Author Archives: Kat

Auditions, workshops and meet our new MD!

It’s a lovely thing, mulling over the year while full of turkey leftovers (seriously: that thing was cooked on the 25th, it should be finished by now or we’ll all die). The blog has been quiet this term while we’ve got to the important matters of auditions, new workshops – and hiring a new MD. AndContinue reading “Auditions, workshops and meet our new MD!”

My Top 5: Swedish Songs

This is a guest post from Sophie, one of our Alto 1s – she’s second from left in this frankly ridiculous piece of coincidence from our last rehearsal, when most of our sopranos and altos managed to come dressed as the Pantone chart for red! Anyway, Sophie is a cracking DJ and really knows herContinue reading “My Top 5: Swedish Songs”

We’re hiring! Are you our new musical director?

After four fantastic years, our MD Dom Stichbury is leaving Pop-Up.  They are big shoes to fill: as well as leading us and bringing us on, Dom arranges our music and is a totally stand-up guy. We are looking for a confident and dynamic Musical Director with a strong fun-loving personality who is keen to workContinue reading “We’re hiring! Are you our new musical director?”

I Did This: Open Mic Night @ Pilgrim Pub in Kennington

Guest post by Pop-Up’s Philly  Feeling that my life needed more public embarrassment, I have decided to explore the Open Mike scene of south London: the lure of the sticky carpets and crackly PAs was irresistible, so I tuned my guitar and headed to Pilgrim Pub in Kennington for their Thursday Open Mic Night.

New video! The Chain at The Black Prince

We’ve been rehearsing at The Black Prince pub in Kennington for years, and Mark, the Prince’s landlord, is one of most saintly patrons. So on Tuesday, our last rehearsal of term, we nixed the rehearsing bit, and did an impromptu gig in the pub for him.