Singing Our Lives: refugees and immigrants in the UK given voice in a new song cycle

Highgate Choral Society premieres Two of Three Angels in a weekend of summer concerts

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Family workshop at the RAM; sounds from Lebanon and Egypt; chamber choirs at St George’s Bloomsbury; jazz from Hungary at Spice of Life

Bandstand concerts are back on Hampstead Heath

Black and white keys to success

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Mahler at the Barbican; all things French at Heath Street Baptist Church; trombonist Justin Thurgar at Spice of Life; jazz choir Take Twenty at St John’s

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Camden Chamber Choir at St Mary-the-Virgin; violin and piano recital at St George’s Bloomsbury; fundraiser at Dyne House; Opera Cabaret; jazz choir Take Twenty at St John’s; Elixir Festival

Stroud Green Festival promises a lively mix of musical styles as well as ‘family friendly’ concerts

Tenor saxophonist Brandon Allen’s reflections on Soho

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: The Threepenny Opera; reedswoman Lizzie Gutteridge; summer concert at St Pancras Church; Howard Goodall’s In Memoriam Anne Frank

It’s all go at the LSO!

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Come and Sing Vivaldi’s Gloria; Songlines Encounters Festival; City of London Symphonic Winds; London Mozart Players at Conway Hall

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Belsize Festival Music Weekend; Aspidistra Orchestra at Lauderdale House; Brooklyn ensemble Bing & Ruth; oboes and cello at St Pancras Church

It’s a greats year for jazz

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Jazz at the Kingsgate; Saraband at Kenwood; classics in Trafalgar Square; Nova Luce at Islington Prom, and Music of the Age of Enlightenment

The London Festival of Baroque Music promises to be a treat for early music lovers

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Mizuta Trio at Burgh House; Sidwell Memorial Recital at Hampstead Parish Church; Kokoroko African beat; trumpet and voice at Wigmore Hall

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Cello Unwrapped at Kings Place; Regent’s Hall recital; Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra; Ella Hohnen-Ford at Map Cafe

Transcender Festival is back at the Barbican in the autumn

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Hampstead Parish Church piano recital; Kundalini yogic music artists at Union Chapel, World Folk Music at Wigmore Hall