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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
From Sun 6 to 27 April
Breastplate will be displayed behind the altar of the Side Chapel and lit from below so that it glows from within, thereby revealing its feather-filled fragility and the talismanic contents of its pockets.
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 aspire to be a home where everyone can belong. We’re known locally and globally for our unique history and beauty, as well as faith in action, creativity and the arts, and a commitment to social and environmental justice.
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.
The work of St James’s, it costs us £5,000 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who 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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Saturday 24 May 1.10pm
Sam has grown up surrounded by music, particularly orchestras and brass bands, and started playing cornet at the age of 6.
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
Leonard Bernstein: Rhapsody in blue arr. Dokshitser
Richard Peaslee: Nightsongs
Steven Verhelst: Song for Japan arr. Balchin
Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy for trumpet
Florence Price: Adoration arr. Balchin
Jean-Francois: Chant du Berger
Arne Nordheim: Den Første Sommerfugl arr. Balchin
St James’s is grateful for the generous support of Rolex for this music programme.
Artist bio
He made his concerto debut touring Germany, playing the Haydn Trumpet concerto, and more recently, the Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto at Milton Keynes. During his years at Sixth Form, Sam studied trumpet at RCMJD under Torbjorn Hultmark, performing at the 606 Jazz Club and as a soloist at the Elgar Room in the Royal Albert Hall. After graduating from RCMJD, he received the Freda Dinn and Ida Mabbet Prize. Previously, Sam was the Principal Trumpet of the National Youth Orchestra, performing at the BBC Proms 22. Sam is now a full scholar at Guildhall School of Music and Drama under the ‘Chartered Surveyors’ Company’. Sam is currently principal trumpet of Odyssey Festival Orchestra recently playing with the orchestra as a soloist, he is also co-principal of the Young Musician’s Orchestra. Sam is currently principal trumpet of West End Show ‘Franks Closet’ performing in the Union Theatre and now at Wilton’s Music Hall. Sam also regularly performs solo recitals most recently in Brighton.
Presented in association with Guildhall School of Music and Drama
