Music (Medics)
Welcome to Imperial College School Medicine Music Society. We aim to encompass all that is musical within the medical school. On this website you will find more information about the society, the individual ensembles and forthcoming concert dates.
Recent Additions to the Pages
| AGM Dinner 2012 The highlight of the MusicSoc calendar is here, the AGM! "Annual General Meeting?! Brilliant!?" I hear you ask. Well yes! It is amazing, ask anyone who has been before! Read on... |
| Society May Concert - Here Comes The Sun On Saturday 12th May, MusicSoc presents the a concert that brings together orchestra, both choirs and the jazz band under one programme to welcome the summer... |
| Recent Recordings - Updated Recordings from the November 2011 choir and March 2012 orchestra concerts have now been added. |
| Time to elect the new committee Have you ever wanted to get more involved in the running of the society? Now is the time.... |
| Scholarship 11-12 Congratulations to this year's scholarship winner - Elaine Wong! |
| ICSM Spring Concerts It is already concert season! Saturday 10th March 2012 is our Spring Choir concert, featuring Choir and Chamber Choir, while Saturday 17th March 2012 is the Spring Orchestra concert, with repertoire including Mendelssohn'd Violin Concerto with soloist Ed Jones. The concerts are free for students (other tickets £6) plus you get a free glass of wine. |
| MusicSoc Re-Mingle Post holiday blues? Come to the MusicSoc Re-Mingle, this time in our Reynolds Bar, specially opening for us on Saturday 21st January. From 7.30pm, come have some free food as we catch up after the Christmas break and compete between ensembles on Singstar. Orchestra may just beat Choir, who knows? Find out on Saturday 21st January! |
| Scholarship It is almost time for auditions for the 'ICSM Music Society Scholarship'. The scholarship will give you free music lessons for the first three years of university. Auditons will be held later in the Spring Term. Click through for all the information and to sign up for an audition! |
| ICSM Carol Service It's almost Christmas which means that the Carol Service has come around again. We are holding the traditional service with free minced pies and mulled wine! There will also be reading from many students and staff. One of the highlights of the calendar. Sunday 11th December 2011, a date for your diary indeed. |
| MusicSoc Christmas Dinner As the end of the year draws nearer, so does the now traditional MusicSoc Christmas Dinner. This year it will be held on Tuesday 13th December 2011 in the Pear Tree Pub (within a minute's walk from Charing Cross Hospital! |
| ICSM Autumn Concerts It is already concert season! Saturday 19th November 2011 is our Autumn Choir concert, featuring Choir and Chamber Choir, while Thursday 24th March 2011 is the Autumn Orchestra concert, with repertoire including Borodin's Symphony No. 2. The concerts are free for students (other tickets £6) plus you get a free glass of wine. |
| Want to play a concerto with orchestra? Every year in the Spring term, one lucky person has the opportunity to play a concerto with ICSM Orchestra. This opportunity is auditioned, with auditions being held on Wednesday 7th December 2011. Click through for more info and to book an audition. |
| Society Weekend Away Highlight of the term, without a doubt. It is this weekend - Fri 28th - Sun 30th October! Definitely something you don't want to miss out on. |
| MusicSoc Freshers' Mingle '11 On Thursday 6th October, it is time again for the infamous 'MusicSoc Freshers' Mingle' on the South Kensington campus. It's a great opportunity to meet lots of the new faces to meet current society members on a relaxed evening after the chaos of Freshers' Week. |
| Choir to sing at Royal Albert Hall ICSM Choir are singing, for the third year in a row, in Imperial's Commemoration Day, alongside IC Choir in the Royal Albert Hall, one of the most spectacular concert venues in London. The whole medical school has the day off, so there is no reason not to get involved! |
| Summer Concert 2011 Every year on the eve of finals results we continue the old St. Mary's Medical School tradition of putting on an evening of light music in a nice relaxed atmosphere over cheese and wine. It is always very popular and enjoyed by many students (not just final years!), parents and doctors. |
| MusicSoc Hoodies MusicSoc Hoodies are back! This time with embroidered logo on the front and embroidered text on the back (we suggest name and section), in a choice of 27 different colours, for only £16.15 |
| AGM Dinner 2011 The highlight of the MusicSoc calendar is here, the AGM! "Annual General Meeting?! Brilliant!?" I hear you ask. Well yes! It is amazing, ask anyone who has been before! Read on... |
| Society May Concert |
| Time to elect the new committee Have you ever wanted to get more involved in the running of the society? Now is the time.... |
| Recent Recordings - Updated Recordings from the November 2010 and March 2011 choir concerts have now been added. |
