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The Churchill Gardens Winter Lights 2024
Sing Out! will be performing at Churchill Gardens Winter Lights 2024.
Nine Lessons and Carols
Join us for a festive evening of Lessons and Carols with the Foundation Scholars and Teacher-Singers.
Street Party! Come & Sing
Come & Sing at the Street Party
🎉 PMF are back for a new academic year!
On Saturday 14th September, we’re providing music across Westminster City Council’s ‘Community Meet & Eat’ – an all-day street party celebrating Pimlico residents of all ages.
Come & Sing: Join us at 5 PM on Churchill Gardens Road for an energetic sing-along session with a live band. We’ll be performing pop hits, both old and new, and everyone is welcome to join in—no sign-up required!
Food & Drink: Enjoy delicious food and beverages available from 12 PM and throughout the day, ensuring you’re fueled up and ready to enjoy the festivities.
The whole event is open to the public. Just show up with your singing voice and enthusiasm for a day filled with community spirit.
We can’t wait to see you there!
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The Pimlico Musical Foundation are hosting a free sing-along for Pimlico residents of all ages as part of Westminster City Council's Street Party event.
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Saturday 14th September from 12 PM, with a big PMF sing-along at 5 PM.
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The Street Party is all around Pimlico – see image below for further details. Our sing-along will be on Churchill Gardens Road, SW1V 3DS.
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This event is free and there are no tickets required.
Pagliacci at Opera Holland Park
Pagliacci at Opera Holland Park
After a hugely successful La Bohème run in 2023, we are delighted that our Foundation Scholars have been invited back to perform at Opera Holland Park, a world-class opera company based in West London. Booking will open soon for Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo – visit this page for further details.
Catch #OHPPagliacci between Wednesday 17th July & Saturday 3rd August 2024
Show Tunes in the Square
Show Tunes in the Square
as part of South West Fest 2024
Soak up the sun with a spectacular evening of film music and show tunes for the south Westminster community, accompanied by full orchestra and performed by talented children from local schools. For this special South West Fest performance, PMF are joined by the London City Orchestra, an amazing ensemble who will provide lush accompaniment to some iconic show tunes and film music. Think Disney, Superman, Jurassic Park and much, much more.
Saturday 6 July | 17:30 - 18:30 | St George’s Square Gardens, SW1V 3QU
Please note, this performance is free and no tickets are required.
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The Pimlico Musical Foundation’s Summer term concert, in collaboration with South West Fest and the London City Orchestra.
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Saturday 6th July 2024
17:30 to 18:30
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St George's Square Gardens, SW1V 3QU. For access enquires please email hello@pimlicomusicalfoundation.org.uk
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This event is free and no tickets are required.
Edgar at Opera Holland Park
Edgar at Opera Holland Park
We are absolutely delighted that the Pimlico Children’s Choir have been invited to form the children’s chorus for Opera Holland Park, a world-class opera company based in West London. Booking will open soon for Edgar, a little-performed gem by Puccini – visit this page for further details.
Catch #OHPEdgar on Tuesday 2nd July, Thursday 4th July & Saturday 6th July
The Most Beautiful Sound
The Most Beautiful Sound
The Pimlico Musical Foundation’s Spring 2024 Concert.
An evening of iconic music, featuring highlights from West Side Story and Mozart’s Requiem performed by 200 singers from across the Pimlico community.
The Most Beautiful Sound
Wednesday 6 March | 7-8pm
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The Pimlico Musical Foundation’s Spring term concert, featuring icon highlights from West Side Story and Mozart’s Requiem.
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Wednesday 6th March 2024
Doors Open: 6:20pm
Performance Starts: 7:00pm
Performance Ends: 8:05pm -
St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico. Warwick Square, Pimlico, London SW1V 4QF. The venue has step-free access via the vestry on the West side of the church. For access enquires please email hello@pimlicomusicalfoundation.org.uk
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Tickets £15 or FREE for Under 30s
There is also a ‘pay what you can’ option, please email hello@pimlicomusicalfoundation.org.uk for details.
Please scroll to the bottom of this page in order to book tickets.
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24 Hour “Drop-In” Mozart Requiem
24 Hour “Drop-In” Mozart Requiem
In collaboration with Labrador Events, we are delighted to present perhaps an eccentric fundraising event.
This epic 24-hour “drop-in” performance of the Mozart Requiem will feature an exciting array of world-class conductors and soloists, as well as local musicians from the Pimlico Musical Foundation. Singers are invited to sign up for 1 hour, 5 hours or more via the link below. Further details and starry guests to be announced.
Nine Lessons and Carols
A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
Join us for an evening for a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols with the Foundation Scholars, Teacher-Singers and friends from Westminster Cathedral Choir School.
