About Us
Clapham Community Choir was started by Jessie Maryon Davies, a Clapham-born professional pianist and musical organiser, to provide an opportunity for people in and around Clapham to come together in song. Jessie was the choir’s leader until 2015, when we welcomed our current music director, Adam Saunders.
Over the years choir members have been able to take part in musical events such as a multi-choir performance of the Mozart Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall, a performance of Tippett’s A Child Of Our Time at the Festival Hall, “The Events” at the Young Vic Theatre, and a performance of Echoes, by Pete Churchill, with two choirs from other London boroughs.
In 2014 the choir “adopted” composer Mak Murtic under a national scheme sponsored by BBC Radio 3 and Making Music.
The choir is always looking for ways to get involved with the community, and highlights in 2017 have included a concert to launch a book about childhood experiences in Clapham in WWII (“Dangerous Skies”), with the participation of three local primary schools, and a performance in the Clapham Common Summer Bandstand Concerts series.
In 2019, the choir received funding from Skipton Grassroots Giving, to record a CD with children from Clapham Manor, Heathbrook and Macaulay CE primary schools. Later that year, the choirs from the three schools came together in a concert rounding off the project: “Clapham Sings. A celebration of London songs”.
We’re a happy and inclusive choir, as is evident week by week at rehearsals and at the choir’s public performances. Personal enjoyment, and achievement with others in a common purpose, go hand in hand. The benefits of being in a choir are many and the more people who can take part the better!