EALING ARTS and LEISURE MUSIC EVENTS
Information supplied by societies: please note that events after the first two months listed may be subject to change.
Further information about EAL Music Section members can be found on the contacts page.
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| CONTINUING EVENTS (see below for weekly events) |
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| August - November 2008 (at least) | ||
| The Voice Studio (Lydia Marchione, AGSM) | ||
| Singing lessons from professional mezzo-soprano with English National Opera and the royal Opera House. Develop a solid vocal technique, master breath control and improve the quality and range of your voice. All styles catered for: opera/classical, pop and music theatre. Preparation for auditions/performances. Beginners welcome. |
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| Days and times to suit individuals. 26 Gordon Road, W5 2AD | Contact: 07791 170662 | |
| WEEKLY EVENTS | ||
| Mondays | ||
| Capital Chorus (Mens Barbershop Harmony Group) |
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| To September (at least): Rehearsal and singing coaching. All are welcome, male or female, to listen; or take part if you are a man. | ||
| 7.45pm. Kingsdown Methodist Church, Northfield Avenue, W.13 (junction with Kingsdown Avenue) Free |
Contact: 8810 9983 | |
| Ealing Folk and Blues Club | ||
| FOLK WORKSHOP | ||
| Led by Laurel Swift Learn a new folk tune every week by ear/music. All instruments welcome. |
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| September 2008 - July 2009. Every Monday in term time, 7 - 9pm. Drayton Court Fuller's pub, 2 The Avenue, West Ealing, W13 8PH. |
Contact: 07739 506517 | |
| Tuesdays | ||
| Acton Ballet School | ||
| Ballet classes for children from 2½ years to Intermediate standard. Tap, Jazz and Irish dancing from 5 years old. All classes held in Acton and ballet classes follow the RAD syllabus. In August a dance workshop for non dancers 8 - 13 years held at the Priory Community Centre. |
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| To September (at least) during term time. New term starts September 2nd. Priory Community Centre and Oaktree Community Centre Classes start from £4.50 |
Contact: 8992 6891 actonballetschool@hotmail.com |
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| Wednesdays | ||
| The Sing Anything! Club | ||
| Local singing coach and songwriter Helen Astrid runs a weekly fun and inspirational singing group for adults. The emphasis is on singing together and building a strong unifying experience and solo singing is encouraged. No experience or the ability to read music necessary. Adults. Phone or visit the web site for more details. |
www.singanythingclub.com | |
| September (at least): 8.30 - 10pm. Non-members £12.50, members £10 (concessions) |
Contact: 07710 245904 | |
| The Friends of St Mary's Perivale | ||
| Concerts are listed individually below | ||
| 7.30pm. St Mary's, Perivale Lane, Perivale Free with retiring collection. No tickets issued beforehand. |
Contact: 8997 7691 | |
| West London Opera | ||
| Rehearsals for Gounod's Romeo and Juliet. Performance May 14, 15, 16, 2009 Questors Theatre, Ealing. |
www.westlondonopera.org.uk | |
| From September 24th to May 2009 | Contact: 8568 7642 | |
| Acton Ballet School | ||
| Ballet classes for children from 2½ years to Intermediate standard. Tap, Jazz and Irish dancing from 5 years old. All classes held in Acton and ballet classes follow the RAD syllabus. In August a dance workshop for non dancers 8 - 13 years held at the Priory Community Centre. |
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| To September (at least) during term time. New term starts September 2nd. Priory Community Centre and Oaktree Community Centre Classes start from £4.50 |
Contact: 8992 6891 actonballetschool@hotmail.com |
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| Ealing Folk and Blues Club | ||
| All standards welcome. Play/sing or just enjoy the entertainment. | ||
| To September 2008 (at least). All year round. Every second Wednesday of the month, 8 - 11pm The magnificent Drayton Court Fuller's pub, 2 The Avenue, West Ealing, W13 8PH Free entry |
Contact: 07739 506517 | |
| Thursdays | ||