📅 Tuesday 12th December 2023
⏰ 19:00 - 20:00
📍 St Gabriel's Church, Warwick Square, Pimlico SW1V 2AD
🎟 Tickets are not required, but you may reserve them here
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Elijah
Mendelssohn’s Elijah
Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah oratorio is a powerful musical masterpiece that weaves together storytelling from the Old Testament to create a deeply striking experience for audiences.
Drawing inspiration from biblical narratives from the Old Testament, this work showcases the dramatic tale of the prophet Elijah, capturing the essence of human struggle, triumph, and redemption through richly orchestrated melodies and captivating choral arrangements.
Our performance brings together two of PMF’s key programmes, the Foundation Choir (comprised of Foundation Scholars and Teacher-Singers) and the Pimlico Chorus.
Elijah | Dan D’Souza
Orchestra | Southbank Sinfonia
Conductor | James Day
St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico
Introduction | As God the Lord of Israel liveth
Overture
Chorus | Help, Lord!
Duet with Choir | Lord! bow thine ear to our prayer!
Aria | If with all your hearts
Chorus | Yet doth the Lord see it not
Recitative with Choir | As God the Lord of Sabbath liveth
Chorus | Baal, we cry to thee; hear and answer us
Recitative with Choir | Call him louder, for he is a god!
Recitative with Choir | Call him louder! he hearth not!
Aria | Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel!
Quartet | Cast thy burden upon the Lord
Recitative with Choir | O thou, who makes thine angels spirits (The fire descends)
Recitative with Choir | O man of God, help thy people!
Chorus | Thanks be to God
Dan D’Souza
Irish-British baritone Dan D’Souza was educated at Tiffin Boys School, the University of Cambridge, the Royal College of Music, and the Royal Academy Opera.
Operatic roles include Flemish Deputy Don Carlo (Royal Opera House), Boatswain (cover) HMS Pinafore (English National Opera), Angelotti Tosca (Grange Festival), Ebn-Hakia Iolanta (If Opera), Silvio Pagliacci (Iford Arts), Trinculo La Tempesta (Wexford Festival Opera), and Riff West Side Story (Edinburgh International Festival).
Frequently in demand on the concert stage, his oratorio roles include Mendelssohn Elijah, Haydn Creation, Handel Messiah, Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs, Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle, Orff Carmina Burana, Bach St John Passion, Bach St Matthew Passion, and the Requiems of Mozart, Brahms, Duruflé, and Fauré. Notable concert performances include High Priest in Handel Semele at the Paris Philharmonie, Christus in the St John Passion for Huddersfield Choral Society, Monteverdi Vespers at Cadogan Hall, Handel Messiah for Neville Holt Opera, and Christus St Matthew Passion at the National Concert Hall Dublin.
As a recitalist, Dan performs varied and creative programmes of lesser known and new songs. He is a winner of both the Dame Patricia Routledge National English Song Competition and the Royal College of Music Lieder Competition. He is a laureate for the 2023 Académie Orsay-Royaumont performing in Paris with Dylan Perez, and performed Winterreise at the St Magnus International Festival with the Ragazze Quartet.
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The Pimlico Musical Foundation production of Felix Mendlessohn’s Elijah
Elijah | Dan D’Souza
Children’s Chorus | Foundation Scholars of PMF
Adult Chorus | The Pimlico Chorus
Orchestra | Southbank SinfoniaConducted by James Day
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Wednesday 29th November 2023
Doors Open: 6:20pm
Performance Starts: 7:00pm
Performance Ends: 8:05pm -
St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico. Warwick Square, Pimlico, London SW1V 4QF. The venue has step-free access via the vestry on the West side of the church. For access enquires please email hello@pimlicomusicalfoundation.org.uk
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Tickets £15 or FREE for Under 30s
There is also a ‘pay what you can’ option, please email hello@pimlicomusicalfoundation.org.uk for details.
Donate
Consider donating to our Big Give campaign.
Between Tuesday November 28th and Tuesday December 5th, every donation you give to PMF is DOUBLED!
The Fayre of St. James’s 2023
The Fayre of St. James’s 2023
Quintessentially Foundation Christmas Fundraiser at St James’s Piccadilly is always a spectacular event featuring star musicians and PMF’s very own Foundation Scholars.
This is a fundraiser event and all ticket proceeds go to their fundraising campaign.
📅 Tuesday 28th November 2023
⏰ 6pm – 11pm
📍 St James’s Piccadilly
🎟 Book tickets via the Quintessentially Foundation website
📝 Visit the Quintessentially Foundation website to find out more…
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Foundation Scholars at Opera Holland Park
La Bohème at OHP
This summer, 10 of our Foundation Scholars will be performing for Opera Holland Park, a world-class opera company based in West London, in their new production of Puccini’s La Bohème.
