UPCOMING EVENTS


Summer term 2016
End-of-term student presentation - Final Concert for Tunbridge Wells students
3 July, 2.30pm, All Saints Tudeley
Students offer their final songs of the year. Friends and family welcome. There will be a reception afterwards.

Performance workshop
RSC actor Ian Drysdale works on performance skills for singing students. Date and venue to be confirmed. 


Autumn term 2016
AESS Junior Recital Competition
Preliminary rounds: November (tbc)
Finals: November (tbc)

PAST EVENTS

Spring term 2016

ABRSM exam deadline for online entries (summer session): 9 May

Tunbridge Wells Arts Festival
12 March, Kent College, Pembury Students have the opportunity to present their most recent song choices. Adjudicator: Nikki-Jane Kemp

Piano rehearsals for the Tunbridge Wells Arts Festival 
6 March, from 2.30pm, Culverden Park Road Students rehearse with Sara-Lois Cunningham and pianists Mark Bromley and Andrew Hanley 

ABRSM Exam period – February and March

Autumn term 2015
ABRSM Exam period – November

Christmas informal event 
3pm, 6 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! 

Summer term 2015

Masterclass with Veronica Veysey Campbell

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).

End-of-term student presentation
2.30pm, Sunday 12 July, All Saints Tudeley
Students offer their final songs of the year. Friends and family welcome. There will be a reception afterwards.

Spring term 2015
Tunbridge Wells Arts Festival deadline: 16 January 2015

Tunbridge Wells Arts Festival 
15 and 16 March, Kent College Pembury

Autumn term 2014

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)

November, St Paul's Girls School, London – student Max Persaud to take part

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


ABRSM exams

12 July, Brittens Music Shop


Masterclass with Veronica Veysey Campbell

1.30pm-6pm, 6 July, Veronica Veysey Campbell will work with 12 students from Sara-Lois Cunningham's teaching practice. Venue: All Saints, Tudeley

Three Arts Festival, Sevenoaks
June, Walthamstow Hall Senior School, Sevenoaks

Summer term 2014

Adults musical/culinary evening 
6pm-9.30pm, 24 May, singing, shared stories and informal dinner and wine. Venue: Culverden Park Road, Tunbridge Wells


Masterclass with Anne-Marie Speed (AOTOS)
2pm-5pm, 3 May, Winchester

 Three students of Sara-Lois Cunningham sang in this masterclass for members of the Association of Teachers of Singing (AOTOS)


Spring term 2014

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.

Autumn term 2013

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

End-of-term Student Concert

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