News and Events
We organise a huge variety of events for young people and schools all over Islington. Find out more about our upcoming and past events below.
Singlington 2026
Singlington 2026
Singing in the News and singing in Islington: Join Singlington 2026!
Have you heard the news? BBC launched their ‘Get Singing’ initiative, with plenty of resources and ideas to get children and young people singing, in particular those in secondary schools.
Music Education Islington has been promoting singing through regular events including Singlington, where we invite all of Islington schools to come together and experience the power of singing. It is still time to sign up for our Singlington 2026.
We are thrilled to invite our Islington schools to join us at King’s Place for Singlington – to come together with other schools from across the borough and create one big choir. King’s Place, the world class cultural hub next to King’s Cross, is opening their doors for our event on Friday 6 March 2025.
Join musicians and educators Laurel Neighbour, Ty Lowe, and our Singlington band, in one of two sessions – two for years 1-5, and the third for year 6 and secondary schools. We also invite sixth form groups to come along!
Availability is limited, so please sign up early.
Material will be distributed well in advance of the event via our Charanga hub tab. Sign up by Friday 13 February.
Event details
Sign up opens: Wednesday 14 January
Sign up closes: Friday 13 February
Event date: Friday 6 March
Session 1- Primary (preference for KS1): 10:00-10:45
Session 2 - Primary (preference for KS2): 11:05-11:55
Session 3 - year 6 & Secondary: 12:15-13:15
Location: King’s Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG
Costs: free to all schools with an SLA. All others: £50 per class.
For more information: Mirjam.james@gsmd.ac.uk
Sign up here: Singlington 2026 – Fill in form
Why singing?
If you have not yet experienced the happiness-inducing effect singing can have, then you might be convinced by academic studies which have looked into the reasons why singing is so good for you…
A number of academic studies have shown how singing supports different aspects of adolescents’ life. Amongst others, singing improves respiratory and cardiac functions, motor control and neurological development (Welch, 2011). Group singing also fosters social connectedness, confidence and emotional wellbeing. It increases biopsychosocial health, especially through social bonding and emotional resilience. The study emphasizes the importance of inclusive “social singing”. (Glew, Simonds & Williams (2021), Fahey et al. (2022). A most recent study showed that those teenagers who actively participated in singing (choir) showed better stress management and improved cognitive performance compared to passive music listeners Josyula & Kaci (2024).
