Join Hemiola for an evening of Christmas music in the beautiful surroundings of St Mary’s Church, Redbourn, featuring works by Gjeilo, Dove, Ešenvalds, Walker and more.
This special charity concert supports St Luke’s School Farm, helping to raise at least £5,000 to install live-feed cameras in the animal enclosures. The cameras will give pupils with SEND new learning opportunities, and give our whole community a window into their remarkable work.
📍 St Mary’s Church, Redbourn
🗓 Friday 18th December 2026, 7:30pm
🎟 Free admission, with a retiring collection
Come along, bring your friends and family, and help us celebrate the festive season for a wonderful cause.
Established in 2023 by co-founders Harvey Lok (Director) and Alicia Hunt (General Manager), Hemiola is a vocal ensemble formed by former choral scholars of the Choir of Royal Holloway, alongside friends and fellow singers we have met along the way.
The ensemble’s mission is simple: we love new music, and love celebrating and performing music by living composers, while championing emerging talent. The group has been lucky to collaborate with brilliant musicians including Matthew Coleridge, Bernard Hughes, Christopher Churcher and long-time friend of the group, Nathan James Dearden.
Hemiola’s debut 2023-2024 season featured four full concert programmes, including a Christmas narrative exploring the starry and Marian imagery of Christ’s Nativity; a collaborative performance of Parry’s Songs of Farewell with Lady Clare’s Consort; and two contrasting programmes of Romantic and contemporary works responding to the Book of Job and Sara Teasdale’s poem Love and Death. The ensemble also undertook a wide range of engagements, from performing for the Principal and Senior Leadership Team of Royal Holloway University to recording music by award-winning composer Nathan James Dearden.
In spring 2025, the ensemble completed their first tour with a reflective programme inspired by Christina Rossetti’s Good Friday, and in July 2025, Hemiola was honoured to headline the Brecon Choir Festival, marking another significant milestone in the ensemble’s growing artistic journey.
Today, Hemiola performs concerts across the UK, curating imaginative programmes and working closely with composers, and is recording its first album for release in 2027. The group has been generously supported by the Brian Harris Trust and wishes to continue nurturing close relationships with donors and audiences through its new ‘Friends of Hemiola’ scheme.
