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Sydenham Arts are busy recruiting volunteers for their Summer Festival which will take place from 1st to 10th July. Want to find out more? Join us for a Glass of Wine and some nibbles at our Meet and Greet Thursday 9th June 2016 6.30pm - 9.30pm Here For Good Centre 17 Sydenham Road SE26 5EX Need mor...

Sydenham Arts presents SING OUT @ FIVE! Join the four Lewisham “Sing Out” community choirs as they celebrate their 5th Anniversary! Featuring songs, old and new, plus music from renowned recorder quartet Palisander. Saturday May 21st, 7pm (doors open 6.30pm) Holy Trinity Church Centre, 66 Lennard Ro...

Join Sydenham Arts and three musicians from Spectrum Ensemble London who will take a piece of music, turn it into a picture and back into a different piece of music! Suitable for 8-12 year-olds. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Bring your instrument if you’d like to, art materials and instr...

There’s still time to book tickets for Sydenham Arts’ Festival of Music! Don’t miss the opportunity to experience great music on your doorstep! There are plenty of free and family-friendly events too! We recommend advance booking to avoid disappointment. Please see http://sydenhamarts.co.uk/whats-on...

An interactive concert for families with this vibrant young ensemble presented by Palisander. Hear tales of spies, space and spiders and wonder at recorders of all shapes and sizes – from six inches to six feet tall! Award winning quartet, Palisander, has performed in a variety of places, from Brigh...

Timely classics to blow away the Sunday hangover! A special blues brunch featuring standards from the songbooks of Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Billie Holiday, Tom Waits and more. Vocalist Chris Thow and pianist Mike Perry have a musical history dating back to the 1980’s. The duo, signed to major lab...

A new sound world of innovative arrangements. Hear pieces performed in a way you have never heard them before. This 19 piece ensemble of flutes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, tuba, double bass, timpani and percussion take on the work of 80 people with energy, verve and a great deal of skill,...

London Joy Singers lift your soul! Come along to commune, sing along and laugh - you may find your calling! Founded in 2015 by choir director Simeon Dore, London Joy Singers, accompanied by ace pianist Abe Hampton, testify with a mixture of classic and modern gospel along with Motown and R'n'B class...

An Intimate Solo Show. Sydenham Arts brings renowned acoustic artists to perform locally for our community! With support from Astrid Williamson Since releasing 2000’s Mercury nominated Little Black Numbers Kathryn Williams has released nine solo albums, drifting between folk and pop, each of them de...

Sounds and Sweet Airs presented by Felicity Hayward and Catherine Herriott The works of William Shakespeare have offered inspiration to generations of writers and musicians, who have used his poems and plays to create innumerable works for the concert hall, stage and screen. In this song recital, ma...

Birdman or (The unexpected Virtue of ignorance) (2014) Presented by Sydenham Film Club. Winner of four Oscars, including Best Picture and Director (Alejandro G. Iñárritu), this eccentric dark comedy exposes the life behind the Broadway theatre stage and features a highly acclaimed original jazz soun...

As part of Sydenham Arts' 9 day celebration of sound we're featuring two lunchtime recitals to break up your working day at exceptional ticket prices! The Edge Ensemble - A string quartet. Tuesday, April 12 at 1:30 PM Sydenham Community Library, 210 Sydenham Road, SE26 5SE All accomplished instrumen...

A musical journey, presented by Red Hot and Blue. The music which grew from New Orleans brings together many varied and diverse influences, including slave songs and work songs, ragtime, blues, classical music, church music – truly a music for all people in all times. Red Hot and Blue epitomise the ...

Spectrum Ensemble London appear here as an octet of two flutes, four clarinets and two bassoons in a programme that offers great variety in terms of genres and styles from a wide range of composers. All the music was originally written for strings, solo piano, piano and orchestra or full orchestra, ...

From 9th April the SEE3 Sydenham market will be back in Venner and Queensthorpe squares on the second Saturday of each month. Once again Sydenham Arts will be programming a range of performers to make our high street a vibrant place for shoppers and our brilliant local businesses. The exuberant fanc...

Our Festival of Music, April 9-17th, is soon approaching and there are a limited number of FREE spaces available on our Painting Music Workshop. Painting music… how? Join us and with three musicians from Spectrum Ensemble London who will take a piece of music, turn it into a picture and back into a ...

Calling all Volunteer Festival Makers. Our Festival of Music will take place from Saturday 9th to Sunday 17th April 2016. We will be seeking volunteers for set up/close down, box office, stewards, bar/refreshments, information/fundraising and photography for this festival and other festivals and eve...

Free tickets for your views! Please could you take a moment to complete the survey here: http://goo.gl/forms/DCqqCf0L7U so I can hear your thoughts on Sydenham Arts as an organisation. Funding and sponsors are to key to our success and your input is invaluable. Participants will be added to a prize ...

Sydenham Arts and Spectrum Ensemble London present The Colour of Sound Sunday 28th February 2016 3pm at The Sydenham Centre, 44a Sydenham Road, London SE26 5QX £8 (concessions £6) An art exhibition and open conversation including live and recorded music with founder of Spectrum Ensemble London Fiona...

Sydenham Arts and SEE3 present a Sydenham Christmas Extravaganza! 12th December 11am-5pm 11am Christmas market starts with a range of hot food and craft stalls offering unique Christmas gifts and entertainment from Peter Caesar. 3pm Tea Party at the Sydenham Centre starting with Red Hot and Blue wit...