Conversation ||  Live MusicLet’s disrupt the status quo of gig going culture together Join Young Women Music Project (YWMP) for an evening of honest, diverse and inclusive conversation. Hosted by YWMP Director Zahra Haji Fath Ali Tehrani, the event will include panel conversation with creative musicians: Karlene Wray; Christella Litras (Music House Creative Director); Mica Sefia and Phenicia Williams (who also teaches singing at Music House). The night will showcase new, live music making Safer Spaces Exchange an event not-to-be-missed! DetailsDate: Thursday 18 April 2024 Time: 7pm onwar ..read more

FREE choirs are enticing diverse communities to Music House, as part of a meaningful, inner North-West Leeds project ‘Who’s In The House’ (WITH) which are already attracting a lot of attention as spaces are being snapped up. WITH has a number of strands which will be shared as they evolve. Primarily aimed at positively addressing inequalities of the people living in surrounding suburbs; where community arts and creatives outlets are scarce. Thanks to funding from Arts Council England and Leeds City Council, this important project is taking shape and will see many exciting aspect ..read more

Ni hao friends, We’re very excited to create New Vision Chinese Choir as part of our funded project ‘Who’s In the House’.  This choir is FREE to join – so snap up your space NOW to avoid disappointment. DETAILS:  Choir Lead: Fiona Chen When: Every Saturday, term-time only Where: Music House, St Mark’s House, 1 St Mark’s Avenue, LEEDS LS2 9B Time:  12:10pm – 1:10pm Who’s it for? Women and children (minimum age 8 years) SECURE YOUR SPACE! Email newvisioneducationuk@gmail.com Those joining this choir can look forward to learning a range of beautiful Mandarin songs whic ..read more

Who’s in the House is a funded project that we will be running up to July. There are so many exciting parts to the project – one being the creation of three FREE community choirs. Putting community engagement at the heart of what we do is one of our key ambitions. This project is only possible due to the funding we have secured from Arts Council England and Leeds City Council. Our bid demonstrated the difference we can made to the people who live in our surrounding communities and the important work we are passionate about delivering. The three FREE choirs we will be running as part of Who’s i ..read more

We are delighted to have secured grant funding from Arts Council England and Leeds City Council to deliver an exciting project ‘Who’s In The House’ There are several strands to the project which will focus on young people and adults from our surrounding diverse communities. One part of the project is the creation of three FREE choirs which focus on community engagement. All three choirs will be completely free of charge to anyone who wishes to be join. Gospel Choir Reggae Choir Chinese Choir Community Gospel Choir We are delighted to be working with multi-award winning nominee Leroy Johnson ..read more

Emma and Dawn Collaboration wass set up by Dawn Fuller and Emma Tregidden earlier this year to offer creative, compassionate collaborative working with arts organisations across the region. Emma and Dawn were previously founders and co-leaders of Space2 for 20 years. Space2 is an award-winning arts and social change organisation, with a pioneering, distinctive participatory practice, based in inner East Leeds. Emma and Dawn Collaborations are currently working with us (Music House), Space2, Balbir Singh Dance Company, Gary Clarke Company, Heritage Corner, Allerton Primary School and Peter Spaf ..read more

On the eve of Friday 29 September, Music House was honoured to attend The Hibiscus Rising Gala Dinner/ fundraiser  in memory of David Oluwale.  This black tie event, attended by over 200 people was hosted by Cllrs Abigail Marshall Katung and Jonathan Pryor. The night was a colourful, exhilarating and moving event full of education, special talks and performances including our very own Reggae Roots. Word is getting out about our Choir – even more so since Reggae Roots were invited to sing for our King at his Coronation in May. This short video clip includes a a snippet of our Cha ..read more

We met Fredlin Morency about a year ago through Christella Litras who has been working with this up-and-coming singer/songwriter as his creative mentor and singing teacher. If you know Fredlin, you will know he’s got an amazing voice and he’s heading for stardom in the future. If you haven’t heard of him… you definitely will.  At just 18 years old, he’s a singer, musician, composer musical director and choir leader … he’s creating hype. On 15 September 2023, Fredlin took a leap of faith with his very first concert ‘Fredlin’s First Steps’ at Leeds Playhouse. Packing out the Quarry Theatre ..read more

Music House is very excited to present a series of Gospel masterclasses in August over four day: Tuesday 8 August though to Friday 11 August 2023.  Our Gospel Masterclasses lead by revered musical artists: Leroy Johnson; and signing sensation Onita Boone are not to be missed! Get ready to immerse yourself in a learning, sharing, practical experience that will enrich your knowledge and appreciation. Then, take away the valuable nuggets and continue your journey of understanding and exploration. Find out more the history of Gospel music and its origins which have evolved from generations of ..read more

Read the latest edition of our newsletter which is full of bitesize information about some of the recent, current and future things that are happening at Music House. We value your feedback and love to read your comments and suggestions, so please email sheilasispal.ycmd@gmail.com if you have anything that you’d like to say.    Music House News July 2023 ..read more