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Sep
14
Sat
One-Day Vocal Workshop @ Lauderdale House
Sep 14 – Sep 15 all-day

We are holding a new workshop on Sunday 15 September 2013. The workshop will teach you how to sing in different styles and how to project your voice in several techniques.

This fun & practical workshop is suitable for those who have some singing experience (like singing at choirs/school/or karaoke). Total beginners are welcome too as we’ll be catching up with basic breathing & vocal projection.

This level 2 workshop will include:

Individual & group coaching
Solo singing – please bring your own song (must be emailed one week in advance)
A final performing session
The repertoire:We’ll be working on the following songs & styles:
Operetta, The Threepenny Opera: Ballad of Mack the Knife
Ivor Novello: We’ll Gather Lilacs
Jazz: It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)

Certificate: On completion of the level 2 you will receive a certificate of achievement for having completed and demonstrated competence in the workshop program.

Fee £55
How to book: To book and pay please email Kieran at
pianist@singinginlondon.com
or call Kieran on 0773 9704746
The workshop schedule & songs will be emailed to you upon booking.

Workshop leader: Idit Gold. Pianist and vocal coach: Kieran Stallard

May
30
Fri
Tune Up Friday @ The Highgate Society
May 30 @ 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm

Do You Feel Like you Need a Good Tune Up?

This is just what your voice, heart, lungs and confidence need.   If you think improving your singing or speaking voice could help your career or personal life, then Tune up Fridays are for you.

Are you a professional singer, in a choir or band, or someone who doesn’t sing but wishes you could?  Then come along to our new friendly,  recharging and uplifting singing experience.

Tune Up Fridays are led by  choir master and vocal coach Norman Bailey.  He has helped West End performers, media people and total beginners feel more confident about what they can achieve with their voices.

No songs just beautiful harmonies and your chance to improve your voice and boost your confidence.

When: Friday May 30 2014,  7.15 to 8.30

Where: Highgate Society, Highgate, N6 6BS

Fee: £10 and a smile

Or book online and save 10%  http://www.storybookers.co.uk/tune-up-fridays.php

Jun
14
Sat
Highgate’s Fair in the Square @ Pond Square
Jun 14 @ 11:30 am – 4:30 pm

Everyone is invited to come and enjoy this annual event with live music, children’s activities, stalls and entertainment for all.  Admission is free.

Pond Square will reverberate to the carnival sounds of The Hornsey School for Girls Steel Band and local amateur choirs, dancers and musicians will perform on the stage in Pond Square as well as the cast from ‘The Blond Bombshells of 1943’ at Upstairs at the Gatehouse.

Over 120 charities, societies, Highgate shops and small businesses are taking part this year. No one need go hungry as there will be stalls serving an international selection of delicious foods.   The popular Country Fair, arranged in conjunction with the Highgate Horticultural Society,  will showcase the baking and horticultural skills of local people and entry is open to all.

There will be lots for the younger visitors to enjoy with roundabout and train rides, a creative play tent, Punch and Judy shows, circus skills workshops, stilt walkers and an unmissable Sheep Shearing Show.

Jun
30
Mon
Tune Up Friday @ The Highgate Society
Jun 30 @ 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm

Do You Feel Like you Need a Good Tune Up?

This is just what your voice, heart, lungs and confidence need.   If you think improving your singing or speaking voice could help your career or personal life, then Tune up Fridays are for you.

Are you a professional singer, in a choir or band, or someone who doesn’t sing but wishes you could?  Then come along to our new friendly,  recharging and uplifting singing experience.

Tune Up Fridays are led by  choir master and vocal coach Norman Bailey.  He has helped West End performers, media people and total beginners feel more confident about what they can achieve with their voices.

No songs just beautiful harmonies and your chance to improve your voice and boost your confidence.