#OHPBoheme runs from 19th July to 5th August
Sing Out! at south west festival day
Sing Out! at local cultural festival
Sing Out! Pimlico are thrilled to be joining other members of the local community for the South Westminster Festival Day ‘23. South West Fest is an annual cultural community festival for south Westminster and the Pimlico Musical Foundation is very proud to be a part of it this year.
Come along to check out our stall at any point during the day, and stay tuned on our social media for timings of Sing Out!’s performance!
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Sing Out! Pimlico performing at South West Festival Day 2023.
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The festival runs from 10.30am to 5.30pm. We will have a stall there all day and will confirm timings of Sing Out’s performance as soon as possible.
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St George's Square Garden, London, SW1V 3QU.
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Sing Out! at community garden launch
Sing Out! at the onion garden
Sing Out! Pimlico are very excited to be performing at the Opening Party of The Onion Garden, a beautiful, communal garden designed by Jens Jakobsen. The event will be attended by the Lord Mayor of Westminster and other local community figures. The garden is tucked away in the heart Westminster and will be open to all members of the public to visit!
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Sing Out! Pimlico perform at the Launch Party of the Onion Garden, a new communal garden in the heart of Westminster.
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Thursday 1st June. The event starts at 16:00 and we expect Sing Out! to perform at c. 17:30.
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The garden is tucked away behind Victoria Street: 5 Seaforth Place, Lpndon SW1E 6AB.
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Foundation Scholars Concert at the Barbican
Foundation Scholars Concert at the Barbican
📅 Monday 20 March 2023
🕰 7:00pm - 9:00pm
📍 Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
🎫 £23 - 28
Our Foundation Scholars join Westminster School and the Tri-Borough Music Hub for a long-awaited collaboration delayed by the pandemic. Join us for a fantastic programme of Duruflé, Dvořák and Britten, performed by talented young musicians from schools in the City of Westminster.
Programme
Antonín Dvořák Violin Concerto
Benjamin Britten Rejoice in the Lamb
Maurice Duruflé Requiem
Performers
Westminster School Symphony Orchestra, Pimlico Musical Foundation Scholars, The Westminster Choral Society, Choir of Westminster School and Tri-Borough Music Hub
Michael Heighway conductor
Tim Garrard conductor
Rhys Evans violin
Ben Bloor organ
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Ash Wednesday at St Gabriel’s Church
Ash Wednesday at St Gabriel’s Church
Join us for a special church service of Mass to mark Ash Wednesday, with music performed by our Foundation Scholars and Teacher-Singers:
St Anne Mass – James MacMillan
Wash me throughly – Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Civitas sancti tui – William Byrd
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Not at all. Mass is open to everyone – atheist, agnostic, or of other faiths.
If it’s your first time, don’t worry – there will be no one pestering you to do anything other than sit down and enjoy the experience. You can also stand if you want to.
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Wednesday 22nd February, 7pm.
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St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico
Warwick Square, Pimlico SW1V 2AD
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St Anne Mass – James MacMillan
Wash me throughly – Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Civitas sancti tui – William Byrd
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Free, no tickets required.
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Nine Lessons and Carols
A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
Join us for an evening for a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols with Pimlico Foundation Scholars and Teacher-Singers and Inner Voices
📅 Tuesday 13th December 2022
⏰ 19:00 - 20:00
📍 St Gabriel's Church, Warwick Square, Pimlico SW1V 2AD
🎟 Free but tickets required. Book ->
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Sing Out! Performance
Sing Out! Pimlico Concert
Join us for the very first ever performance by our new community choir Sing Out! Pimlico. Singing hits from Rent The Musical, Laura Mvula and more.
📅 Sunday 11th December 2022
⏰ 7:00pm
📍 St Gabriel’s Parish Halls, Churchill Gardens, Pimlico (not to be confused with the Church)
🎟 Free but tickets required
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Earth, Sun and the Stars
Earth, Sun and the Stars
Join us for PMF's spectacular winter concert Earth, Sun and the Stars joined with over 200 performers and professional musicians singing a selection of winter choral favourites including Schutz’ Magnificat, Essenvalds’ Stars, LaBarr’s The Wisdom of the Moon and others.
Featuring Foundation Scholars, Pimlico Chorus, Pimlico Children's Choir and local schools.
📅 Wednesday 30th November
🕰 7:00pm | doors open 6:40pm
📍 St Gabriel's Church, Warwick Square SW1V 2AD
🎫 £8 Adults | £5 Children
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The Fayre of St. James’s 2022
The Fayre of St. James’s 2022
Quintessentially Foundation Christmas Fundraiser at St James’s Piccadilly is always a spectacular event featuring star musicians and PMF’s very own Foundation Scholars.
