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![]() The Hap'ning Place 2021Woohoo, what a ride this last year and a half has been.Our students have excelled throughout and here are just some of our activities. The Hap'ning Place Concert Series June 2021 ![]() The first performances at the studio in almost two years!🎉Performers in The Hap'ning Place Concert Series June 18-19 2021Promise Sarah Warren, soprano with Fran Hills, piano Passion Julia Chaplin, soprano with Ana Bursac, piano Première Catherine Hastings Davies, soprano with Caroline Soresby, piano Prelude Lottie Skinner, violin with Caroline Soresby, piano Première Catherine Hastings Davies, soprano with Caroline Soresby, piano The Hap'ning Place ChoralTones directed by M Happel ![]() The Hap'ning Place Student Recital Online April 2021Online Students RecitalStudents of Tanya Barringer, Leyla Cemiloglu, Janet Fischer, & Maryliese Happel March 27, 2021 Ane Jekabson Presto Giuseppe Valentino Mylo Hall Pussycat & Rowing James Petitt My Shadow and Turkey in the Straw Ella Dilleyston Hoe-Down Allan Bullard Davide Carlotti-Fitzgibbon Ode to Joy and When the Saints Come Marching In Mira Ozay Race Against Time, Fanfare Finale and Drunken Sailor Pauline Hall Ellie Skinner Rondeau John-Joseph Mouret Elizabeth Sagar Ritournelle Cecile Chaminade Hitomi Sakamoto Grazie Amore Mio Francis Lai Julia Chaplin Ave Maria Bach/Gounod ![]() Online 🎄Christmas Concert and Sing Along 2020December at The Hap'ning Place is usually one of our busiest months. We are busy producing our Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors, the MadriGals are performing at the Tower and our Hap'ning Place choir and fiddle club are caroling for charity collections at many North and Central London locations. 2020 was a different kind of year, but we still managed to create some festive spirit!🎅🏻🧑🏻🎄![]() The Hap'ning Place went online in 2020Little did we know, that the last live performances at the studio would be our Voice Recital in February 2020.With Caroline Soresby, piano and Singers Alexia Hodgson Cross, Ellen Durkin, Peter east, Anne-Marie McCooey, Angela Elliott, Jim Rose, Natasha Hardy, Julia Chaplin Summer 2020 Online RecitalsOnline Instrumental RecitalStudents of Tanya Barringer, Leyla Cemiloglu, Janet Fischer, and Ian Fleming July 11, 2020 Florence Aldeghieri Old Macdonald Ane Jekabsone Theme from Berceuse Owen Ossa-Richardson De Boself Lulu Gotch Skipping, Jumping, Improvising and Deep Knee Bends Chileshe Gotch Be our Guest Ellie Skinner Thine be the glory Judas Maccabeus Owen Ossa-Richardson Concerto in B minor mvt.1 James Pettit Little Bo Peep Ella Dilleyston Dinosaur's Bedtime March Mira Özay Echoes , Shepherd's Hey, Hallowe'en March ![]() Summer Voice Recital Online 2020Online Voice RecitalStudents of Maryliese Happel July 11, 2020 14:00 Peter East Linden Lea Ellen Durkin Venezianisches Gondolied Julia Chaplin Apres Un Rêve Julie Sondergaard Goodnight My Someone Music Man Alexia Hodgson-Cross A Good Man Is Hard To Find Hitomi Sakamoto Te Amare Moulin Rouge Online voice recital April 2020Online Voice RecitalStudents of Maryliese Happel and Janet Fischer April 25, 2020 Angela Joyce Where Corals Lie Sea Pictures Liz Sagar Sea Wrack Peter East Dal Fulgor Giulio Cesare Plum Ossa-Richardson Pious Orgies Judas Maccabeus Ellen Durkin Rejoice Messiah Julia Chaplin Vissi D’arte Tosca Andrew Costa Demons Imagine Dragons Jim Rose I Wish You Love Julie Sondergaard I Could Have Danced All Night My Fair Lady Alexia Hodgeson-Cross Black Coffee Hitomi Sakamoto All I Ask of You Phantom of the Opera Natasha Hardy Danny Boy ![]() Online Instrumental Recital April 2020Online Instrumental RecitalStudents of Leyla Cemiloglu, Jacob Elliott, Janet Fischer, and Ian Fleming, April 25 2020 Florence Aldeghieri Floating Clouds and Rockin' Rabbits James Petitt Mountain Climbing Lulu Gotch Can’t Stop the Feeling Owen Richardson Owen’s Song Mira Özay Au Clair De La Lune and If You Should Meet A Crocodile Chileshe Gotch Bluebells of Scotland Lily Faber Long Friday I’m In Love Ellie Skinner Minuets Lottie Skinner Ashokan Farewell Ishan Sinha-Ray Greensleeves Katie Garrill Red Wing & Down Yonder ![]() 🎅🏻Christmas Events and Fundraising 2019The Hap'ning Place is always very busy in December with our fundraising efforts for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital and Marie Curie. In 2019 we added the opera Amahl and the Night Visitors to our performances as well.![]() The Hap'ning Place Events in Pictures 2019The Hap'ning Place Concert Series at the beautiful Hornsey Tower concludes our concert series for 2018.Performers celebrating Silver Sunday entertained the audiences with a variety of music from contemporary Italian songs and jazz standards to opera!. 