News Archives - The Improvisers' Choir

News: Do we need new music?

Jenni will be appearing on a panel discussion about this on January 19th at the South Bank Centre. https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/132577-state-sound-do-we-need-new-music-2019?fbclid=IwAR3EorOp88Z65nJA2ZLWkZxttQPwA3Zd50tKp1OYCP7LL6Lg_Wg6_QVQ34g

News: TIC in Open University Concert

March 8th at Club Inégales, Euston TIC take over ‘the deep listening basement’ where 100’s of amazing concerts have taken place in the last 5 years. As part of a conference on Women and/in Musical Leadership Jenni Roditi will be giving the keynote speech on March 7th and she will be appearing with TIC on March 8th. http://fass.open.ac.uk/iwmlc More info to follow shortly.

News: TIC join AWAL – Artists Without A Label

Earlier this month, in December 2018, we submitted our forthcoming double EP to AWAL – a great new model in business for the music industry and for music writers. We are delighted to announce we were accepted onto their data base which means we have now got worldwide digital distribution via iTunes and Spotify for our PRSF funded double EP, recorded in the summer, titled LANDMASS. We have also selected […]

News: TIC win NonClassical Battle of the Bands 2018!

This performance was one of six acts in the Battle. We are thrilled to say it won the night! https://soundcloud.com/the_improvisers_choir/tic-nonclassical-battle-of-the-bands Jenni Roditi (Artistic Director) Singers Dilara Aydin-Corbett Veronica Chacon Shreyans Iyer Camilo Menjura Ebe Oke Candida Valentino Marcia Willis

News: A Very Special Guest at the next Club Vocale!

For our next Club Vocale night (Sunday 16th October), we’ve decided to shake things up a bit by inviting a formidable artist and human rights activist to join us on stage. Drum roll please for Ian Shaw, “one of the world’s finest male jazz vocalists” and mighty fine improviser! Grab an advance ticket (£8 + fee) or chance it at the door (£10) – we will open the house at 6.30pm […]

News: Auditions for TIC – Round Two

Calls for improvising vocalists. We are looking for: One or two male singers to join the choir. group of female and male reserve singers for the choir. November 8th 19.00 – 20.30 Audition workshop, Crouch End – for male and female vocalists. (this date has been moved forward from 4th Nov) We have lost one of our key singers in the choir who has returned home to work in the […]

News: Club Vocale: Launch!

Club Vocale is an exciting new hub for edgy, passionate and alchemical vocal performances, mixing improvised, devised and partly scored pieces performed by house choir TIC and community choir TOC, along with guest vocal and instrumental artists invited to expand our community through collaboration and experimentation. We’re calling all adventurous musicians, composers and listeners to explore with us new unchartered territories between composition and improvisation, in the comfy bohemian setting of Earl Haigh Hall! Join us for the launch of Club […]

News: TIC TOC SING Crouch End Festival

Link to Festival website: http://www.crouchendfestival.org/events/tic-the-improvisers-choir/ TIC and TOC are performing at the Crouch End Festival, June 10th, 7.30 Hornsey Town Hall Arts Centre. We are delighted to be in the iconic Grade 2 listed Hornsey Town Hall. TOC will perform at 7.30pm in the beautiful Art Deco Crush Hall and TIC will perform in the archaic ‘Supper Room’ – now a brilliant new theatre space in the basement of […]

News: TIC Ceremonial

Using TIC as part of your Ceremony Being in the moment with improvisation provides a unique sensibility to the occasion, the atmosphere and the meanings and feelings present in the room. As vocal improvisers we are able to translate these ‘vibes’ into music, unique to the time, place and energy of the space and people participating in the ceremony. TIC Ceremonial is a new development in the work of the choir and places us in […]