This overview is designed to provide you with everything you need to know about us....
OUR PEOPLE
LSP is a friendly, inclusive and lively community-led choir with its very own professional band, based in North London. We have been going since 2016 and are a lovely bunch of ~50 singers – some with loads of singing experience, some who’ve never sung in a choir before. We don’t have any auditions on joining and we all support each other in rehearsing and performing.
We do use sheet music, but you do not need to be able to read music. In fact, many members follow along and sing mainly by ear. All we ask is that you aspire to learn, to practise and improve!
Everyone is welcome at our local pub for a drink after rehearsals and we do try to arrange at least one official choir dinner a year.
OUR MUSIC
The music we perform is a wonderful, mixed bag of contemporary songs - not ‘your usual choir repertoire’, with the four-part vocal arrangements created bespoke by our Musical Director, Sam Sommerfeld.
Sam is the driving force of both the musical and artistic direction of LSP, and his passion, energy and humour are infectious. Recent tracks from our set lists, include Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush), Nica Libres At Dusk (Ben Howard), Forgiven (Kwabs) and Everything I Wanted (Billie Eilish). Some arrangements give an opportunity for soloists to shine.
OUR GIGS
We work towards gigs throughout the course of the year, with our general pattern being two main ones (ticketed, with a 150+ audience), plus a few more informal/pop-up performances at unexpected venues like St Pancras station and the South Bank Centre concourse. Performing together for an audience is a huge buzz for everyone and even those who get a little nervous beforehand can’t wait for the next time! We love it!
OUR BAND
Our fantastic professional band – comprising piano/keys, harp, drums, bass and guitar - are central to the LSP sound and help set us apart from other community choirs. They join vocal rehearsals every month and of course perform at all our gigs. Their connections across the music industry allow us to invite guest artists and musicians to join us on stage and enrich our sounds at every gig. So far, we’ve had sax, trumpet, accordion, trombone – and even a human beatbox!
JOINING LSP
- We rehearse at the Primrose Hill Community Library (14 Sharples Hall St, London NW1 8YN)
- 7.15pm–9.15pm on Wednesdays (in line with Camden school term times)
- Membership is £30/month (for 12 months of the year) paid by standing order, with some concessions available on request
- The membership fee covers all venue hire, band and gig costs, vocal arrangements and running costs throughout the year. Note committee members are volunteers and do not get paid for their time .
- We offer two free trial sessions for you to get a flavour of what we’re like before committing
- We also share an online resource package, including pre-recorded guide tracks so that you can continue listening and learning at home between rehearsals
- We share pdfs of the sheet music and encourage members to use an iPad/tablet rather than printing.
- Our rehearsals are dog-friendly, providing they are well behaved
- If you are concerned about any specific needs that you feel may impact your ability to join LSP, please just talk to us (Babs Kell 07977585764 ) . We will find a way to make it work for you!
NEED MORE INFO…
Follow us on our socials – we’re @ldnsoundproject on TikTok, Instagram, Threads and X. ‘London Sound Project’ on Facebook.
If there’s anything else you want to know, please do drop us a line at ldnsoundproject@gmail.com
