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Antiguan High Commissioner Karen-Mae Hill thanks Ruth, Chorus of Dissent and the Elastic Band for a first class concert.

Chorus of Dissent and the Elastic Band performed a joint concert with the National Youth Choir of Antigua and Barbuda which packed St Matthias Church, and wowed the audience which included the islands’ Governor General and High Commissioner, and Hackney’s Deputy Speaker Cllr Cam Adams.

Proud to be hosting the Refugee Tales walk in solidarity with asylum seekers and refugees, at 7pm on 10 July, St Matthias Church. Free, all welcome.

Chorus of Dissent and the Elastic Band warmly welcome the National Youth Choir of Antigua and Barbuda to perform a joint concert at 5.30pm on June 30 at St Matthias Church, Stoke Newington. It’s their first visit to the UK yet they’re that good, they’ve been invited to sing at Buckingham Palace.

Chorus of Dissent sang and the Elastic band played to a packed church at St Matthias Patronal Festival

Chorus of Dissent’s Notes for Women concert was a hit when they took it to Galway City in Ireland

Dissenters launch new charity dissentersartsn16 with portrait exhibition at St Matthias Halls featuring work from pupils at St Matthias School, Akwaaba Refugee and Asylum Centre. The charity funds arts opportunities for the N16 community including ballet, singing and art.

Review of Chorus of Dissent’s hilarious 21st century version of Gilbert & Sullivan’s one-act opera Trial by Jury set in Stoke Newington – by Charlotte Heath

Ruth is currently mid-Atlantic on her way to Antigua with a suitcase full of trumpets, French horns, oboes and conductors’ batons to start the island’s first Youth Symphony Orchestra. She’s also...

BIG thanks to Stokey's melodious community choir Chorus of Dissent who melted away the freezing rain outside and brought a warm glow to our hearts with their Christmas by Candlelight carol...