| Scholarship results We are very pleased to announce that Geraint Herbert is the recipient of this year's ICSM MusicSoc Scholarship! |
| ICSM Jazz Band Gig ICSM Jazz Band present their Spring Gig in the Reynolds Building on the Charing Cross Campus in Hammersmith on Friday 4th March 2011. Free entry! |
| ICSM Orchestra Concerto Concert Saturday 19th March 2011 is our Spring Orchestra concerto concert, featuring both ICSM Orchestra performing Saint Saens' Organ Symphony and Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A Major. The concert is free for students (other tickets £6) plus you get a free glass of wine. |
| ICSM Choir's Concert Saturday 12th March 2011 is our Spring Choir's concert, featuring both the ICSM Choir and ICSM Chamber Choir performing Mozart's Great Mass in C minor and more. The concert is free for students (other tickets £6) plus you get a free glass of wine. |
| Battle of the Bands ICSM MusicSoc Bands present Battle of the Bands as part of RAG Week on Tuesday 22nd February. Come support the medical school against St Georges! |
| MusicSoc Re-Mingle Post holiday blues? Come to the MusicSoc Re-Mingle, this time in our Reynolds Bar, specially opening for us on Saturday 22nd January. From 7.30pm, come have some free food as we catch up after the Christmas break and compete between ensembles on Singstar. Orchestra may just beat Choir, who knows? Find out on Saturday 22nd January! |
| Scholarship It is almost time for auditions for the 'ICSM Music Society Scholarship'. The scholarship will give you free music lessons for the first three years of university. Auditons will be held later in the Spring Term. Click through for all the information and to book! |
| Charity Carol Singing The last week of term is bursting with MusicSoc Christmas Carol Singing. From St Mary's Hospital, to Westminster Tube Station, a church in Paddington for charity, you name it, we shall be singing there... |
| ICSM Carol Service It's almost Christmas which means that the Carol Service has come around again. We are holding the traditional service with free minced pies and mulled wine! There will also be reading from many students and staff. One of the highlights of the calendar. Sunday 12th December 2010, a date for your diary indeed. |
| MusicSoc Christmas Dinner As the end of the year draws nearer, so does the now traditional MusicSoc Christmas Dinner. This year it will be held on Tuesday 14th December 2010 in the Pear Tree Pub (within a minute's walk from Charing Cross Hospital! Deadline to sign up is Friday 10th December. |
| Want to play a concerto with Orchestra? Every year, in the Spring term, one lucky person has the opportunity to play a concerto with ICSM Orchestra. This opportunity is auditioned, with auditions being held on Wednesday 8th December 2010. Click through for more info and to book an audition. |
| Saturday 20th November 2010 is our Autumn orchestra concert. The programme is Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, Von Suppe's Die Schone Galathee Overture and Holst's Military Suite in E flat. The concert is free for students (other tickets £6) plus you get a free glass of wine. |
| Saturday 27th November 2010 is our Autumn Choir's concert, featuring both the ICSM Choir and ICSM Chamber Choir performing extracts from Tippet's "A Child of our Time", Lauridsen's "Sure on this shining night", music from the musical Wicked and more. The concert is free for students (other tickets £6) plus you get a free glass of wine, also supporting the Friends of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. |
| Pay your Subs! Membership of the best society at medical school can be yours for just £15! Remember, not only does paying your subs in a timely fashion enable the society to run, it also makes you more attractive to the opposite sex. Possibly. |
| Freshers In a few days we welcome lots of keen freshers to Imperial and hopefully the society. If you are one of them, then check out this page for all the important information about our groups, to leave your details and about our new scholarship. |
| Freshers Mingle 2010 The 9th of October brings the first social event of the year, a chance to catch up with everyone after the summer and also to welcome the new freshers! |
| Society Weekend Away to Birmingham Keep the last weekend in October free - this will be the highlight of your year! |
| Commemeration Day 2010 ICSM Choir are singing, for the second year in a row, in Imperial's Commemoration Day, alongside IC Choir in the Royal Albert Hall, one of the most spectacular concert venues in London. The whole medical school has the day off, so there is no reason not to get involved! |
| Summer Concert 2010 Every year on the eve of finals results we continue the old St. Mary's Medical School tradition of putting on an evening of light music in a nice relaxed atmosphere over cheese and wine. It is always very popular and enjoyed by many students (not just final years!), parents and doctors. |
