We are delighted to announce that from October 2022, The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble (ECSE) will be Ensemble in Residence at the National Musicians’ Church, Holy Sepulchre London. The virtuoso period instrument ensemble regularly perform recitals at major Music Festivals throughout the UK & Europe as well as partnering with some of the world’s leading choirs and solo vocal ensembles such as I Fagiolini, Resurgam, The Taverner Consort & Players, The Marian Consort and Westminster Cathedral Choir, and has received a host of awards and accolades to its name for their recordings. As part of their residency, ECSE will be partnering with the professional choir of Holy Sepulchre in a series of services, concerts & educational days in the coming year - see below for more information. Holy Sepulchre and ECSE share a vision for music making of the highest quality and a passion for broadening awareness of historically informed performance. This is a particularly exciting partnership for ECSE as it prepares to celebrate its 30th Anniversary year in 2023 and for the Church as it seeks to explore more deeply their role in championing the cause of music and musicians in the City and beyond.Peter Asprey, Director of Music, Holy Sepulchre London says:“I am thrilled to be partnering with the English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble at Holy Sepulchre. I am extremely excited by the prospect of high quality period music being championed at the Musicians’ Church, which will bring a fresh angle to the worship and musical life of the church. I very much look forward to working with them.” The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble (ECSE) says:“We’re thrilled to begin this innovative residency at Holy Sepulchre. Cornetts and sackbuts have a centuries-long history at the heart of London's religious and civic life. We share the church’s mission to continue that story and to elevate the role of music and musicians in 21st century city life.”A full list of dates for the services, concerts and educational days will be available shortly and will be published here. We can confirm that ECSE and Holy Sepulchre will be hosting a Christmas Carol Service on Wednesday 7th December at 1pm. Do put the date in your diary and more details will follow soon.
Holy Sepulchre, the National Musicians’ Church and the London Performing Academy of Music are excited to announce that in response to the war in Ukraine, some of the rooms, including the Henry Wood Room at the church will be used for students from the Ukraine Conservatoires to restart their studies since arriving here under the visa scheme. In addition, the intention is for the church to also be used for regular concerts to provide performance opportunities for the students and generate income to fund the collaboration. Holy Sepulchre and LPMAM present the inaugural concert by musicians from the Ukraine Conservatoires, Thursday 30th June, 6-7pm at Holy Sepulchre, the National Musicians' Church, Holborn Viaduct, London. The concert will be free to attend with a suggested donation of £10 a ticket and a retiring collection to Holy Sepulchre's Music in the Community Fund. Please book your tickets here - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/holy-sepulchre-lpmam-concert-featuring-ukrainian-refugee-music-students-tickets-368750842697 The Holy Sepulchre and LPMAM collaboration presents a weekly concert series by musicians from the Ukraine Conservatoires starting Thursday 7th July at 5pm. Free to attend concert with a retiring collection for Holy Sepulchre's Music in the Community Fund.The collaboration between Holy Sepulchre and LPMAM is in response to the war in Ukraine, and provides a place for tuition, rehearsals and concerts for musicians from the Ukraine Conservatoires.
