Dido & Aeneas – An Opera by Henry Purcell

Date: Friday 6th October, 8pm

Venue: The Church of The Holy Innocents, Paddenswick Road,  Hammersmith, W6 0UB

 

KOFMA present Purcell’s chamber opera in a fully staged production.

Dido and Aeneas is a heartbreaking tale of Love, Hate & the tragedy of Fate.

Musical Director: Ashley Stafford

Director: Richard Bastable

Harpsichord: Miles Lallemant

Leader: Tom Aldren

Dido: Laura Lamph

Aeneas: Brian McAlea

Belinda: Sarah Rennix

Second Woman: Charlotte Broker

Sorceress: Alexander Pullinger

First Witch: Scar de Courcier

Second Witch: Christine Mackay

 

 

KOFMA Young Singers Masterclass & Concert

Date: Tuesday 10th October

Venue: St Luke’s Church, Uxbridge Road, W12 0NS

12pm – Public Masterclass with Ashley Stafford
8pm – Young Singers Concert

 

 

 

 

All the King’s Men

Date: Thursday 12th October, 8pm

St Luke’s Church, Uxbridge Road

All the King’s men are an award-winning vocal group, founded at King’s College London in 2009. Since then, the group have expanded, touring the east and west coasts of the United States, South Korea, Hong Kong and Italy. In 2015, AtKM were crowned Europe’s best a capella act at the ICCA competition in London, before making their Broadway debut at the ICCA finals in New York.

Already ‘heavyweights’ (Telegraph) of London’s West End, they made their first appearance at the Boston Sings A Cappella festival in 2016, where, as the only British group to have ever competed, they were awarded second place by a panel of Grammy Award winning artists and Swingle Singers. Now a staple act of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival after 6 years, AtKM’s show ‘RADIO GAGA’ was reviewed with 5 stars by Broadway Baby Magazine and awarded a Fringe Laurel to acknowledge its ‘official sellout’ status. The group was also nominated for four Darkchat awards for Fringe Performance including Best Song and Best Show. All the King’s Men record with American label, The Vocal Company, and their 5th studio album ‘11’ is due for release in June 2016, and has already been nominated for three Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARAs). Two songs from the album have been released as part of the music video trilogy, ‘Leave a Light On’, with the third being hotly anticipated to come out this summer.

Their successful performances at The Vaults in June marked the London leg of ‘The 11 tour’ which had already seen performances in Boston MA, Rochester NY, and New York, before they continue on to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August.

 

Masked Ball & Gala Dinner  

Date: Friday 13th October, 8pm

Venue: Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Road

Set in an old Edwardian Dance Hall, this years dinner promises to be better than ever.

The Lallemant Trio will be returning and we hope you take to the dance floor like never before.