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We offer daily services and a creative programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
Book tickets for Black History Month, Tue 8 Oct, 7.30pm, conversation with Revd Dr Ayla Lepine about history, racial justice today and the complexity and challenge of St James’s parish history.
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. This is a place for everyone who’s wondering about life’s big questions and striving for a better world.
We host a year-round cultural programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word, drawing on St James’s rich cultural history including artists, writers and musicians Mary Beale, Mary Delany, William Blake, Ottobah Cugoano and Leopold Stokowski.
We try to put our faith into action by educating ourselves and speaking out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, earth and racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
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.
It costs us £3,500 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us
Your donation will help us restore our garden in Piccadilly as part of The Wren Project, making it possible for us to welcome over 300,000 people from all faiths and walks of life seeking tranquillity and inspiration each year.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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The Music Scholars programme at St James’s started in the Autumn of 2021. Their musical talents and creativity will enhance the music of our services until the end of July 2022.
I started singing when I was seven in the local choir. From there I was offered a place as a chorister at St John’s College, Cambridge under Andrew Nethsingha. As well as singing six services a week, including several broadcasts for BBC Radio 3, the choir made two recordings a year with Chandos, performed concerts and toured in Europe and Asia including Japan, Singapore, The Netherlands, and Germany.
I’ve sung for the Dalai Lama and at the 70th anniversary commemorations of the D-Day landings, broadcast on BBC 1 from Normandy. In my final year I was appointed head chorister. After leaving St John’s, I was offered a music scholarship at Oakham School, and studied with David Beavan. In 2019, I was offered a place in the National Youth Chamber Choir, made up of the best singers of the main National Youth Choir.
This September, I took part in the Genesis Sixteen programme. Led by Harry Christophers, this is a prestigious choir of young singers who have workshops and lessons with members of the Sixteen. Currently I’m reading Natural Sciences at University College London.
