South London Sinfonia

20/08/2026

South London Sinfonia open rehearsal. 8th Sept 7.45 at St Mildred's Addiscombe. Open to all strings, wind, trumpets and horns plus timpani.

Beethoven 8!

Email us if you'd like to play so we know numbers 😊

09/07/2026

Tickets still available for our concert at 7pm this Saturday 11th July at St Mildred’s Addiscombe.
Featuring the fabulous Catherine Chang playing Clara Schumann’s piano concerto.
Also we’ll play Respighi’s beautiful Ancient Airs and Dances 2 and Beethoven’s evocative Pastoral Symphony.

All finished in time for football... £10 in advance, or £12 on the door

Ticket link in bio!

08/07/2026

Tickets still available for our concert at 7pm this Saturday 11th July at St Mildred's Addiscombe.
Featuring the fabulous Catherine Chang playing Clara Schumann's piano concerto. Also we'll play Respighi's beautiful Ancient Airs and Dances 2 and Beethoven's evocative Pastoral Symphony.

All finished in time for football... tix £10 in advance, or £12 on the door

https://www.ticketsource.com/slsinf/summer-concert/2026-07-11/19:00/t-aaangdr

01/07/2026

Come see our concert on 11th July! 7pm St Mildreds Addiscombe. Catherine Chang will be playing Clara Schumann's fabulous piano concerto with us. Plus Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances suite 2 and Beethoven Pastoral! Tickets available here https://www.ticketsource.com/slsinf/summer-concert/2026-07-11/19:00/t-aaangdr

21/06/2026

We're delighted to welcome Catherine Chang as soloist at our concert on 11th July at St Mildreds Addiscombe. Catherine will be playing Clara Schumann's fabulous piano concerto with us. Tickets available here https://www.ticketsource.com/slsinf/summer-concert/2026-07-11/19:00/t-aaangdr

Catherine is an award-winning New Zealand pianist currently studying Piano Performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Ronan O’Hora and Carole Presland. Since moving to London, she has earned top prizes, including 2nd Prize at the Liszt Society International Piano Competition and the Una Clark Young Artist Competition. Catherine has performed with leading orchestras in the UK and New Zealand. A frequent recitalist across London venues, she made her debut at LSO St Luke’s and continues to build an exciting international career.

04/06/2026

13/05/2026

Our summer concert, 7pm on 11th July at St Mildreds.
Music for a summer evening!
Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances suite 2, Clara Schumann piano concerto with the fabulous Catherine Chang, and Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony.
Tickets available below- £10 in advance or £12 on the door. https://www.ticketsource.com/slsinf/summer-concert/2026-07-11/19:00/t-aaangdr

26/03/2026

Clips from or final rehearsal of the glorious Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem

Catch us performing THIS SATURDAY 7pm

Tickets are £15, link in bio or on the door!

See you there 🎼🎶

22/03/2026

We’re delighted to be joined by two incredible soloists for Brahms German Requiem, our concert with South London Singers. This Saturday 28th March at 7pm. at St John the Evangelist Upper Norwood. Tickets £15 or under 16s free- available here: https://southlondonsingers.org.uk/box-office or on the door.

Introducing our bass baritone- Harrison Gration. Hailed for his “Powerful Bass-Baritone” (Bachtrack) Harrison Chéné-Gration is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music studying with Chris White and Raymond Connell. Harrison performs regularly in both Europe and the United States with a diverse repertoire spanning Monteverdi, Mozart, Wagner, Puccini and Britten. In September of 2026 he will join Royal Academy Opera as a Bass in their ensemble.

He has appeared and is scheduled to appear with, Garsington Opera, Grange Park Opera, The Orchestra of the English National Opera, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the English Consort, Hurn Court Opera, Lucca Opera, The Montefeltro Festival, Gothic Opera, Tundi Wagner Festival, and New Sussex Opera among others.

The wonderful Emma Tring studied Music at Bristol University and GSMD and is now a successful soloist and ensemble singer in the UK and abroad.
As a soloist Emma specialises in contemporary music and has premiered many works by composers including Sir James Macmillan, Michael Finnissy, John Pickard, Gabriel Jackson and Andrew Toovey. Most recently a BIS recording with Martyn Brabbins and BBCNOW of John Pickard’s song cycle Verlaine Songs, which he wrote for Emma.
She has performed as soloist with BBCNOW, BBCSO, BBCSSO, BBCCO, LSO, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, English Sinfonia, Nu Civilisation Orchestra, Orchestra of Opera North and Britten Sinfonia. Find out more here
https://www.emmatring.co.uk/

11/03/2026

Big orchestral and choral vibes coming to South London!
On 28 March, 7pm at St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, South London Singers are teaming up with South London Sinfonia for a seriously powerful night of music.

The second half goes big: Brahms’ epic German Requiem — emotional, cinematic, with choir and orchestra.
But the first half is all about homegrown talent from our corner of South London.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Ballade in A minor

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor grew up in Croydon and became one of the most exciting composers in Britain around the turn of the 20th century. Of English and Sierra Leonean heritage, he broke through at a time when that wasn’t easy in British society.

While studying at the Royal College of Music, he wrote his Ballade in A minor — a bold, dramatic orchestral work full of sweeping melodies and energy. It impressed Edward Elgar, who helped bring it to the stage. Coleridge-Taylor would go on to gain international fame, but his story began here in Croydon.

Geoffrey Lawrence – Salt Water Songs

We’re also performing Salt Water Songs by Geoffrey Lawrence, a composer closely connected to the South London music scene and a longtime member of the South London Singers bass section.

He wrote this piece for the choir — a vivid set of sea-inspired songs: Trade Winds, capturing the steady breath of ocean air; A Sea Song, echoing the spirit of a sea shanty; and Cargoes, painting musical pictures of three very different ships.

Geoffrey did so much for music in Croydon, supporting local musicians and the community, and we’re proud to bring his music to life again.

Great orchestra. Fab choir. Local legends.
Come hear what South London can do.
28 March | 7pm
St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood
Bring a friend who thinks classical music isn’t their thing — we might just change their mind!!

Get your TIX here. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/upper-norwood/st-john-the-evangelist-upper-norwood/sls-concert-brahms-german-requiem/e-kqmmgy