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We offer daily services and a cultural programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate
Saturday 4 July 11am till 6pm
A joyful Pride celebration with drag DJs, food and drink, face painting, arts and crafts, all hosted alongside the Pride in London Parade route.
Saturday 4 July 6.30pm
An opportunity for the LGBTQIA+ community and allies to gather in the heart of the city, in the middle of London Pride for a celebratory church service.
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
St James’s is a place to explore, reflect, pray, and support all who are in need. We are a Church of England parish in the Anglican Communion.
We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word.
We offer hospitality to people going through homelessness and speak out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
St James’s strives to advocate for earth justice and to develop deeper connections with nature.
We aim to be a place where you can belong. We have a unique history, and the beauty of our building is widely known. Our community commits to faith in action: social and environmental justice; creativity. and the arts
We strive to be a Eucharist-centred, diverse and inclusive Christian community promoting life in abundance, wellbeing and dignity for all.
St James’s Piccadilly has been at the heart of its community since 1684. We invite you to play your part in securing this historic place for generations to come.
It costs £5,000 each day to keep the doors of St James’s open to all who already need us.
A reimagined St James’s realised. A redesigned garden, courtyard and new building capacity—all fully accessible— will provide beautiful spaces for all as well as improving our environmental performance.
Whether shooting a blockbuster TV series or creating a unique corporate event, every hire at St James’s helps our works within the community.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Wednesday 5 August 1.10pm
Max Walsh was born in Birmingham, UK, in 2007 and began studying at the Junior Royal Birmingham Conservatoire at the age of eight.
Online streaming
This concert will be streamed live on our YouTube channel at 1:10pm.
Support our Creative Programme
Whether £5 or any amount you’re able to give. Donations can be made in cash in the basket on your way out, or by tap donation at the machines at our exits. Your generosity helps support our cultural events and charitable services. Thank you.
Free admission | Donations welcome
Programme
A. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 L. van Beethoven: Six Bagatelles, Op. 126 O. Messiaen: Le baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus from Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus.
Artist Bio
Max Walsh was born in Birmingham, UK, in 2007. He began studying at the Junior Royal Birmingham Conservatoire at the age of eight and is currently under the tutelage of Jan Loeffler (Head of Keyboard Department). He has been awarded a full scholarship to study Piano and Composition at the Royal College of Music, from September 2026.
In 2025, he won first prize in the Liszt Society International Piano Competition and the Junior Wales International Piano Festival, as well as prizes at the New Talent Festival and the Bromsgrove Young Musicians’ Platform. In response to his Liszt performance, Christopher Axworthy wrote: “A youthful burning passion for music and a young man born to play the piano. He and the piano fit so naturally in a way that cannot be taught and at only 18 his potential is enormous and may know no bounds.” Max was also among the five finalists in the 2025 BBC Young Composer competition, receiving the Highly Commended award.
Max is a new artist at both Talent Unlimited and The Keyboard Charitable Trust. Max has performed in several masterclasses, most recently with Boris Giltburg at the Reform Club, London and Giorgi Gigashvili at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham. He has attended several summer schools, where he studied with Julian Lloyd Webber, Joanna MacGregor, Katya Apekisheva, Carole Presland, Murray McLachlan, John Thwaites, and Julian Jacobson.
Max has studied jazz piano with Joe Thompson and Iwan VanHetten, and chamber music with Peter Campbell-Kelly. He is scheduled to perform Ravel’s Left-Hand Concerto in the Bradshaw Hall in June 2026, as well as solo recitals at Regent Hall and St. Mary’s Perivale in late 2026.
Presented in association with Talent Unlimited