| Acton Ballet School | ||
| Ballet classes for children from 2½ years to Intermediate standard. Tap, Jazz and Irish dancing from 5 years old. All classes held in Acton and ballet classes follow the RAD syllabus. In August a dance workshop for non dancers 8 - 13 years held at the Priory Community Centre. |
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| To September (at least) during term time. New term starts September 2nd. Priory Community Centre and Oaktree Community Centre Classes start from £4.50 |
Contact: 8992 6891 actonballetschool@hotmail.com |
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| Fridays | ||
| St Barnabas's Church Lunch-time Recitals | ||
| Concerts listed individually below | ||
| 1pm. St Barnabas's Church, Pitshanger Lane, Ealing, W5 1QG Retiring collection. |
Contact: 8997 7691 | |
| Ealing Youth Orchestra | ||
| Weekly rehearsals leading to concerts and annual European tours. Fantastic music and unmissable social experience. Conductor: Leon Gee. | www.eyo.org.uk | |
| September (at least) during term time: 6-8.30pm, Twyford C of E High School | Contact: 8998 1222 | |
| Friday Opera Group | ||
| OPERA LECTURES WITH BARRY JOBLING | ||
| Oct 3rd: Puccini's women Oct 10th: Don Quichotte Oct 17th: Matilde di Shabran Oct 24th: Ivan the Terrible Oct 31st: Boris Godunov Nov 7th: A Life for the Tsar Nov 14th: Khovanshchina Nov 21st: The Flying Dutchman Nov 28th: Religion in Opera |
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| 10.05am - 12.15pm. The Friends' Meeting House, Woodville Road, Ealing W5 £9 per lecture or £8 if all booked in advance; mid-morning refreshments included. |
Contact: 8840 4364 | |
| SEPTEMBER 2008 | ||
| Monday September 8th | ||
| Ealing Chamber Music Club | ||
| Regular concert evening followed by social with wine. | www.ecmc.org.uk | |
| 8 - 9.30 pm. St Mary's Church, Perivale Guests £1 donation, plus £1 for wine, 50p for juice. |
Contact: 8997 7691 | |
| HEOS Musical Theatre | ||
| START OF NEW SEASON | ||
| HEOS Musical Theatre's exciting new season starts on Monday 8th September. We will begin rehearsals for the very popular musical Kiss Me, Kate by Cole Porter, for performance at Questors Theatre in early April 2009. We will also start on our annual pantomime to be staged at the Greenford Hall at Christmas. If you would like to join us, on or off stage, come along to the Northolt Methodist Church, Church Road Northolt, UB5 5DB at 7.30pm. (There is a car park at the rear, entrance via Harewood Avenue.) Or for further details, ring 020 8248 5879. We look forward to seeing you. |
www.heos.org.uk | |
| 7.45pm. Northolt Methodist Church, Church Road, Northolt, UB5 5DB | Contact: 8248 5879 | |
| Wednesday September 10th | ||
| The Friends of St Mary's Perivale | ||
| FAURÉ | 1st cello sonata | |
| BEETHOVEN | Variations on 'Bei Mannern' (Mozart) | |
| Richard Birchall (cello), Rosie Richardson (piano) | ||
| MOZART | Piano Quartet in E flat K 493 | |
| The Perivale Piano Quartet | www.st-marys-perivale.org.uk | |
| 7.30pm. St Mary's, Perivale Lane, Perivale, Middlesex. UB6 8SS Free with retiring collection. No tickets issued before any concert. |
Contact: 8997 7691 | |
| Friday September 12th | ||
| St Barnabas's Lunchtime Concerts | ||
| Colin Stone (piano) | Website | |
| 1pm. St Barnabas's Church, Pitshanger Lane, London W5 1QG Free with voluntary donations. No tickets issued beforehand. |
Enquiries: 8997 7691 | |
| Friday Opera Group | ||
| OPERA LECTURE WITH BARRY JOPLING | ||
| Don Giovanni | ||
| 10.05am - 12.15pm. The Friends' Meeting House, Woodville Road, Ealing, W5 £9 per lecture (£8 if all are booked in advance), inc mid-morning refreshments |
Contact: 8840 4364 | |
| Saturday September 13th | ||
| The Friends of St Mary's Perivale | ||
| WEEKEND CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL, Day 1 | ||
| Viv McLean, Mia Cooper (violin) and Matthew Sharp (cello and bass/baritone). Duparc songs, Ravel Duo for violin and Cello, Debussy Preludes, Schubert B flat Trio | www.st-marys-perivale.org.uk | |
| 7.30pm. St Mary's, Perivale Lane, Perivale, Middlesex. UB6 8SS £7. No tickets issued before any concert. |
Contact: 8997 7691 | |
| Saturday September 14th | ||
| The Friends of St Mary's Perivale | ||