This is a fundraiser event and all ticket proceeds go to their fundraising campaign.
📅 Tuesday 29th November 2022
⏰ 5.15pm – 11pm
📍 St James’s Piccadilly & The Londoner Hotel W1
🎟 Book tickets via the Quintessentially Foundation website
📝 Visit the Quintessentially Foundation website to find out more…
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Churchill Gardens Christ Tree lighting
Churchill Gardens Turning on of Christmas Lights
Every year, Pimlico Musical Foundation join together with members of the Churchill Gardens Estate for the turning on of the Christmas Lights!
This year, Sing Out! Pimlico will be giving their first ever performance.
📅 Friday 25th November 2022
⏰ Time TBC
📍 Churchill Gardens, Pimlico
🎟 No tickets required, just turn up!
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Children's Choir Rehearsal
The Children’s Choir is open to every child in primary school age in the Pimlico area and it’s totally free.
To join us, please complete an application form here.
Please note, we must have processed an application before you can attend. For more information on the Children’s Choir, visit our programmes page.
Harvest Concert
Harvest Concert
Join us for performance by the Pimlico Foundation Scholars, Inner Voices and Hackney Youth Choir in aid of Lambeth Food Bank.
📅 Sunday, 16th October 2022,
⏰ 16:00 - 17:00
📍 St John the Devine, Kennington
🎟 Entry cost is an item of food for the food bank
Children's Choir Rehearsal
The Children’s Choir is open to every child in primary school age in the Pimlico area and it’s totally free.
To join us, please complete an application form here.
Please note, we must have processed an application before you can attend. For more information on the Children’s Choir, visit our programmes page.
Children's Choir Rehearsal
The Children’s Choir is open to every child in primary school age in the Pimlico area and it’s totally free.
To join us, please complete an application form here.
Please note, we must have processed an application before you can attend. For more information on the Children’s Choir, visit our programmes page.
Children's Choir Rehearsal
The Children’s Choir is open to every child in primary school age in the Pimlico area and it’s totally free.
To join us, please complete an application form here.
Please note, we must have processed an application before you can attend. For more information on the Children’s Choir, visit our programmes page.
Children's Choir Rehearsal
The Children’s Choir is open to every child in primary school age in the Pimlico area and it’s totally free.
To join us, please complete an application form here.
Please note, we must have processed an application before you can attend. For more information on the Children’s Choir, visit our programmes page.
Children's Choir Rehearsal
The Children’s Choir is open to every child in primary school age in the Pimlico area and it’s totally free.
To join us, please complete an application form here.
Please note, we must have processed an application before you can attend. For more information on the Children’s Choir, visit our programmes page.
Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo
Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo
By Cecilia McDowall with James Day, The Foundation Scholars Choir, Adult Choir.
Join us for an extraordinary evening hearing the Pimlico Musical Foundation Adult Choir, joined with the Foundation Scholars and Children’s Choir sing Cecilia McDowall’s Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo. We will also be joined by esteemed Syrian musicians. More details to be released soon.
The evening will be full of Syrian themed food and drinks, followed by a concert of approximately 1 hour.
About the piece
Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo tells the extraordinary story of Nujeen Mustafa, a Kurdish teenager with cerebral palsy forced by war to flee her home and embark on an arduous journey to Europe with her sister. In this five-movement cantata Nujeen’s story – recounted in her biography ‘The Girl from Aleppo’ (co-authored by Christina Lamb) – is retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland and richly scored by Cecilia McDowall. A wealth of musical effects are employed to capture the narrative, including chorales, rhythmic spoken sections, body percussion, and a solo violin part infused with Middle Eastern flavours. The prevailing mood of Nujeen’s story is embodied by the final line of a chorale that bookends this unique concert work: ‘singing the song of life itself.’
Reviews:
‘Cecilia McDowall has won a reputation as a leading composer of choral music and her extensive catalogue contains many distinguished examples. The emotional heft of this story has clearly inspired her to produce one of her most striking scores for the medium.’
Tempo
‘McDowall has long had a special gift for choral writing, and here she resourcefully combines upper voices with an SATB chorus . . . in settings of Kevin Crossley-Holland’s text narrating the journey of two sisters (one pushing the other in a wheelchair) across the miles from Syria to asylum in Germany . . . The music bursts with compassion.’
The Birmingham Post
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An evening of Syrian food and drinks followed by a concert of Cecilia McDowall’s Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo and performances from The London Syrian Ensemble.
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Tuesday 5th July 2022 at 6:15-8:00pm
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St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico
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Adults £10
Concessions/Children £7
If you feel you cannot afford the cost of the tickets, please email hello@pimlicomusicalfoundation.org.uk