When: Friday May 30 2014,  7.15 to 8.30

Where: Highgate Society, Highgate, N6 6BS

Fee: £10 and a smile

Or book online and save 10%  http://www.storybookers.co.uk/tune-up-fridays.php

Jul
30
Wed
Tune Up Friday @ The Highgate Society
Jul 30 @ 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm

Do You Feel Like you Need a Good Tune Up?

This is just what your voice, heart, lungs and confidence need.   If you think improving your singing or speaking voice could help your career or personal life, then Tune up Fridays are for you.

Are you a professional singer, in a choir or band, or someone who doesn’t sing but wishes you could?  Then come along to our new friendly,  recharging and uplifting singing experience.

Tune Up Fridays are led by  choir master and vocal coach Norman Bailey.  He has helped West End performers, media people and total beginners feel more confident about what they can achieve with their voices.

No songs just beautiful harmonies and your chance to improve your voice and boost your confidence.

When: Friday May 30 2014,  7.15 to 8.30

Where: Highgate Society, Highgate, N6 6BS

Fee: £10 and a smile

Or book online and save 10%  http://www.storybookers.co.uk/tune-up-fridays.php

Aug
30
Sat
Tune Up Friday @ The Highgate Society
Aug 30 @ 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm

Do You Feel Like you Need a Good Tune Up?

This is just what your voice, heart, lungs and confidence need.   If you think improving your singing or speaking voice could help your career or personal life, then Tune up Fridays are for you.

Are you a professional singer, in a choir or band, or someone who doesn’t sing but wishes you could?  Then come along to our new friendly,  recharging and uplifting singing experience.

Tune Up Fridays are led by  choir master and vocal coach Norman Bailey.  He has helped West End performers, media people and total beginners feel more confident about what they can achieve with their voices.

No songs just beautiful harmonies and your chance to improve your voice and boost your confidence.

When: Friday May 30 2014,  7.15 to 8.30

Where: Highgate Society, Highgate, N6 6BS

Fee: £10 and a smile

Or book online and save 10%  http://www.storybookers.co.uk/tune-up-fridays.php

Sep
6
Sat
Highgate Newtown Community Centre Fun Day @ HNCC
Sep 6 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Live band, food stalls, face painting, T-Shirt painting, ceramic painting stall, community stalls and lots lots more

Sep
27
Sat
Book Fair @ Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution
Sep 27 @ 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

HLSI’s annual book fair with something for everyone who loves books. Thousands of good-quality second-hand books on all subjects: fiction, history, biography, literature, travel and much more, priced from 50p. Collections this year include art, photography and special/antiquarian editions. Seriously good bargains!

Sep
30
Tue
Tune Up Friday @ The Highgate Society
Sep 30 @ 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm

Do You Feel Like you Need a Good Tune Up?

This is just what your voice, heart, lungs and confidence need.   If you think improving your singing or speaking voice could help your career or personal life, then Tune up Fridays are for you.

Are you a professional singer, in a choir or band, or someone who doesn’t sing but wishes you could?  Then come along to our new friendly,  recharging and uplifting singing experience.

Tune Up Fridays are led by  choir master and vocal coach Norman Bailey.  He has helped West End performers, media people and total beginners feel more confident about what they can achieve with their voices.

No songs just beautiful harmonies and your chance to improve your voice and boost your confidence.

When: Friday May 30 2014,  7.15 to 8.30

Where: Highgate Society, Highgate, N6 6BS

Fee: £10 and a smile

Or book online and save 10%  http://www.storybookers.co.uk/tune-up-fridays.php

Jan
25
Sun
Vocal Workshop for Beginners @ Lauderdale House
Jan 25 @ 10:30 am – 2:30 pm

Novice singer that would like to improve? Come to Singing in London Workshop for Beginners and learn to sing from scratch in four hours!

The workshop will teach you singing skills step by step from basic level and will show you how to use your vocal range in both singing for fun and presentation for public speaking.

We’ll be working on singing and breathing techniques and will show you how to develop your singing skills.

Are you a soprano, an alto, a baritone or bass – you’ll find out at the workshop!

