Free Ye Olde Mindful Carols' Service

Though tickets may be available on the day, free pre-booking is strongly advised to avoid disappointment. Festive refreshments will be available post-service, and we invite you to make a donation towards the Brixton & Norwood Foodbank (£10 suggested, with Gift Aid available).

Doors open at 12:00pm for an 12:15pm start.

Website: www.music.brixtonunitarians.org

Limited onsite parking bookable at: www.justpark.com/uk/parking/london/s/effra-road-london-sw2/

Ellie Blewitt (soprano)

Ellie Blewitt is a young soprano, studying Music at King's College London and the Royal Academy of Music. Prior to this, she attended the Chetham's School of Music, where she was awarded the T E Drane Prize for Vocal Music.

Ellie's previous solo experience includes Pergolasi's Stabat Mater and Vivaldi's Gloria (2024), Mozart's Requiem, and J. S. Bach's Magnificat at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square (2024), Handel's Dixit Dominus (2024), Handel's Messiah (2023), Vaughan Williams's Mass in G minor at Dorchester Abbey (2023), and Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle (2023). She has also enjoyed a BBC broadcast at Bridgewater Hall, singing the soprano 2 solo in Haydn's Harmoniemesse with the BBC Philharmonic (2022). In addition to her solo endeavours, Ellie enjoys choral scholarships at both Temple Church, and with the Choir of King's College London.

Ricky Taing (bass)

Ricky is a pianist, flautist, and singer who graduated from King's College London with First Class Honours in Music, where he was the Trendell Memorial Choral Scholar and elected an Associate of the College. He studied voice with Robert Rice, trained with The Rodolfus Choir and National Youth Choir of Great Britain, and concurrently undertook studies on flute with Laura Jellicoe, Anna Noakes, and Lucy Driver at the Royal Academy of Music.

While at King's, he appeared in four albums with Delphian Records, featuring in world premiere recordings as part of a partnership with the Choir & Organ Magazine. Having performed as a soloist and ensemble member, notable concert appearances with the choir include singing Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil (Vespers) at the Thaxted Festival, Presteigne Festival in Wales, and the National Centre of Performing Arts at the China International Choral Festival in Beijing. In addition to maintaining a busy freelance portfolio, Ricky is a collaborative performing artist, composer, music writer, and educator.

www.rickytaing.co.uk

Jason Taing (piano and organ)

London-based conductor, pianist and educator Jason Taing has been remarked upon as “bringing a great interpretive sensibility, flexibility and confidence that belies his years” by composer Richard Fay. Jason is Artistic Director of the Brixton Concert Series where he has curated a number of performances, with a highlight of the 2023/24 season including directing Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with the newly established Brixton Soloists.

From 2016 to 2021, Jason was the Founder and Artistic Director of The Camerata Players and Voices, an ensemble principally comprised of musicians from The University of Manchester and The Royal Northern College of Music. As Artistic Director, he curated and conducted a number of diverse programmes in some of Manchester’s most prominent concert venues. The Camerata Voices made a premiere recording with organist Jack Redman of Philip Lowe’s setting of The Shepherds’ Carol for the Eboracum Choral Series.

He has held teaching and directing posts with orchestral, choral and chamber groups as part of the European Youth Music and the University College London Music Society, and is Reserve Conductor of the London Schools’ Symphony Orchestra. Jason holds the Licentiate of Trinity College London Piano Diploma with Distinction and is a keen soloist, accompanist and ensemble member. Jason is an Associate Pianist at The Royal Ballet School and Musical Director at Brixton Unitarian Church.

www.jasontaing.com

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