Join Fortismere Community Choir for a great line-up of summery songs for the term. One of the main pieces is a medley of songs from the musical La La Land, and we'll be doing other songs including Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves and Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles.It's good to have a performance to work towards, so we'll be singing at Fortismere's summer music festival at the end of term. Members of our Community Symphony Orchestra will be involved as well. (The date for this is…See More

Experience a world of profound emotions with Wagner's intensely tragic Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, followed by the evocative seascapes of Elgar's Sea Pictures, and the heroic struggles and triumphant resolution of Brahms's First Symphony.Soloist Annabella-Vesela Ellis has performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and at the English National Opera, Glyndebourne and Wexford Festival Opera. She was described as making a "shimmering impression" in her role in the ENO's…See More

Get the whole family into the Christmas spirit with Fortismere's Community, Junior and Youth Choirs!Join us for this magical concert of festive cheer and join in with your favourite traditional carols in the second half of the concert.Book at https://www.fortismeremusiccentre.co.uk/events/fortismere-community-choir-christmas-concert-1Tickets are £13 online in advance, £16 on the door.…See More

We are offering free tickets to anyone under 18 as youth has a special place in this concert being performed at St Andrew’s Church, Muswell Hill N10 on Sunday 17th November.The programme includes a much-loved work - Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto - which Shostakovich wrote for his 19-year-old son to perform. Fittingly, our soloist is a young man as well - a talented young 17-year-old from The Purcell School for Young Musicians called Yazdi Madon so we are offering young people the…See More

It's not too late to join us for some joyful singing this term! Rehearsals are just beginning - tonight and the next two rehearsals are open to anyone wanting to come and try us out. We've got a wonderful programme of music to rehearse for our Christmas concert, including Britten's beautiful Ceremony of Carols, plus Rutter and Karl Jenkins. We have a wide range of singers, from music teachers to beginners. Requirements are just enthusiasm, a love of singing and the ability to learn and hold a…See More

All singers, new or experienced, warmly invited to join us for our final Come & Sing this Saturday (13th) in Muswell Hill, North London. It'll be a fun and relaxed day rehearsing songs from three musicals. The workshop will be led by Cathal Garvey (Royal Academy of Music).Comments from previous attendees: "Very professional and amiable guidance", "Great fun and really rewarding - amazing the standard we got three pieces up to in just one day!"Pieces on the day:Working Girl: Let the River…See More

Looking forward to the Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra concert coming up this Saturday in Muswell Hill - a programme of thrilling, toe-tapping music perfect for those who aren't into football (there's a certain match happening earlier) or if you want to come on from the match for something very different!The programme is Ligeti, Khachaturian, Tchaikovsky and Borodin. While some of those names might not be so familiar, you will definitely recognise some of the tunes!Khachaturian's Waltz…See More

All singers, new or experienced, are warmly invited to join us for our next Come & Sing on Saturday 15th June in Muswell Hill, North London. The morning will preview one of our Christmas pieces - Britten's Ceremony of Carols - and the afternoon will take a look at Borodin's Polovtsian Dances which is being performed by Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra on 6th July.The five movements of the Britten we're going to cover are:Wolcom Yole! / There is no rose / Balulalow / As Dew in Aprille…See More

Fortismere Community Choir is inviting everyone and anyone to come and enjoy a day of singing together this summer - whether you used to sing and can't seem to find the time any more, or have always wanted to join a choir but never taken the first step. There is no need to be able to read music, or be familiar with the pieces in advance - join in with us for one, two or all three days and feel the magic of communal singing!We are running three workshops this summer, and our first one is this…See More

A fabulous all-Mozart programme of some of his best-loved works: Ave Verum Corpus Violin Concerto No.5 INTERVAL Requiem in D minor Violin: Alexander Casson Conductor: Thomas GregoryEarly bird tickets online at https://www.fortismeremusiccentre.co.uk/events/fortismere-community-choir-and-orchestra-concert£13 standard, £8 Students/U18sSee More

Join us for this festive and joyful event!Jan Dismas Zelenka Missa dei Filii ZWV 20 | Interval | Carols for choir and audienceDiscover the ingenious and unconventional composer Jan Dismas Zelenka, a Baroque composer who was highly acclaimed at the time, and yet whose works fell into obscurity for the next 200 years. J S Bach himself knew Zelenka personally, and held his music in high esteem. Fortismere Community Choir hope to contribute to the resurgence of this long-forgotten musical giant,…See More

Muswell Hill's very own symphony orchestra present an exciting programme for their first concert of the new season.The concert will start with the opening of Haydn’s Creation. This is the most extraordinary depiction of chaos with quite visionary use of harmony. We will then be joined by Syrian rising star Bilal Al Nemr who will be travelling in from Berlin to play Beethoven's Violin Concerto. For the second half, we will perform Schumann’s wonderful Fourth Symphony.Tickets online from…See More

Tickets £12 in advance from https://www.fortismereperformingartscentre.co.uk/events/fortismere-community-symphony-orchestra-concert-1£15 on the door£8 Students/Under-12sSee More