some of Sullivan’s finest music. Believe or not, but all voice parts welcome, especially sopranos and altos.

7.45pm. St Matthew’s Church, North Common Road, Ealing, London W5 2QA

No admission charge (membership fee if you decide to join)

07976 577232 • inform@julianoperatic.org • www.julianopoeratic.org

Ealing Common Choir Thursdays

Where singers are welcome

Experience the pleasure of singing an amazingly wide repertoire to a high standard. We give 3-4 concerts a year interspersed with workshops and social events.
You should be able to read music, sing in tune and sight-read a simple line.

7.30 - 9.30pm. St Matthew’s Church, North Common Road, Ealing, W5 2QA

£40 per term. Try the choir for free for your first ever 3 weeks. Concessions for all students.

chair@smce.org.uk • www.smce.org.uk

Ealing Symphony Orchestra Thursdays

New Season

Our 2019-20 season starts on September 5th, rehearsing for the October 5th concert – Arnold, Respighi, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich: a great time to join. Lots of info on our website.

7.20-10.05pm in central Ealing

020 8567 4075 • secretary@ealingso.org.uk • www.ealingso.org.uk

St Barnabas Church Fridays

FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS AT ST BARNABAS

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5 July: tbc

12 July: Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman (piano duo)

19 July: Eleanor Corr (violin)

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6 September: The Solomon Piano Quintet

13 September: Paul Ayres (organ)

20 September: The Anern Trio

27 September: Lorena Paz (soprano)

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1pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, London W5 1QG

Free with a retiring collection

020 8997 7691 • hmather@btopenworld.com • www.barnabites.org/page/12/friday-lunchtime-concerts
Ealing Youth Orchestra Fridays

Regular Friday term-time rehearsals, 5 concerts a year plus annual European tour. Aged 13-19, Grade 6 standard and above.

6-9pm. Twyford CofE High School, Acton

Full audition details at www.eyo.org.uk or email EYO Chair Chris Brown chair@eyo.org.uk