On the last Friday of each month, we will be presenting a professional dementia-friendly concert at 1.15pm. The concert is free to attend and booking is essential.
Relaxed - Inclusive - Joyous FREE - All Welcome! Please note that booking in advance is essential A 45 minute concert of well-loved songs from stage & screen performed by 3 professional artists. Relaxed, dementia-friendly, and shame-free atmosphere - singing along and responding to the music are warmly welcomed! Performance followed by a social tea. Accessible venue & toilet facilities - please let us know of any specific access needs or concerns at time of booking.
SINGERS:
Alison Arnopp: trained at the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music which recently awarded her an Associate title. She was also a prize winner in the Lotte Lenya International Singing Competition. Credits include Jeanie in the 50th anniversary UK tour of Hair, a season with the RSC in The Tempest and First Encounters, Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Donmar Warehouse), the title role in Dusty, (Charing Cross Theatre), and performances at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Fringe with musical improv troupe, Impromptunes.
Ian Beadle: trained at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and English National Opera’s Opera Works programme. On the operatic stage he has performed with the likes of Opera Holland Park, English Touring Opera, Wexford Festival Opera, New Sussex Opera, Gothic Opera, OperaUpClose, Winterbourne Opera, Opera Brava, West Green House, Swansea City Opera and Charles Court Opera.
PIANIST:
Berrak Dyer: freelance répétiteur, accompanist and musical director. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and then went on to study at the National Opera Studio. Berrak has travelled through UK and Europe performing and works as Musical Director with Pop-Up Opera. She has also worked with the likes of Opera Holland Park, Glyndebourne, Welsh National Opera, Winslow Hall Opera, University College Opera, Welsh National Opera, Opera Holland Park, Buxton, Longborough Festival Opera, The Opera Story, and the Royal Opera House.
Phone Bookings: 0207 236 1145
Online Bookings: www.songhaven.co.uk/liveconcerts
Group Bookings or any other enquires please email: songhaven@songhaven.co.uk