LCV Choir Jams

A vibrant singing community

In addition to our professional choirs, we offer LCV Choir Jams - a friendly and supportive group who sing for the love of music, but who also want to perform at a high standard.

Membership includes excellent amateur and aspiring-professional singers, plus some professional singers who want to sing for fun.

An auditioned group, singers come from a wide range of musical backgrounds and lived experiences.

A place for original material to be tested, shared and performed.

We provide skills development and performance experience for those looking to take their singing further - a gateway to joining our professional singer pool.

Original, varied and carefully-curated a cappella repertoire.

A place for socialising, wellbeing and making friends.

LCV Choir Jams is available to perform at charity and community events.

Where and when?

We rehearse on Tuesday evenings from 7.15pm - 9.30pm in Angel, north London.  Our terms usually run for 10 weeks, and we require regular rehearsal attendance.

Current term: In early 2025, the Choir Jams project is embracing the 1990s with a Nostalgic 90s Night planned for March 2025!  Expect a retro mix of absolute bangers, some outrageous outfits, and possibly even some choreography...

Interested in joining?

If you are interested in applying to join the weekly choir, please email the LCV Choir Jams Musical Director, David Corck-Adelman, on choirjams@lcvchoir.co.uk

We are particularly interested in hearing from any Bass singers.

Repertoire

We cover a very wide range of music. We lean towards pop and alternative music from the last decade, and occasional nostalgic throwbacks. Reference artists include Billie Eilish, Regina Spektor, Amber Run, Sara Bareilles, Florence + The Machine, Hozier and Joni Mitchell.

That said, our early term in 2025 is a entirely 90s classics!

Background to the project

LCV Choir Jams started in November 2023 as a monthly social singing sessions as we emerged from post-Covid hibernation.  As the monthly sessions progressed, it became clear that many singers were keen to reboot a weekly choir culminating in a termly concert. 

After 6 months, the first full Choir Jams term began in May 2024, culminating in a July concert in front of an audience of 150 friends and family members at St James Garlickhythe in central London.  On a beautiful summer evening, the choir sang a mix of current and classic songs, as well as two original compositions from singers in the choir. 

The second Choir Jams term took place between October and December 2024, with three Christmas performances in December.  In front of a sell-out crowd of 300 at St Mary's Church, Angel, the choir sang a festive mix of Christmas numbers ones, some classic Christmas pop from 1960s to modern, some singalong carols that got the audience involved, and two original Christmas compositions from singers in the choir.  Later in December, the choir also sang in front of the Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square for charity, and a smaller group sang at a Crisis at Christmas day centre in Stratford.

Our Musical Director, David Corck-Adelman

David's love of music and singing started from an early age, and he was an enthusiastic member of various choirs and orchestras as part of the Redbridge Music School.  At the University of Southampton, David first joined the Symphonic Wind Orchestra before later joining Jazzmanix, the university pop and gospel choir, where he first gained experience of leading a choir.  At its peak, the Jazzmanix choir that David led had over 100 members, and performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, and the Vienne Jazz Festival, as well as several successful performances at the Turner Sims concert hall in Southampton.

David then moved back to London and after leading a Marylebone-based community choir for several years, he joined London Contemporary Voices in 2014 as a singer.  In autumn 2014, LCV created a second choir due to the amazing number of singers keen to join, and in January 2015 David was appointed as the Musical Director of this new group of singers.  Working closely with LCV's founders, under his musical direction the group, initially known as LCV Kin Choir, went from strength to strength, giving high quality and energetic performances at venues such as Union Chapel, Oval Space, the Laundry, the Round Chapel in Hackney, as well as several festivals both in the UK and abroad.

“I’m incredibly proud to lead the LCV Choir Jams project, and feel honoured to work with such a talented group of human beings. It’s a really really enjoyable time!”

Please direct enquiries to choirjams@lcvchoir.co.uk

Above photos by Saskia Morley

Going Pro

Through involvement in our Choir Jams project we hope some members will feel inspired to take their singing further by joining our pool of professional singers. Some examples of our wider professional work are shown below and you can find more examples on our YouTube Channel.