| UH Battle of the Bands Calling all bands! On Monday 24th May at 7pm, we're holding a UH Battle of the Bands event at The Tooting Tram & Social. The Tram is a fantastic venue where the Kooks played a year ago. We need some great ICSM Bands to go and show the other medical schools what we're all about. |
| AGM Dinner 2010 The highlight of the MusicSoc calendar is here, the AGM! "Annual General Meeting?! Brilliant!?" I hear you ask. Well yes! It is amazing, ask anyone who has been before! This year we are moving it to an exciting new location |
| May Society Concert - A Night at the Movies On Saturday 15th May 2010 Music Society present our Society Concert, this year on the film 'a Night at the Movies'. You will be serenaded with a wide variety of music from Mozart's Lacrymosa through to Also Sprach Zarathustra by Strauss. |
| MusicSoc May Society Concert Once again this year we are holding a May Society Concert on Saturday 15th May in which the whole society will be playing. There will only be one or two rehearsals before the day (depending on which group you're in), so will fit around exams! |
| Do you want to run part of MusicSoc? It doesn't seem like a year ago that the current committee were all elected in and conductors auditioned, well it almost is! Do you want to get more involved? Now is your chance! Read all about the committee positions and how to apply. |
| Lunchtime concerts at St. Mary's Hospital Chapel We will be hosting two more lunchtime concerts at the St. Mary's Hospital Chapel starting on the 7th April 2010. The concerts will be free and open to all staff, patients and visitors, and will provide fantastic entertainment over your lunchbreak. |
| ICSM Orchestra Concerto Concert Saturday 20th March 2010 is our Spring Orchestra concerto concert, featuring both ICSM Orchestra performing Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique and the Bruch Violin Concerto. The concert is free for students (other tickets £6) plus you get a free glass of wine. |
| ICSM Choir's Concert Tuesday 16th March 2010 is our Spring Choir's concert, featuring both the ICSM Choir and ICSM Chamber Choir performing Brahms' Requiem and more. The concert is free for students (other tickets £6) plus you get a free glass of wine. |
| Easter Rubix Cube Bop Come down to the Reynolds to celebrate the end of the spring term by swapping your clothes with good friends and near strangers alike. Who knows? You might even be able to slip a sly grope in there as you trade primark t-shirts. |
| New MusicSoc Hoodies We are producing some new MusicSoc Hoodies so everyone can be a proud earlier, or make further additions to their wardrobe. They will have the MusicSoc logo embroidered on the left breast and your name on the right breast plus cost only £14.90 - bargain! |
| ICSM Jazz Band Spring Gig On Friday 5th March our Jazz Band present their first Spring Gig down at the Brook Green Hotel in Hammersmith. Entrance is completely free and you will be serenaded with a range of music from big band classics through to modern arrangements of popular songs. |
| The Friends of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital The charity we are supporting this term with our two March concerts is 'The Friends of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital'. Every year we aim to support at least one charity as a society and are very excited about this collaboration. |
| Recent Recordings - Updated We've loaded even more recent recordings on to the website, all concerts from last year, the Puccini's Messa di Gloria from the Autumn choir concert and the whole of the Autumn Orchestra Orchestra Concert. |
| Some pictures from Christmas 2009... We were all very busy in the run up to Christmas whether carol singing, having Christmas dinner, and various other things. I've collated a few of the best pictures from various events for your viewing pleasure. |
| London Doctors' Orchestra and Choir Concert The London Doctors’ Orchestra and Choir, newly created by alumni of Imperial College School of Medicine, presents its very first concert on Saturday 20th February 2010 with a programme that includes Brahms' 'St. Anthony Chorale' Variations, Mozart's Symphony no. 40 and more... |
| Jazz Band Christmas Gig Thurdsay 17th December sees the first Jazz Band Christmas Gig. It will start at 9.30 in the Distillers Pub in Hammersmith, post the Music Society Christmas Dinner. Do come down even if not eating; entrance will be free and a great opportunity to chill out before the end of term. |
| Charity Carol Singing Friday 18th December sees the last MusicSoc event of the term, Charity Carol Singing down at High Street Kensington Tube Station. There will be a number of 'sessions' during the day, interspersed with pub (defrost) breaks, so come along whenever you can... |
| ICSM Carol Service It's almost Christmas which means that the Carol Service has come around again. We are holding the traditional service with free minced pies and mulled wine! There will also be reading from many students and staff. One of the highlights of the calendar. |
