Voicelab Welcomes
Starting this June, the Foyers in Royal Festival Hall will resound with the joyous sound of singing every Sunday afternoon, as Southbank Centre hosts a new series of free choral performances. Voicelab Welcomes features some of the finest choirs from across the country as well as providing regular opportunities to participate in workshops. Expect everything from 100-piece symphonic choirs to choral versions of contemporary pop.
If you know a choir or singing group that would like to perform as part of Voicelab Welcomes in the future, email sing@southbankcentre.co.uk.
If you would like to take part yourself in future singing projects at Southbank Centre, email voicelab@southbankcentre.co.uk
events in this series
Front Room
Chantage
Sunday 12 October 2008
BBC Choir of the Year in 2006, Chantage are a stylish and energetic chamber choir whose versatility knows no bounds, whether performing new commissions, traditional choral material or collaborating with beatboxers.
Admission free
Front Room
Global Harmony
Sunday 12 October 2008
Global Harmony from Leicestershire takes delighted audiences on a musical world tour through unaccompanied songs in glorious three and four-part harmony.
Admission free
Front Room
Voicelab Welcomes: London Lucumi Choir
Sunday 12 October 2008
Founded by vocalists Daniela Rosselson, Martha Galarraga and percussionist Dave Pattman in 2006, the London Lucumi Choir explore a broad range of Afro-Cuban music, featuring songs from the Yoruba, Dahomey and Congo traditions.
Admission free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
Billingshurst Choral Society & The Angmering Chorale
Sunday 19 October 2008
Two of southern England's largest and most reputable choirs, both under the music direction of George Jones, come to the Southbank for an afternoon of choral singing.
Admission free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
Take Twenty
Sunday 19 October 2008
Take Twenty, under its dynamic musical director Rachel Coward, celebrates the best of popular song in sweet and swinging harmonies.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
Disposable People - Voices
Sunday 19 October 2008
Inspired by and responding to this thought-provoking exhibition, Southbank Centre's Voicelab Swell choir present a specially created performance of song.
Admission free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
Choir Invisible
Sunday 26 October 2008
Based in the East Midlands, Choir Invisible are one of the UK's most talented and powerful gospel-soul choirs.
Admission free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
Voicelab Welcomes: Croydon Male Voice Choir
Sunday 2 November 2008
Founded in 1975, Croydon Male Voice Choir is building a growing reputation both in this country and abroad.
Admission free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
Voicelab Welcomes: The Few
Sunday 9 November 2008
The Few is a dynamic London-based pop choir with roots in electro, trip-hop, jazz, folk and indie.
Admission free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
Voicelab Welcomes: Velvet Fist
Sunday 9 November 2008
Velvet Fist is a women's socialist a cappella group based in London that has been performing for many years around the country.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
The Voicelab Jazz Day
Sunday 16 November 2008
Working with some of the country's top jazz vocal experts, Southbank Centre's Voicelab initiative presents a show celebrating the jazz voice with audience participation and learning at its core.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
Voicelab Welcomes: The Philharmonia Chorus
Sunday 30 November 2008
The Philharmonia Chorus performs a selection of choruses from the classical repertoire.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
Voicelab Welcomes: The Kaos Signing Choir with the Angels of Kaos
Sunday 30 November 2008
The Kaos Signing Choir for Deaf & Hearing Children perform original Songs Of Kaos.
Admission free
