Common & Kind 2021

Founded in 2016 as an inspiring international musical response to division and prejudice, COMMON AND KIND celebrates its 5th Anniversary at the Round Chapel on Thursday 15th July at 7:30pm. This spectacular concert brings together world leading solo artists from across the musical spectrum with school children, refugee groups and choirs from across London. Six sensational solo acts will appear throughout the evening, along with the choir. The solo line up features Olivier award-winning star of the West End Cassidy Janson, percussion virtuoso Bernhard Schimpelsberger, virtuoso violinist and leader of Britten Sinfonia Thomas Gould, Bengali pop icon Saida Tani and New York soul sensation J. Hoard. Featuring a choir of 400 people every year since 2016, this very special event will also be a trailblazer for safe. socially-distanced singing in Covid times with a socially-distanced choir of 60. The concert will also feature the premiere screening, with live choir, of a new single in support of the UNHCR featuring Gwilym Simcock, Justin Stanton (Snarky Puppy) and Bernhard Schimpelsberger.