| WEEKEND CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL, Day 2 | ||
| Viv McLean, Mia Cooper (violin) and Matthew Sharp (cello and bass/baritone). Schubert Songs, Janacek Violin sonata, Martinu Slovak variations (cello and piano) Brahms B major Trio. | www.st-marys-perivale.org.uk | |
| 7.30pm. St Mary's, Perivale Lane, Perivale, Middlesex. UB6 8SS £7. No tickets issued before any concert. |
Contact: 8997 7691 | |
| Thursday September 18th | ||
| Perivale Record Circle | ||
| BERLIOZ FROM 'B' to'Z' | ||
| Lord Aberdare | ||
| 7.45pm. Perivale Community Centre Members £5 p.a. (£4 concessions). Visitors very welcome £2 per meeting including refreshments. |
Contact: 8902 4224 | |
| Friday September 19th | ||
| St Barnabas's Lunchtime Concerts | ||
| Paul Willey (violin) Nigel Blomiley (cello) Hugh Mather (piano) | Website | |
| 1pm. St Barnabas's Church, Pitshanger Lane, London W5 1QG Free with voluntary donations. No tickets issued beforehand. |
Enquiries: 8997 7691 | |
| Friday Opera Group | ||
| OPERA LECTURE WITH BARRY JOPLING | ||
| Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci | ||
| 10.05am - 12.15pm. The Friends' Meeting House, Woodville Road, Ealing, W5 £9 per lecture (£8 if all are booked in advance), inc mid-morning refreshments |
Contact: 8840 4364 | |
| Wednesday September 24th | ||
| The Friends of St Mary's Perivale | ||
| CONCERT | ||
| By outstanding musicians from the Purcell School | www.st-marys-perivale.org.uk | |
| 7.30pm. St Mary's, Perivale Lane, Perivale, Middlesex. UB6 8SS Free with retiring collection. No tickets issued before any concert. |
Contact: 8997 7691 | |
| Friday September 26th | ||
| St Barnabas's Lunchtime Concerts | ||
| Hazel Baker (organ) | Website | |
| 1pm. St Barnabas's Church, Pitshanger Lane, London W5 1QG Free with voluntary donations. No tickets issued beforehand. |
Enquiries: 8997 7691 | |
| Friday Opera Group | ||
| OPERA LECTURE WITH BARRY JOPLING | ||
| Francesca da Rimini | ||
| 10.05am - 12.15pm. The Friends' Meeting House, Woodville Road, Ealing, W5 £9 per lecture (£8 if all are booked in advance), inc mid-morning refreshments |
Contact: 8840 4364 | |
| OCTOBER 2008 | ||
| Saturday October 4th | ||
| Ealing Symphony Orchestra | ||
| SCHUBERT | "Unfinished" Symphony | |
| POULENC | Piano Concerto | |
| Malcolm ARNOLD | Symphony No. 3 | |
| Yshani Perinpanayagam (piano), Ealing Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Gibbons | www.ealingso.org.uk | |
| 7.30pm. St Barnabas's Church, Pitshanger Lane, W5 1QG £10 (concessions £8, accompanied under-16 £1) |
Contact: 8567 4075 secretary@ealingso.org.uk |
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| St Matthew's Choir | ||
| CONCERT | ||
| A celebration of Vaughan Williams in the year of the 50th anniversary of his death. Mass in G minor Five Mystical Songs Toward the Unknown Region |
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| 7pm. St Matthew's Church, North Common Road, Ealing, W5 £8 all comers, on the door |
www.smce.org.uk | |
| Saturday October 11th | ||
| West London Sinfonia | ||
| First Concert of 2008/2009 season | ||
| BRAHMS | Piano Concerto No. 1 | |
| RIMSKY-KORSAKOV | Scheherezade | |
| Dr Hugh Mather (piano), West London Sinfonia, leader Eleanor Parry, conductor Philip Hesketh | www.westlondonsinfonia.org | |
| 7.30pm. St Barnabas's Church, Pitshanger Lane, W5 £12 (£9 concessions, £2 under-16) |
Contact: 8997 3540 | |
| Monday October 13th | ||
| Ealing Chamber Music Club | ||
| Regular concert evening followed by social with wine. | www.ecmc.org.uk | |
| 8 - 9.30 pm. St Mary's Church, Perivale Guests £1 donation, plus £1 for wine, 50p for juice. |
Contact: 8991 7691 | |
| Saturday October 11th | ||
| West London Sinfonia | ||
| First concert of 2009 season | ||
| BRAHMS | Piano Concerto No. 1 | |
| RIMSKY-KORSAKOV | Scheherezade | |
| Dr Hugh Mather (piano), West London Sinfonia, leader Eleanor Parry, conductor Philip Hesketh | www.westlondonsinfonia.org | |
| 7.30pm. St Barnabas's Church, Pitshanger Lane, W5 £11 (concessions £9, under-16 £2) |
Contact: 8997 3540 | |
| Thursday October 16th | ||
| Da Rocha Pastorale | ||
| Margaret Morrell (soprano), Maxine Willis (flute), Dominic John (piano) | ||
| 1pm. St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside No charge |