2:30 "Let Us Garlands Bring" Nigel Hamilton, baritone with Caroline Soresby, piano 3:00 "How Can I Keep From Singing" The Hap’ning Place MadriGals Ellen Durkin, Angela Joyce, Mary Maddison & Anne-Marie McCooey with Amy Luyendijk, piano 3:30 "Songs To The Moon" Julia Chaplin, soprano with Stefano Marzanni, piano 4:00 "Un Giorno Per Noi" Hitomi Sakamoto, soprano with Stefano Marzanni, piano 4:30 "Passaggi" Alexia Hodgson-Cross, soprano with Stefano Marzanni, piano 5:00 "That’s Jazz" Angela Elliott with Stefano Marzanni, piano ![]() ![]() The Campsbourne Community Festival 2019This was the inaugural year for The Campsbourne Community Arts and Music Festival. Next year's program is planned for the weekend of July 11-12 and will involve local visual artists and musicians. For more information on how to participate, please contact us by emailing us here![]() The Hap'ning Place Concert Series with The Crouch End Festival 2019The Hap'ning Place is a founding member of The Crouch End Festival and this year's concerts were very well attended.![]() ![]() The Hap'ning Place Schubertiade 2019 with Patrick LerescheThe annual January Schubertiade at The Hap'ning Place celebrates the birthday and the music of Franz Schubert. Our singers are able to participate in an afternoon of coaching style with pianist Patrick Leresche and perform the music in the evening.The Program included: An Die Nachtigall - D497 (Matthias Claudius) Angela Joyce Die Rose – D745 (Friedrich von Schlegel) Alexia Hodgson-Cross Seligkeit – D433 (Ludwig C.H. Hölty) Elizabeth Sagar Der Wanderer - D493 (G.P. Schmidt von Lübeck) James Rose Lachen Und Weinen- D777 (Friedrich Rückert) Peter East Gretchen Am Spinnrade – D118 (from Goethe) Romilly Greenhill An Den Mond - D193 (Ludwig C.H. Hölty) Hitomi Sakamoto Du Bist Die Ruh- D776 (F. Rückert) Julia Chaplin An Die Musik- D547 (Franz von Schober) All Singers Beloved art, in how many bleak hours, when I am enmeshed in life’s tumultuous round, have you kindled my heart to the warmth of love, and borne me away to a better world!Often a sigh, escaping from your harp, a sweet, celestial chord ![]() The Hap'ning Place Events in Pictures 2018The Hap'ning Place Christmas Choir, Fiddle Club and the vocal groups MadriGals and Plush combined to enhance the Christmas season by caroling throughout London.The Hap'ning Place was able to contribute £1702.20 to Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, £785.29 for Marie Curie and £101.75 for the National Autisitic Society! The MadriGals and Plush delighted audiences at the beautiful Hornsey Church tower. The Hap'ning Place Fiddle Club played at Great Ormond Street Children's hospital, The National Autistic Society's Christmas Fair as well as St Pancras Railway station and the Spring Lane assisted care home. The Hap'ning Place Christmas choir carried the Christmas spirit wherever they went in their caroling at Alexandra Palace Antique Fair, the Crouch End Christmas Fayre, St Pancras, and the Hornsey Tower. Congratulations to all at The Hap'ning Place for bringing smiles to so many faces! ![]() The Hap'ning Place Performance Workshop 2018 with Megan Thomas and Robert LydiardThe Hap'ning Place Performance Workshop with Megan Thomas and Robert Lydiard October 2018"Do you get butterflies, shaky knees and suddenly want to sink into the floor when you are asked to sing a solo? " International performers Megan Thomas and Robert Lydiard offer a Performance Workshop for singers and actors at The Hap’ning Place in Crouch End. The return of their popular workshop covers audition techniques, presentation, vocal styles and tips on how to prepare yourself for your ‘big moment’. This workshop is not about how well you sing- but how to best prepare and give a performance. They will repeat their powerful class October 2020! ![]() The Hap'ning Place Singers' Holiday and Singing Workshop in GreeceSingers from around the world are welcome to participate in The Hap'ning Place Summer Singing Holiday on the beautiful island of Chios. The mornings are spent singing away at the beautiful seaside venue of Maria's Villa and the afternoons and evenings are yours to practice your Greek(!) and perhaps just laze by the sea with your favorite book.![]() Spring Ensembles Concert 2018The Hap'ning Place Spring Ensembles Concert in March offers our students the opportunity to learn duets and small ensembles.It's not only fun to play with other musicians, we feel it is extremely important training. The various duos, trios and ensembles work with each other and then perform them in our large hall. This year we were standing room only! |
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