Lunchtime Concerts
Tuesdays at 12.30pm - Free entry with retiring collection
Songs of Night and Darkness - Tuesday 25th November, 2025. 12:30pm
Laura Newey - Soprano
Laura Newey is a solo and choral soprano based in London. Winner of the 2024 John Kerr Award for English Song, she performs with ensembles including Tenebrae, Collegium Vocale Gent, St Martin’s Voices, Contrapunctus, Ensemble Pro Victoria, and ORA Singers, as well as leading professional church choirs across London. She was a 2024/25 VOCES8 UK Scholar, also deputising with VOCES8 during 2024 for engagements in the UK and Germany.
Laura was recently selected for Collegium Vocale Gent’s 2025 Solo Bach Masterclass, culminating in a performance with Collegium Vocale Gent at Concertgebouw Brugge. Other recent solo highlights include Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with St Martin’s Voices, a programme of Monteverdi and Strozzi with Ensemble Pro Victoria, and Purcell’s The Fairy Queen with Instruments of Time & Truth.
Laura trained originally as a pianist before discovering singing at university. She held choral and academic scholarships at Keble College, Oxford, graduating in 2021 with a First in Music. From 2022-23, she was a Choral Scholar at St Martin-in-the-Fields. She studies with Julie Kennard.
For this recital, Laura will be accompanied by pianist Izzy Mohan. They will be performing songs by Parry, Dowland, Rebecca Clarke, Madeline Dring, and more.
A Jazzy Christmas - Tuesday 2nd December, 2025. 12:30pm
Maddie Martin Trio
London-based vocalist Maddie Martin is quickly carving her own path as a dynamic new voice rooted in tradition and fresh perspective. A distinctive ‘old soul’ tone and a gift for storytelling, she captivated audiences through expressive phrasing, rich timbre and strong stage presence. Dedicated to honing her craft, Maddie has trained under esteemed jazz vocalists including, Claire Martin OBE, Lauren Kinsella and Anita Wardell, developing her skills in vocal interpretation, band leading and storytelling. Raised in a musical household, she was immersed in a wide array of genres from a young age – performing everything from musical theatre and classical to jazz and soul. This eclectic foundation helped shape her broad musical perspective and continues to influence her distinctive artistry.
Maddie met pianist Columbus Sandor and bassist Guy Dempsey while studying at the Royal Academy of Music, the trio graduated together in July 2025. With Guy’s 'unwavering crotchet beat' (UK Jazz News) and Columbus’s expressive melodic lines, Maddie’s group delivers playful, original, and soulful sets, blending beloved jazz standards and songs from the Great American Songbook. In January 2025, Maddie, Columbus, Guy and drummer Kai MacRae recorded a demo at Quiet Money Studios featuring five arrangements of her favourite standards. Maddie is thrilled to have returned to Quiet Money Studios to record her debut EP with her quartet alongside some of London’s horn players. The project is co-produced by five-time Grammy-nominated producer and musician James McMillan and acclaimed British vocalist Claire Martin OBE. As the release approaches, Maddie is eager to share this personal, unique and collaborative project with venues in and around London.
The New Eden Consort - Tuesday 9th December, 2025. 12:30pm.
Christmas Classics
The New Eden Consort is a four-part vocal ensemble, based in Greenwich, London. Its members – Grace, Niamh, Charlie and Dom, are all either current vocal studies students or alumni from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
The group originates from the conservatoire’s chapel choir at the Old Royal Naval College, where they sing twice a week in term time to complement their solo vocal studies. Their collective experience in choral singing enables them to perform a wide variety of repertoire with balance, nuance, and close-knit ensemble as a quartet.
The New Eden Consort perform a range of sacred and secular music, and explore works from as early as the Renaissance period to contemporary music by living composers – and everything in between. Recent highlights include singing Christmas carols at Ralph Lauren in December 2024, as well as recitals for the Yorke Trust in Norfolk and at Queen's House in Greenwich.
Alongside their live performances, the group hope to reach a wider audience through their social media presence, with the aim to make classical music more accessible.