To round it off together we’ll prepare you for a short group performance at the end of the workshop.

We’ve chosen two beautiful songs to practice at the workshop: Magic Moments By Perry Como & Over the Rainbow from the Wizard of Oz. The workshop schedule & the song sheets with web links to practice will be emailed to you upon booking.

At the end of the workshop you will receive a certificate of achievement for completing the beginner level. You can follow it up with the 2nd Level workshop for Intermediates in February.

We limit places to our workshops so enrol now to secure your place before it’s booked up book online.

Jun
13
Sat
Highgate’s Fair in the Square @ Pond Square
Jun 13 @ 12:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Everyone is invited to come and enjoy this annual event with live music, children’s activities, stalls and entertainment for all.  Admission is free.

Pond Square will reverberate to the carnival sounds of The Hornsey School for Girls Steel Band and local amateur choirs, dancers and musicians will perform on the stage in Pond Square as well as the cast from ‘The Blond Bombshells of 1943’ at Upstairs at the Gatehouse.

Over 120 charities, societies, Highgate shops and small businesses are taking part this year. No one need go hungry as there will be stalls serving an international selection of delicious foods.   The popular Country Fair, arranged in conjunction with the Highgate Horticultural Society,  will showcase the baking and horticultural skills of local people and entry is open to all.

There will be lots for the younger visitors to enjoy with roundabout and train rides, a creative play tent, Punch and Judy shows, circus skills workshops, stilt walkers and an unmissable Sheep Shearing Show.

Nov
23
Thu
Highgate Debate: This house believes that gender equality is unachievable @ Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution
Nov 23 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Free and open to all but do phone to book your place. In these lively debates, prominent and informed speakers argue their points of view on issues of current importance. They are ‘seconded’ by pupils from local schools, and audience members also have the opportunity to sway the opinion of those attending.

The motion: This House Believes that Gender Equality is Unachievable

Proposing: Ann Hussey, QC and barrister specialising in family law 

Opposing: Vicky Pryce, economist and former joint head of the UK government economic service

Feb
24
Sat
History Fair (Highgate History Weekend) @ Lauderdale House
Feb 24 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
History Fair (Highgate History Weekend) @ Lauderdale House | England | United Kingdom

Curious about Highgate, its origins, stories, green spaces and buildings?  Come in and talk to people who have an interest in and passion for local history.  There will be representatives and stalls from the Roman Kilns in Highgate Woods, Camden Tour Guides, HLSI, Lady Gould’s Charity, Highgate School Museum, Friends of Kenwood, Highgate Horticultural Society, Friends of Hornsey Church Tower, Friends of Highgate Library Shepherds Hill, Highgate Society and lots of information about Lauderdale House.

Jun
15
Sat
Fair in the Square @ Pond Square
Jun 15 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

A great day out for all the family.

The Highgate Festival will kick off with the Fair in the Square and continue with events all week.

Feb
24
Sat
Heritage Fair 2024 @ Lauderdale House
Feb 24 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Discover fascinating stories from Highgate’s past, and the diverse history of the communities that make up North London.

Come and chat to over 20 people who are interested in and knowledgeable about the history of our local area, including representatives from local museums, historic houses and local history societies at this FREE fair! Alongside Jacksons Lane, we will also be hosting a ‘memory stall’ this year, and collecting photos from the community that show the venues or Waterlow Park. Have any images from the past that you’d like to share? Bring them along!

 

Confirmed attendees for this year’s Heritage fair include:

The Arts Society Hampstead Heath

Camden History Society

Camden Tour Guides Association

Channing School

The Coleridge Trust

Friends of Kenwood

Highgate Cemetery

The Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution Archive

The Highgate Roman Kiln Project

Highgate School Museum & Archive

The Highgate Society

Hornsey Historical Society

Jacksons Lane

Kenwood House

Lady Gould’s Charity

Lauderdale House

North London U3A

Memories Stall

Pink Plaques Project