UPCOMING EVENTS
RSC actor Ian Drysdale works on performance skills for singing students. Date and venue to be confirmed.
12 March, Kent College, Pembury Students have the opportunity to present their most recent song choices. Adjudicator: Nikki-Jane Kemp
1.30pm–5.45pm, Sunday 21 June
Veronica Veysey Campbell will work with 11 students from Sara-Lois Cunningham's teaching practice.
Venue: All Saints, Tudeley. Visitors welcome (no fee).
Christmas informal event
3pm, 14 December, Culverden Park Road, school-age singing students to sing their best song of the term, plus carols round the tree. Mince pies for all! There is no charge for this event.
ABRSM Exam period – November
Masterclass in folk song with Eileen Field (AOTOS)
Summer term 2014
Masterclass with Meribeth Dayme (AOTOS)
4.30pm-6.30pm, 26 July, University of Warwick, Coventry Two students Portia Halsall and Josie Hawthorn will perform in a masterclass for singing teachers
End-of-term student presentation
3pm-5pm, 19 July, St John's Church, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells
12 July, Brittens Music Shop
1.30pm-6pm, 6 July, Veronica Veysey Campbell will work with 12 students from Sara-Lois Cunningham's teaching practice. Venue: All Saints, Tudeley
Adults musical/culinary evening
6pm-9.30pm, 24 May, singing, shared stories and informal dinner and wine. Venue: Culverden Park Road, Tunbridge Wells
Three students of Sara-Lois Cunningham sang in this masterclass for members of the Association of Teachers of Singing (AOTOS)
Song Recital
3pm, 26 January, Recital Room, Tonbridge School, Tonbridge Four students present a recital in preparation for A level performance and grade exams. Music by Handel, Wolf, Debussy, Sondheim and more.
Piano rehearsals for the Tunbridge Wells Arts Festival
8 March, various times from 2.30pm, Culverden Park Road Students rehearse with Sara-Lois Cunningham and pianist Andrew Hanley
Tunbridge Wells Arts Festival
15/16 March, Kent College, Pembury Students have the opportunity to present their most recent song choices.
An Evening of Song (young singers)
5.45pm-7.15pm, Tuesday 22 October School-age students have the opportunity to present their most recent song choices to each other in a supportive and encouraging environment. Singers are welcome to bring a drink and a snack. Venue: All Saints Church Hall, Langton Green (Please note change of venue)
Alexander Technique workshop (adults)
3pm-5pm, Sunday 3 November, Charlotte Rolleston-Smith leads an Alexander technique workshop for adult singers. Venue: King Charles the Martyr Church Hall. Tunbridge Wells
Alexander Technique workshop (young singers age 14-18)
3pm-5pm, Sunday 10 November, Charlotte Rolleston-Smith leads an Alexander technique workshop for younger singers. Venue: King Charles the Martyr Church Hall, Tunbridge Wells
English Poetry in Song - Adults musical/culinary evening
6pm-10pm, Sunday 23 November, Dr Selma Wells looks at a range of poems set to music by English song composers, performed by the students themselves. Followed by informal dinner and more singing! Venue: Culverden Park Road, Tunbridge Wells
End-of-term Student Concert
3pm-5pm, Saturday 7 December, St John's Church, Grosvenor Hall, Tunbridge Wells (2.15pm choir rehearsal)
Summer term 2013
14 July, 3pm-5pm (rehearsal at 2.15pm), All Saints, Tudeley
Wine and song - a culinary evening
29 June, 7pm-10pm, Culverden Park Road. Adult singers are invited to bring favourite recipes for savouring, a clutch of songs and a bag of humour for an evening of chamber music, mastication and merriment. Entrance: £8
Workshop - Interpretation of song texts
28 June, 6pm-8pm, Culverden Park Road, Tunbridge Wells. Leah Veronese places a few poems under the microscope and highlights how singers can interpret text for performance. Fee: £5. This event is aimed at singers under 18 years of age. NB This session will include ensemble singing in preparation for the end-of-term concert
Three Arts Festival, Sevenoaks
8 & 9 June, 15 & 16 June, Walthamstow Hall Senior School, Sevenoaks
Piano rehearsals for the Three Arts Festival
1 June, from 2.30pm, Culverden Park Road, Tunbridge Wells
ABRSM exams
June/July - Brittens Music Shop. Dates to be confirmed.
Spring term 2013
Rehearsals for Tunbridge Wells Arts Festival
2.30pm-5.45pm, Saturday 2 March, Culverden Park Road, Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells Arts Festival
9am-4pm, Saturday 9 March Tunbridge Wells Arts Festival, Kent College Pembury
Masterclass - Singing and Performance with tenor Ian Kennedy
2pm-5pm, Saturday 16 March, All Saints, Tudeley. A masterclass for students of Sara-Lois Cunningham to be given by the professional singer, teacher and adjudicator Ian Kennedy
Autumn term 2012
End-of-term Student Concert - Blow, Blow, thou winter wind!
Saturday 8 December, 3pm, All Saints Church, Tudeley
(Rehearsal for the young singers' ensemble at 2.15pm)
NB Twelve Chagall stained glass windows grace the walls of this intimate venue. Visit the website for more details: http://www.tudeley.org/allsaintstudeley.htm
Visit to the Royal College of Music - Masterclass with Sir John Tomlinson
Monday 21 November, 2pm, Royal College of Music, London
Multi-arts musical evening (adult singers): the Singing Gourmet
Saturday 27 October, 7pm, Culverden Park Road, Tunbridge Wells
An evening of singing, poetry and culinary arts
Multi-arts musical evening (school-age singers)
6pm-8pm, Friday 19 October, Culverden Park Road, Tunbridge Wells
Folk music open session
8pm, Monday 24 September, Visit to The Beacon Folk Club, Tea Garden Lane, Tunbridge Wells
Summer term 2012
End-of-term Student Concert - Sonnets on a Summer's Day
4pm, 15 July 2012, King Charles the Martyr Church Hall, Tunbridge Wells