Summer of Song

A collaboration of three joyful choirs, this event is about celebration, community and togetherness.
Woven Gold, Filament Choir and Islington Community Choir bring you a FREE concert, each sharing what they've been working on through the year as well as comming together to collaborate and sing as one. This sharing event is a great chance to celebrate the power of coming together in song and joining our communities together.

The event will have standing space, with some hay bale seating. Start time 6pm

There will be an interval for refreshment. End time 8pm:

Woven Gold

Woven Gold is a choir of refugees and asylum seekers from around the world. Their energy, richness and power comes from the combination of a sense of close family, shared experience and a range of musical cultures – from Congo and Iran, to Pakistan, Kurdistan and Uganda. Woven Gold performs songs and music written by group members collaboratively or traditional songs from our various countries, sung in the original language and arranged by the group – making Woven Gold a community choir like no other.Woven Gold is facilitated by professional musicians who play a variety of instruments. Some members of the choir have been with Woven Gold for 10 years, some for a few weeks. Find us here https://wovengoldchoir.com/

Filament Choir

Filament Choir was unofficially formed during the pandemic (meeting and singing online and in parks!) and then fully established in February 2023 by Filament Theatre Company to uniquely bring together professional and community singers in a welcoming and fun musical environment that promotes movement, improvisation and singing inspired by a range of material and Filament Theatre's own work.The choir is led by Filament’s composer and musical director, Osnat Schmool. They have performed as part of ‘Get Singing’ at Tower of London, with Woven Gold at Southbank Centre as part of Refugee Week 2023, at UCL East’s new campus and with Steve Pretty as part of ‘On the Origin of the Pieces’ at Wilton’s Music Hall in January 2024. Find out more at https://www.filament-theatre.com/filament-theatre-choir

Islington Community Choir

Islington Community Choir are a non auditioned community group who rehearse on Sundays on Upper Street, Islington. Led by Ryan O’Riordan, the group juggle a mix of infectious ear worms right up to large complex pieces in a variety of languages and traditions. As a choir, we pride ourselves on being multi-generational and accepting of all the diversity and vibrancy London has to offer.As a choir we are actively supporting positive change in islington. Our particular cause that we fund raise for regularly is the Islington Centre for Refugees & Migrants, who support some of the most vulnerable members of the community. The help displaced people to stay housed, lessons in English and give a sense of community and family to those who are so far from home. We will be performing at the Sheffield Street Choirs Festival 2024 as part of a massed sing of over 900 singers. More info at www.theislingtoncommunitychoir.com

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Camden Market Hawley Wharf, 1 Dockray Place, London, United Kingdom