2025
In January a choir from the Music Centre performs in a video for the charity WaterAid. A choir from a village in Malawi sings with our choir. The film combines the two choirs to make a very moving appeal for clean water. There is a link to the film on our Home page.
In May the Italian film composer Roberto Mengoli returns to MCL to take promotional photos for Sunflower. There is considerable interest in turning the film into a major full- length feature. Turn to our photo page to see our singers working with Roberto.
Go to Spotify and type ‘Lullaby of Silence – Song – Roberto Mengoli, Music Centre London’ into the search. You can hear our children singing a beautiful wordless song from the soundtrack.
On 14 September MCL singers will again sing for the Thames Festival at The Scoop.
2024
In January a choir of junior singers are recorded for the soundtrack to the short film ’Sunflower’.
In June a group of 12 senior singers perform with Grammy Award-winning singer Aoife O’Donovan at the Barbican Centre. They sing with Aoife in a performance of her new song- cycle ‘America Come’. Below is a short clip of all the performers receiving a standing ovation. Our singers are in white on the left of the clip.
In September singers from both centres join a choir of 350 in a performance in The Scoop.
2018 – 2023
In April 2019 30 of our pupils are filmed for a series of training videos to go online as part of the British Council’s World Voice programme. These films will be seen by teachers all over the world.
In April 2022 a choir from MCL performs alongside opera superstar Joyce DiDonato for two concerts at the Barbican Centre.
In June 2022 singers from both music centres sing with a choir of 400 children in front of Buckingham Palace at the opening of HM Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant.
In March 2023 a group of senior pupils perform at a fundraising benefit for the Turkish Earthquake Appeal.
2005 - 2017
In June 2005 200 of our singers performed with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Alexandra Palace as part of Proms 'Out and About’.
In 2006 a choir of 200 perform three items at the Centre’s fourth BBC Proms appearance.
In January 2007 they sing for the second time with Hugh Masekela, at The Roundhouse.
In 2008 and 2011 choirs from the Music Centre were recorded for Sing Up, the UK’s national singing programme.
In 2011 a choir from the Centre perform at the BBC Proms in their Horrible Histories concert. This was filmed for BBC tv and has been shown many times.
In 2013 choirs were filmed for the British Council's World Voice programme.
In March 2016 and July 2017 singers from the Music Centre performed in public concerts alongside internationally renowned choir Tenebrae.
In 2017 singers from the Centre make their eighth performance at the BBC Proms in a celebration of the film music of John Williams.
2000 - 2004
In 2000 the entire Music Centre sang at the Business Design Centre at a Millennium concert.
In 2003 a choir from the Centre performed at the first ever National Teaching Awards live on BBC1 from Alexandra Palace.
In September 2003 a choir from the Centre sang at the Mayor's Thames Festival.
At Christmas 2003 a choir from the Centre sang on the National Lottery Programme on BBC1 to an audience of 15 million.
In June 2004 singers from the Centre performed with South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela and Jazz Jamaica All Stars at the Barbican Centre.
In December 2004 a choir from the Music Centre performed at 10 Downing Street on the occasion of a State Visit from the President of South Korea.
Pre-2000
In 1996 the entire Music Centre performed a concert at Sadler's Wells Theatre on the last night before the closure and demolition of the old theatre.
In March and June 1998 singers from a senior choir performed in a BBC2 TV programme featuring young music groups of high quality from across the country. One short film of the Centre's Madrigal Group was shown four times on BBC2 as part of their Talent 2000 series.
In June and July 1998 the Centre was filmed for "Don't Stop the Music" - a major Channel 4 film about national music education provision presented by Sir Simon Rattle.
In July 1998 a choir of 200 sings at the BBC Blue Peter Prom at the Royal Albert Hall. The same choir then performs on Blue Peter twice and at the Blue Peter 40th Anniversary Celebration at the Natural History Museum.
In July 1999 a choir sings in the Centre’s second appearance at the BBC Proms.
Many internationally renowned musicians have visited the Centre, including the Harlem Gospel Singers, Maria Friedman, Jacqueline Dankworth and Sir Simon Rattle. Following the Harlem Gospel Singers' visit singers from the Centre joined them on stage in one of their performances at the Peacock Theatre.
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