Contact: 8998 2392 | |
| NOVEMBER 2008 | ||
| Monday November 10th | ||
| Ealing Chamber Music Club | ||
| Regular concert evening followed by social with wine. | www.ecmc.org.uk | |
| 8 - 9.30 pm. St Mary's Church, Perivale Guests £1 donation, plus £1 for wine, 50p for juice. |
Contact: 8991 7691 | |
| Saturday November 15th | ||
| Ealing Choral Society | ||
| A thrilling programme of music by the four great Baroque masters - Bach (Magnificat), Handel (Zadok the Priest), Vivaldi (Dixit Dominus) and Rameau (extracts from Les fêtes de Polymnie, Naïs and Les Boréades) - and by two of England's finest composers of sacred music, Britten (Deus in adjutorium meum) and Tavener (Two hymns to the Mother of God). This is ECS's inaugural concert with conductor Jonathan Williams and the award-winning period instrument orchestra Charivari Agréable Simfonie. | www.ealingchoralsociety.org.uk | |
| 7.45pm. St Barnabas's Church, Pitshanger Lane, Ealing, W5 1QG £15, £13 (including programme and interval drink) |
Contact: 8894 5998 Advert (PDF) |
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| Saturday November 22nd | ||
| Ealing Symphony Orchestra | ||
| VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | Overture, The Wasps | |
| BERLIOZ | Harold in Italy | |
| BAX | Symphony No. 4 | |
| Juliet Jopling (viola), Ealing Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Gibbons | www.ealingso.org.uk | |
| 7.30pm. St Martin's Church, Hale Gardens, W3 9SQ £10 (concessions £8, accompanied under-16 £1) |
Contact: 8567 4075 secretary@ealingso.org.uk |
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| Saturday November 29th | ||
| West London Sinfonia | ||
| Winter Concert | ||
| CHERUBINI | Overture, The Water Carrier | |
| BEETHOVEN | Leonora's aria from Fidelio, "Abscheuler" | |
| WEBER | Overture, Der Freischutz | |
| WAGNER | Ride of the Valkyries, Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Funeral music and Immolation Scene from Götterdämmerung | |
| West London Sinfonia, leader Eleanor Parry, conductor Philip Hesketh | www.westlondonsinfonia.org | |
| 7.30pm. St Barnabas's Church, Pitshanger Lane, W5 £12 (concessions £9, under-16 £2) |
Contact: 8997 3540 | |
| St Mary's Church Ealing | ||
| CELEBRITY CONCERT IN AID OF THE CARDIOMYOPATHY ASSOCIATION | ||
| A concert of classical music. Performers will include the saxophonist and composer Josie Simmons playing with BAFTAs award winner Christopher Gunning, quintet Vocalease, Tyrone Whiting on the organ, opera singer Neil Latchman, Yoshiko Endo (piano), Tomoko Sasaki (violin) and Andrew Lyle (clarinet). A raffle and refreshments will be available and there will be the opportunity to buy a celebratory heart, which can be hung on the church’s Christmas tree on the night. The Cardiomyopathy Association (CMA)is a charity that provides information and support to people affected by the heart muscle disease cardiomyopathy. The condition is the most common cause of sudden death in people under 35 but when found can usually be successfully treated. see www.cardiomyopathy.org, call freephone 0800 0181 024 or email info@cardiomyopathy.org. See the CMA website for an up-to-date programme. |
www.stmarysealing.org | |
| 7.30pm. St Mary's Church, St Mary's Road, London W5 5RH £10, £7 senior citizens/students, donations for under 14 year olds |
Contact: 8579 7134 / managerstmarys@tiscali.co.uk | |
| DECEMBER 2008 | ||
| Friday December 5th | ||
| St Mary's Church Ealing | ||
| CAROLS FOR CHRISTMAS | ||
| in aid of the Anthony Nolan Trust, featuring Primadonna Young Singers, celebrities and guest artists. Musical Director: Mair Rees-Davies Guest Speaker: Simon Dyson M.B.E. (Finance Director Daily Mail Associated Newspapers, Chairman of the Anthony Nolan Trust) Further details from www.primadonnamusic.co.uk |
www.stmarysealing.org | |
| 7.30pm. St Mary's Church, St Mary's Road, London W5 5RH Admission free, paper collection |
Contact: 8579 7134 / managerstmarys@tiscali.co.uk | |
| Monday December 8th | ||
| Ealing Chamber Music Club | ||
| Regular concert evening followed by social with wine. | www.ecmc.org.uk | |
| 8 - 9.30 pm. St Mary's Church, Perivale Guests £1 donation, plus £1 for wine, 50p for juice. |
Contact: 8991 2374 | |
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