Past events
July 2011
Saturday 9th July, 12.30pm/4.30pm
Barbershop Belles @ Lewisham People's Day,
Mountsfield Park, Brownhill Road
http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/peoplesday
Friday July 22nd 8pm
National Chamber Choir of Ireland,
Augustinian Church, Middle St, Galway
(as part of Galway Arts Festival)
Tickets €15/€12 (conc)
Available online at www.galwayartsfestival.ie
Saturday July 23rd 3pm
National Chamber Choir of Ireland,
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
Tickets €14 / €12 (Conc)
Available online at www.centralticketbureau.ie
Tel: 0818 205205
Sunday July 24th 3pm
National Chamber Choir of Ireland,
Calary Church, Kilmacanogue, Co Wicklow.
Tickets €25/€20 (conc)
(includes post concert afternoon tea)
Tel: 01 2318146
Friday 29th July, 7.30pm
Barbershop Belles in Concert
Magdalen Chapel, Bath
http://www.magdalenchapelbath.co.uk/
Saturday 30th July,
Charity Concert,
Smarden, Kent
August 2011
Sunday 7th August
BBC Prom No 32: Brahms and Mahler, Royal Albert Hall
as part of the BBC Singers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/events/739
Sunday 14th August
BBC Prom No 41: Joby Talbot & Britten, Royal Albert Hall
as part of the BBC Singers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/events/740
Saturday 20th August
Proms Saturday Matinee 2: Maxwell Davies, Aperghis, Sir Harrison Birtwhistle
Cadogan Hall
http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/events/741
April 2011
Saturday 9th April, 8pm
Total Immersion: The music of Unsuk Chin
as part of the BBC Singers
Conductor: Ilan Volkov
Barbican
http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/events/536
Sunday 17th April, 6pm
St John Passion
as part of the chorus
St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington
March 2011
Monday 7th March, 7.30pm
Northern Lights: A Portrait of Judith Weir
as part of the BBC Singers
Conductor: James Morgan
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/events/537
Saturday 12th March, 7.30pm
Barbershop Belles in Concert
St Leonard's Church, Hythe
Monday 21st March, 7pm
Lewisham Youth Junior Choir
Lewisham Youth Senior Choir
Concert
Venue tbc
Admission free (retiring collection)
February 2011
Saturday 5th February, 2pm
Come and Sing Faure Requiem
as part of the BBC Singers
Conductor: David Hill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/events/466
Wednesday 9th February, 8pm
Norfolk Women's Group
performance with the Barbershop Belles
(private event)
Thursday 10th February, 7pm
Performance on 3: Faure Requiem & Dupre De Profundis
as part of the BBC Singers
Conductor: David Hill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/events/532
(for broadcast during Holy Week)
Friday 11th February
Composer's workshop (Purcell School)
as part of the BBC Singers
(private event)
Tuesday 22nd February, 10pm
Livery Dinner
After dinner performance
(private event)
December 2010
Throughout December
Carol performances at The Ritz, London
3rd & 4th December
Barbershop Belles at 'The Taste of Christmas' at the ExCel Centre
6th December, 7pm
Christmas Concert
St Mary's Church, High Street, Lewisham
Lewisham Youth Junior Choir
Lewisham Youth Senior Choir
Velvet Harmony (Bromley Ladies Barbershop Singers)
Admission free (retiring collection)
8th & 9th December
'Turning of the Year'
Blackheath Halls
Massed choirs of Lewisham and Greenwich Schools
11th December, 7.30pm
Messiah (Alto soloist)
Woodbridge Choral Society
12th December,
Messiah (Chorus)
St Mary Abbotts Church, Kensington
October 2010
Thursday 7th October, 7.30pm
Barbershop Belles in Concert
Culford School, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
September 2010
Saturday 4th September, 7.30pm
Barbershop Belles in Concert
St James' Church, North Cray Road, North Cray, DA14 5LT
Sunday 5th September
Barbershop Belles
Performances at the Newmarket Wedding Fair
Wednesday 8th September, 7.30pm
Barbershop Belles in Concert
Upstairs @ The Hob, Forest Hill
Saturday 11th September, 7.30pm
Barbershop Belles in Concert
Eltham
August 2010
Wednesday 4th August
Prom 25
as part of the BBC Singers
Sunday 22nd August
Prom 50
as part of the BBC Singers
June 2010
Saturday 5th June
Mozart Requiem Workshop
BBC Singers Education project
Cardiff
Friday 25th June, 7pm
2001 Space Odyssey
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Voices
April 2010
Wednesday 7th April, 7.30pm
Barbershop Belles Concert
St Alfege Church, Greenwich Church Street,
Greenwich, SE10 9BJ
£5 admission, available on the door
See www.barbershopbelles.com for more information
March 2010
Tuesday 9th March, 7pm
Lewisham Youth Choir - Junior Choir (Conductor)
Peformance at Blackheath Concert Halls
Thursday 11th March, 7pm
Lewisham Youth Choir - Senior Choir
Performance at Sadlers Wells as part of the 'Gateway to Music' concert
Sunday 14th March, 7.30pm
Out of the Darkness (Julian Marshall)
As a member of the 9 voice 'Schoolhouse6 ensemble'
Cumbria
Thursday 18th March, 7.30pm
Out of the Darkness (Julian Marshall)
As a member of the 9 voice 'Schoolhouse6 ensemble'
Germany
Monday 22nd March, 7pm
Lewisham Youth Choirs Concert
Guests: The Barbershop Belles
Friday 26th March, 7.30pm
Out of the Darkness (Julian Marshall)
As a member of the 9 voice 'Schoolhouse6 ensemble'
Bath
February 2010
Thursday 4th February, 7pm
Requiem, Maciejewski
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Westminster Cathedral
Friday 12th February, 7pm
Live Performance on Radio 3: Bach in Leipzig
BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor) and St James' Baroque
St Paul's, Knightsbridge
January 2010
3rd - 13th January
Tour to South Africa
Choir of the Tower of London
December 2009
5th December, 7.30pm
Barbershop Belles Concert
Somerford Keynes
7th December, 7pm
Lewisham Youth Choirs Concert
Edmund Waller School,
Waller Road, New Cross
12th December, 6pm
'Vokka Lokka' - a short concert of experimental vocal music
The Schott Recital Room,
48 Great Marlborough Street, London, W1F 7BB
See http://www.virginia-firnberg.com for more details.
