A Musical Advent

“Christmas time, mistletoe & wine, Children singing Christian rhyme…” "Ahh, Christmas! That time of year when we get to watch our little...

"It was one of those lean Christmases where you grab any gig that comes your way. And when I was booked to put a quartet together to sing...

Last year, one of everybody's favourite videos on A Musical Advent was Margit van der Zwan's musical saw rendition of O Holy Night!...

Joanna is the originator & producer of A Musical Advent. She sings, plays piano really badly, arranges & composes music, teaches singing...

Bertie is a multi-instrumentalist (viola, piano & voice), composer, producer and member of the anarchic theatrical string quartet...

Lucy is the Director of Chamber Players Summer School for string players and 2nd violinist with Callia Quartet. She also teaches at 3...

Innovative ensemble Trio CarmenCo are a unique group of multi-instrumentalists who create dramatic stage productions weaving together...

Emma Alter is based in Bloomsbury, London and enjoys a varied creative practice as a classical musician, Feldenkrais Method teacher and...

London based Rosa is a freelance keyboard player and composer, who lives with her freelance videographer fiancé and her lovely four year...

Anna Margolis has worked as an opera singer in the UK and Australia as a soloist with leading opera companies, as well as a session...

Verity Quade studied as a singer at Trinity College of Music swapping between jazz and classical voice, "ending with a final recital that...

Abi Gilchrist is a vocalist, voice over artist and choir director. She started her career as a classical soprano at the Guildhall School...

Concert pianist and arranger of the beautiful version of Silent Night performed on the first day on the advent calendar, Caroline Tyler...

Bridget Cunningham is a conductor and harpsichordist and Artistic Director of London Early Opera - a fabulous team of professional ...

Vicky Cowles is a woodwind musician and teacher based in south London. "As a woodwind doubler my life is never dull and the gigs are...

Bertie Anderson Haggart has created a multi-media performance for our special advent calendar, but which door will she be behind?

Sara Deborah Timossi, nee Struntz enjoys a versatile musician’s life as a performer on the baroque and modern violin, a teacher, mother...

Bertie Anderson Haggart is a viola player, singer and composer based in North Norfolk. Family life balances with an exciting musical...

Netty Rhodes is originally from Hertfordshire but having lived and worked in London since 1990, London is definitely home. "I had a...

Multi-faceted artist Margit van der Zwan is a cellist, actor-musician, artist and children's book creator is based in Clitheroe. "I work...