| MusicSoc Christmas Dinner As the end of the year draws nearer, so does the now traditional MusicSoc Christmas Dinner. This year it will be held on Thursday 17th December 2009 in the function room at the Distillers Pub, Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, with post dinner entertainment provided by Jazz Band! |
| ICSM Orchestra Concert Tuesday 24th November 2009 is our Autumn orchestra concert. The programme is Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2, Mendelssohn's Midsummer Nights Dream Overture and the music from Gladiator. The concert is free for students (other tickets £5) plus you get a free glass of wine. |
| ICSM Choir's Concert Saturday 28th November 2009 is our Autumn Choir's concert, featuring both the ICSM Choir and ICSM Chamber Choir performing Puccini's Messa di Gloria, Rachmaninoff's Ave Maria and more. The concert is free for students (other tickets £5) plus you get a free glass of wine. |
| Tour 2010 Tour is to MusicSoc what Christmas is to children, what Haj is to pilgrims, what the Oscars are to Hollywood, what Special Brew is to tramps and what Omeprazole is to overweight 40 year old American males with a family history of Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease and early signs of Barrett's Oesophagus. It's THE event of the year. SIGN UP NOW! |
| Want to play a concerto with Orchestra? Every year, in the Spring term, one lucky person has the opportunity to play a concerto with ICSM Orchestra. This opportunity is auditioned, with auditions being held on Wednesday 18th November 2009. Click through for more info and to book an audition. |
| Scholarship New for 2009, MusicSoc is launching the 'ICSM Music Society Scholarship'. The scholarship will give you free music lessons for the first three years of university. Auditons will be held on Wednesday 9th December 2009. Click through for all the information and to book! |
| Big Chill Autumn 2009 The Big Chill makes a come back for Autumn 2009 on Thurdsay 29th October, under the new direction of Tiffany Munroe-Gray. ICSM Jazz Band will once again be making an outing amongst many other talented musicians from within the medical school. |
| Choir to sing at Royal Albert Hall ICSM Choir, for the first time this October will have the opportunity to sing at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the IC Commemoration Day Service, joining forces with IC Choir. All the rehearsal and last minute information. |
| Bands Jam Come down for the next jam session on the 8th November. Bring yourself, your instrument and any other bands members, or if you're looking for some, click through and sign up so we can put in you in touch. |
| Society Weekend Away This year the weekend away is taking on an exciting new sheen. Instead of having separate Choir and Orchestra trips we thought it would be fun to have one mega blockbuster weekend, even inviting newcomer outcast rogues Jazz Band into the mix. |
| Lunchtime concerts at St. Mary's Hospital Chapel We will be hosting three more lunchtime concerts at the St. Mary's Hospital Chapel starting on the 14th October 2009. The concerts will be free and open to all staff, patients and visitors, and will provide fantastic entertainment over your lunchbreak. |
| MusicSoc Freshers Mingle '09 On Saturday 10th October, it is time again for the infamous 'MusicSoc Freshers Mingle' held, this year again, up on the roof terrace off the Physics Common Room. Its a great opportunity to meet lots of the new freshers and for freshers to meet current society members. |
| Freshers '09 In a few months we welcome lots of keen freshers to Imperial and hopefully the society. If you are one of them, then check out this page for all the important information about our groups, to leave your details and about our new scholarship. |
| Subs As most of you know, to be a member of the society you need to pay 'subs', although if you are a new member do come along to a few rehearsals first to try before parting with your cash! These are a complete bargain at just £15 the for year. |
| Concert Dates All the concert dates and venues are set for 2009 to 2010. All concerts will be in St. Stephens Church, with the exception of the Carol and Summer Concerts. |
| ICSM Summer Concert Music Society continues the old St. Mary's tradition of an evening of light music over cheese and wine on the eve of finals results, this year Tuesday 23rd June 2009. |
| Summer Concert Auditions Do you want to be able to perform something on your own, and basically anything you want? Well then Summer Concert is the perfect opportunity. |
| Mock OSCE Review MusicSoc recently ran a mock OSCE for the third years A huge thank you to Sarah for organising and all those who helped out on the day. |
| MusicSoc Facilities - Updated! We now have a new sound system in the Reynolds basement, and a new drum kit too. Do you want to rehearse with you band? Well find out how to here. |
