Vox Holloway

All-day Singing Workshop, Sat 17 January 2015

Posted on January 2, 2015 by voxholloway

Vox Holloway is holding a third all-day singing workshop, to take place on Sat 17 January 2015. The day will comprise 3 workshops on singing by ear, choral techniques and musical tips for sight-reading. You can explore your voice, improve your singing, get to know members of your local community and most importantly have lots of fun, as the video of our first workshop shows below.

When: Saturday 17 January 2015, 10am – 6pm.
Where: St Luke’s Church, Hillmarton Road, West Holloway, London N7 9RE
Price: £20 (includes a buffet lunch – please let us know of any special dietary requirements). Bursaries are available for anyone short of funds.
Tickets: Available via Eventbrite and are likely to be available on the door.
Who can attend: The workshop is open to anyone 16 years and over – you don’t have to be a member of Vox Holloway – and we welcome singers of all abilities: both those new to singing and more experienced singers.
Questions? Contact us via the form on the right.

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Our 5th Anniversary Concert, Sun 30 November

Posted on November 14, 2014 by voxholloway

Join us on Sunday 30 November at St Luke’s, Holloway, for our 5th Anniversary concert.

We are returning to our roots by performing once again Harvey Brough’s Requiem in Blue. We will be joined by Camden Youth Choir, Camjam (another local youth choir), an 8-piece orchestra, and acclaimed jazz soloists Liane Carroll and Emily Dankworth.

The concert will also feature Songs in the Theme of Love: a suite of songs by Nigerian singer-songwriter Ben Okafor, combining lyrical African heritage, classic folk protest and driving reggae beats.

Tickets (Full price: £13; concession: £8) are available via Eventbrite or on the door.

Doors & bar open: 6.30pm
Performance: 7pm

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Songs of Spanish Exile, Fri 14 Nov

Posted on November 2, 2014 by voxholloway

Vox Holloway will be singing Songs of Spanish Exile with the amazing Clara Sanabras at Heath Street Baptist Church in Hampstead.

All proceeds go to the UN fund for Iraqi refugees (UNHCR). Watch this short video about the aid operation currently underway in Iraq.

Tickets are available on the door or via Eventbrite.

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5th Anniversary Term: join us!

Posted on August 31, 2014 by voxholloway

Requiem in Blue Cover

Rehearsals start on Tuesday 9 September with sign-up from 7pm for a 7.30pm singing start. Don’t worry if you can’t make the first rehearsal – you’re welcome to join at any time. Here is some info if you are considering joining us for the first time.

This term we will be singing Harvey Brough’s inspiring Requiem in Blue under the direction of the composer, with songs by Nigerian songwriter and philosopher, Ben Okafor directed by Justin Butcher. Our concert will take place on Sunday 30 November 2014.

Under the charismatic direction of Justin Butcher and the creative brilliance of composer and arranger Harvey Brough, VOX HOLLOWAY has been a phenomenal success story over the last 5 years.

We have tackled some normal choral repertoire – Vivaldi Gloria and the Fauré Requiem, but have also sung new and unusual types of music with world class soloists and musicians – Latin American, Catalan and Spanish music, jazz, gospel and folk programmes, all specially arranged and composed for each occasion, playing to receptive and enthusiastic full houses.

We have raised over £60,000 for various charitable causes in our annual charity event.

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From Harmony: Concert Sunday 20 July

Posted on July 6, 2014 by voxholloway

Our gorgeous paean to music and reconciliation takes place from 7.30m at St. Luke’s on Sunday the 20th of July. Tickets are available from Eventbrite and on the door. The program includes:

George Frideric Handel, Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music
Franz Joseph Haydn, Missa Sancti Nicolai (Mass of St. Nicholas)

2014 marks the 100^th anniversary of the start of World War I, and up and down the country amateur orchestras and choirs are preparing commemorative concerts. So too is local community choir Vox Holloway — not by singing a war requiem or a medley of popular wartime songs, but by celebrating harmony across the ages. Drawing from the works of composers from Germany, Austria, and England, the 70-strong choir Vox Holloway will explore the concept of universal harmony that has formed the basis for making music for over two thousand years.

Justin Butcher, founder and Artistic Director of the choir, says, “We needed a way to commemorate World War I that also reflected the ethos of our choir, which is that music brings people together. So what better way to unite these two ideas than to sing some of the most beautiful music from Germany, Austria, and England that specifically celebrates harmony and humanity? As Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, ‘music is the universal language of mankind’. And so, as a way of remembering conflict, we are celebrating the unifying power of music.”

The choir will be joined by a 20-piece baroque orchestra and acclaimed guest tenor soloist Simon Walton.