Mosaic Voices announces launch of 'The Jews of Britain'
Mosaic Voices is now working on a landmark and historic new musical and educational project, 'The Jews of Britain', telling the story through music of the UK’s oldest immigrant community. At a time of resurgence of antisemitism as well as the delegitimisation of the Jewish community, creative and educational work like this is crucial way of opening a window onto Jewish life and exploring Jewish roots in Britain, which are almost 1,000 years old. Find out more about the project here. 
Mosaic Voices launches new Jewish Choral Singing Workshop Programme for Choirs of all levels
Your chance to dip a toe into the mystical, spiritual and rare world of ancient Jewish choral music. Learn about Jewish performance styles, with their heart-on-sleeves emotion. Try singing the ancient biblical motifs chanted in Jewish prayers for thousands of years. Find out how to pronounce and sing beautifully in Hebrew and Aramaic and to interpret transliterations. Finish with a performance of a new Jewish work which you can sing in future at concerts. 
Mosaic Voices on BBC1's Sunday Morning Live show
Mosaic Voices were invited to sing Im Nin'alu on BBC1's Sunday Morning Live show on Sunday 4 March. It's a song that was first made famous by Israeli singer Ofra Haza, and loosely based on an ancient Yemenite Jewish melody to a poem written in the 17th century by Shalom Shabazi (1690-1720). 
Gramophone Magazine reviews Mosaic Voices' new album Letter to Kamilla "In the case of the excellent vocal ensemble Mosaic Voices, instruments are not only cast aside but rendered unnecessary...There’s a universal message on offer here that potentially calls out to everyone, so if a cappella music is your bag, do give it a try. My guess is that you’ll love it.” Gramophone Read the full review here 
Mosaic Voices on ClassicFM We were delighted to be selected by broadcaster Robert Rinder for his brilliant new ClassicFM show, 'Classical Passions', earlier this year. The station broadcast Mosaic Voices' recording of Uv'nucho Yomar in an arrangement by our Resident Composer, Benjamin Till. 
New West End Synagogue Mosaic Voices is proud to be the resident choir of the stunning New West End Synagogue in Bayswater, London. The foundation stone of the synagogue was laid on June 7th. 1877, and designed by architect George Audsley. Mosaic Voices sings at all regular and festival services for the synagogue. |
PSALMS - World Premiere
Mosaic Voices’ Composer in Residence, Benjamin Till, has completed the composition of a major new vocal oratorio called ‘PSALMS’, written for Mosaic Voices and solo voices. A groundbreaking and important new work which includes Psalm singing traditions from across the British Isles. The music is sung in Hebrew, English, Welsh, Scots Gaelic, Yiddish and even Aramaic. The film of this work received its world premiere on May 16th, 8pm 2024 , at the Phoenix Cinema, London. The film will be touring to cinemas across the UK in November-December 2024. 
'Letter to Kamilla' album available on Chandos Records. Reaches No. 5 in Official Classical Music charts
18 tracks, new and ancient, of classical sacred and folk music from the Jewish tradition. "Sung with power and passion ... simply heartbreaking" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ BBC Music magazine "An excellent vocal ensemble" Gramophone "Moving, soulful and meditative" Ha'aretz Who was Kamilla? More info here: 
The Blue Book - 177 New Musical Scores Complete! We are delighted to announce the completion of this unique volume of major new choral works, arrangements and transcriptions of music, both ancient and modern, from the British-Jewish tradition. The volume is the largest new collection of choral scores created for use in synagogues in Britain since 1933. Edited by Michael Etherton and Benjamin Till, the scores are available to download for free with a full book version to follow soon. 
Commissioning New Music As part of the Blue Book Project, Mosaic Voices commissioned new works from three outstanding composers, following a call-out on BBC Radio 3 to composers across the UK and beyond. The winning composers were Meta Cohen, Anselm McDonnell and Eamonn O'Dwyer. A fourth work was composed by our Composer in Residence Benjamin Till. The new works were premiered in concert on February 16th 2020. |