| Music Society May Concert Music Society are hosting their first 'May Concert' on Saturday 16th May 2009 featuring Faure's Requiem, music from Jurassic Park plus more. |
| MusicSoc Choir to appear on BBC Our last choir concert was recorded by Songs of Praise for a programme about Handel's Messiah. Watch the recording! |
| Recent Recordings - Updated We have uploaded some recordings from our recent concerts including the choir one on the 21st March. Have a listen! |
| MusicSoc May Concert! This year we are holding a May Concert on the 16th May in which the whole society will be playing. There will only be one rehearsal before the day, so will fit around exams! |
| Do you want to play some chamber music? Do you want the chance to perform some smaller items that you have been working on yourself or in small groups? How about performing in a popular lunchtime concert? |
| AGM Dinner 2009 The highlight of the MusicSoc calendar is here, the AGM! "Annual General Meeting?! Brilliant!?" I hear you ask. Well yes! It is amazing, ask anyone who has been before! |
| Do you want to run part of MusicSoc? It doesn't seem like a year ago that the current committee were all elected in, well it almost is! Do you want to get more involved? Now is your chance! |
| ICSM Orchestra Concerto Concert Tuesday 24th March 2009 is our spring concerto orchestra concert with two fantastic soloists; concerto's performed by Alasdair Warwick and Jenny Macrae. |
| ICSM Choir's Concert Saturday 21st March 2009 is our spring ICSM Choir's concert, featuring both the ICSM Choir and ICSM Chamber Choir performing Mozart's Requiem and more. |
| Seven Deadly Sins Bop Saying one last drunken goodbye before we all dissapear into the abyss of revision/family time/drinking the blood of Christ is the Seven Deadly Sins Bop. 27th March 2009 |
| UK Medical Students' Orchestra The UKMSO is hosted by Cardiff University and runs from the 3rd to 8th August culminating in a charity concert in one of Cardiff's premier concert venues. |
| MusicSoc Weekend Away to Bath Our traditional Spring weekend away this year is to the lovely city of Bath on the 7th to 8th March. We will be playing a concert down there and sampling the nightlife... |
| Two MusicSoc freshers co-opted onto the committee The MusicSoc Committee welcome two very keen freshers on to the committee in non-executive roles. We're all really looking forward to all their ideas and input. |
| £1050 raised for our chosen charity This year we have decided to support Shooting Star Childrens Hospice in Ealing and over the past few months have raised £1050 for them. Thanks to everyone involved. |
| Is your new years resolution to get back into music? Well come and join us! Whether your a current member or new member, come have a look at what we have to offer. |
| ICSM Carol Service It's almost Christmas which means that the Carol Service has come around again! We are holding the traditional service with free minced pies and mulled wine! |
| Choir Weekend Away Review Here is the long awaited 'review' of the events on the weekend away to Margate and Canterbury and some amusing photo's to suppliment... Do have a look |
| MusicSoc Christmas Dinner This year, for the first time, MusicSoc are having a Christmas dinner on Tuesday 16th December 2008 and in the Crabtree in Hammersmith. |
| Do you want to be on TV! The BBC our coming to record our choir concert this Saturday so this could be your opporunity to be on TV! It would also be amazing to have a full audience... |
| MusicSoc Autumn Weekend Away The MusicSoc Autumn Weekend Away this year is on the 14th to 16th of November to Margate and Canterbury! We've got lots of exciting things planned already... |
| BT Health Sponsorship This year we are incredibly lucky to have the support of BT Health who are sponsoring us. This will allow us to make orchestra and choir concerts free for students! |
| Freshers Mingle Pictures Thanks to all of you that came to the Freshers Mingle last Saturday night. We have some awesome freshers this year! Thought you may like to see some pics... |
| Freshers Mingle The Freshers Mingle will be on Sat 11th October in the Physics Common Room in the Blackett Building. There will be a FREE BBQ and FREE DRINKS! See you there. |
| Friends of Music Society This year we have relaunched our 'Friends' scheme with lower price bands that give you more complimentary tickets to our concerts. |
| Freshers Mingle As an introduction to the society and to meet current members we are holding a free ‘MusicSoc Freshers Mingle’ on Saturday 11th October in South Kensington. |
| Austria Tour We have just returned from an action packed week in Austria visiting both Salzburg and Vienna, playing some music, seeing the sights and lots of good beer! |
If you are thinking about joining us and would like any further information about any aspect of the society do not hesitate to contact me.
Best wishes
Lydia Pearson
ICSM MusicSoc Chairman
lydia.pearson09@imperial.ac.uk