16th December, 7.30pm
'Out of the Darkness'
St James' Church, Picadilly
* as a member of the 9 voice 'Schoolhouse6 Ensemble'
19th December, 7.30pm
Messiah (Handel)
St Ambrose Church, Westcliff Road,
Westbourne, Bournemouth,
BH4 8BG
November 2009
20th November, 7.30pm
'Out of the Darkness' (Marshall)
St George's Church, Brighton, BN2 1ED
* as a member of the 9 voice 'Schoolhouse6 Ensemble'
24th November, 7.30pm
Te Deum (Bruckner)
Highgate School, North Road, London, N6 4AY
28th November, 7.30pm
'Out of the Darkness' (Marshall)
St Mary's Church, High Street, Totnes, Devon
* as a member of the 9 voice 'Schoolhouse6 Ensemble'
29th November, 4pm
Light Up A Life Service
for Harris Hospice Care
St Nicholas' Church, Church Lane,
Chislehurst, BR7 5PE
October 2009
8th October, 7pm - 9.15pm
Live broadcast, BBC Radio 3, 'Performance on Three'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n1qmv
BBC Singers (conducted by Paul Brough) with the Mike Thompson Horn Quartet
10th October, 7.30pm
'A Harvest of Song'
with Helen Bailey, soprano, Zach Roberts, Tenor, Matt Kellet, Bass
and Suzy Ruffles, Piano
St James' Church, North Cray Road, North Cray, DA14 5EQ
11th October,
Slimming World
National Semi-Finals
'Woman of the Year' Competition
24th October, 7.30pm
Plantagenet Concert
St John's, Smith Square
September 2009
11th - 12th September
Jacko's Hour (Grace)
Pavillion Theatre, Brighton
15th - 19th September
Jacko's Hour (Grace)
Bridewell Theatre, London
24th September, 7pm
Fundraising concert;
The choir of the Royal Chapel at the Tower of London
July 2009
Saturday 11th July
Orpheus and Eurydice (Gluck) - Blackheath Opera (Cover: Orpheus)
Cover Show - Open Dress Rehearsal
2pm, Blackheath Halls
Saturday 25th July
ElgarOverture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
Delius The Song of the High Hills
Holst The Planets
Rebecca Evans soprano
Toby Spence tenor
BBC Singers
BBC Philharmonic
Sir Charles Mackerras conductor
26th July - 1st August
Resident at Dartington Summer School
Rehearsing 'Jacko's Hour' (Grace)
June 2009
Friday 5th June
Messiah (Handel)
Choir and orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Halle, Germany
Saturday 13th June
Purcell, Haydn and Handel programme
Choir and orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Wednesday 17th June
Trinity College of Music - Advanced Postgraduate Final Recital
2.45pm, Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich
Free Entry
May 2009
Saturday 30th May
Recital with soprano Helen Bailey
7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Brackley Road, Beckenham, BR3 1RB
Programme:
Pergolesi Stabat Mater
Purcell O Dive Custos Auriacae Domus
Purcell Come Ye Sons of Art
Friday 15th May
Recital (with soprano Helen Bailey)
7.30pm, St George's Church, Bickley Park Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2BE.
Concert to include Schumann's Frauenliebe und Leben and Barber's Hermit Songs
Saturday 16th May
The Playtex Moonwalk - Walk the Walk against breast cancer
A 26.2 mile walk through London at night.
Wednesday 20th May
Dido and Aeneas (Sorceress)
Situation Opera
1.10pm, St Alfege Church, Greenwich
Friday 8th May
Barbershop Belles Concert
7.30pm, Our Lady Help of Christians Church Hall, Mottingham
Tickets available on the door
April 2009
Thursday 2nd April
BBC Singers Recording
March 2009
Sunday 29th March
Requiem, Verdi
Colyton School, Devon
Saturday 28th March
Requiem, Verdi
Three Choirs Concert, Southend
Conductor: Sir David Willcocks
Saturday 21st March
St John Passion, Bach
Brentwood Cathedral
Thursday 5th March
Masterclass with Robert Tear
Trinity College of Music
January 2009
Friday 24th January
BBC Singers Concert for Stephen Cleobury's 60th Birthday
Maida Vale Studios
