We celebrate St. Cecilia’s Day with a programme of  music by British composers from the early 20th century to the present day – and notably all the featured composers have written music for coronations! Parry’s stirring anthem, I was glad, was written for the 1902 coronation of King Edward VII and has been...

Photo of John Casken by Sarah Jamieson We are delighted that John Casken, composer and Emeritus Professor of Music at The University of Manchester, has accepted our invitation to become a JCS Vice President. John’s extensive portfolio of compositions includes orchestral, chamber, vocal, choral music and music for the stage in the form of...

The Joyful Company of Singers is delighted to announce that our new President is Roxanna Panufnik FRAM, GRSM (Hons), LRAM. Roxanna has kindly accepted our invitation to step up from her role as a JCS Vice President, and takes over from Brian Kay, to whom we are indebted for his support over the years....

  In our Summer concert on Friday 21st June at 7pm in St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico, we will perform  our composer-in-association Zoe Dixon’s Seasons Suite – a selection of settings of five classic poems inspired by the changing seasons. Indeed, the title of the concert – Summer Schemes – is that of one of...

  Our Summer concert on 21st June in St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico celebrates two anniversaries, marks the end of a superb collaboration and reminds us of a wonderful weekend’s music-making in Northumberland early in May. The title of the concert is that of one of the two Thomas Hardy poems set by the JCS...