Month: May 2024
Rachel has over 25 years of managing and producing projects and events from concept to delivery in the creative and performing arts sector. Skilled in producing events and projects, curating programmes & stage management across the performing arts, Rachel has also developed projects internationally in the last 15 years. For 10 years she initiated and produced ResTec Dance event in Newham which raised awareness of HIV/AIDS through created works by young local people 13 years + through to professional artists. Rachel trained in dance at Middlesex University and went on to teach, perform and choreograph for 15 years later on becoming an associate …
Chanté Osagiede is an Actor, Music Facilitator, Singer and is currently one of the four Lead Artists on Living Song’s Artist Approach 2 Project. Her biggest musical inspiration is her mum, who instilled her love for reggae and lover’s rock music from a very early age. She is passionate about the power music has in unifying people of many different walks of life, and developing more enriching experiences, particularly for young people. With a name that literally means “to sing” in French, Chanté’s love for singing was almost destined to happen. She grew up within the Living Song CIC community, her first experience being performing …
Pam Hulme is a choral conductor, organist, composer, and music education specialist who splits her time between Berlin and the UK. Her innovative approach to music breaks down cultural preconceptions, leaps over traditional boundaries between genres, and she is passionate about music’s power to build and sustain communities. For a more detailed biography click here.
The Living Song Team is delighted to announce that, this Summer, we will be running a short, introductory version of our choral conducting course which follows the CME approach (Choral Music Experience). CME Compact is for those interested in an exciting half-day of choral repertoire, voice production and conducting technique taught by CME Founder and accomplished Conductor, Master-Teacher, Author, and Editor Dr. Doreen Rao, plus an experienced faculty of conductor-teachers from across the UK and Europe. CME Compact will take place between 13.30-18.00 on Saturday 8th June at St Luke’s Millwall, Alpha Grove, London E14 8LH, (10 mins from Canary Wharf) and costs £75 to attend. …
Following the difficulties we all experienced during the world’s global pandemic, we are thrilled to share with you the news that a CME Leadership Retreat, and CME Introductory Course will be held in East London, from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th June 2024. These two offerings will be hosted by Living Song CIC, organized by a working party including CME Master Teachers Pam Hulme (Berlin) Jane Wheeler (London), Mary Amond O’Brien (Ireland), Mandy Miller (Scotland), plus Artist Teachers Naveen Arles, Mairead Duffy, and Bryan Welton, with CME Founder-Director, Doreen Rao coming from the US. The CME Leadership Retreat is for CME Artist and …
Hello Everyone! I’m Chanté, currently working as Living Song’s Programme Co-ordinator and one of the four Lead Artists for this year’s Artist Approach Project (AA2). we are so proud to say that Living Song has collaborated with Lambeth Music Service for another successful year. What an amazing time we all had at the Southbank Centre for Lambeth Music Service’s Primary Singing Day on March 25th. Across two concerts, 1700 primary school children sang their hearts out on the Royal Festival Hall stage. Cheers of joy echoed from a full house of 2000 audience members – made up of family, friends …
