Malmesbury Abbey - Saturday October 1st
THE KING'S SINGERS
The world-renowned King's Singers will perform in Malmesbury Abbey on Saturday October 1st a concert which will include the 80 voices of The Bath Chorus. The evening concert starts at 7.30pm (doors open 7pm) with tickets available from Bath Box Office, tel 01225 463362 or book direct on:
https://uk.patronbase.com/_BathFestivals/Productions/GREN/Performances?_ga=1.7781362.1316549965.1368013216
This promises to be a very special concert and tickets are priced £25 for the main central area of Malmesbury Abbey or £15 for the side aisles - no concessions.
In addition, there is the opportunity to take part in a workshop which will be led by the King's Singers. This takes place from 2pm to 3.30pm in Malmesbury Town Hall which is very close to The Abbey. Workshop tickets are selling very quickly and numbers are restricted. The price includes your ticket for the evening concert.
Workshop tickets are NOT available from the Box Office, please contact 01761 472468 or email choirs@grenvillemusic.co.uk
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Grenville recieving his honarary degree from Bath Spa University
Grenville being presented to The Queen.
The Bath Male Choir in full voice!
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WELCOME to the website of Grenville Jones D.Litt , a highly respected and busy choir leader, musician and author who lives in the City of Bath. He has three sons, Daniel, Kieron and Laurie, and four young grandchildren. Aged 64, his driving passion is to get people of all ages singing and BELONGING to a singing group where they can make friends, enjoy themselves and have fun through music. “Singing on prescription” is at the heart of all he does.
To add to his achievements, Grenville’s first novel was published in September 2015 shortly after returning from taking a sell-out Come and Sing workshops in Canada. Deep Harmony was the result of 4 years endeavour by Grenville writing (usually) whilst tucked away in the corner of a hotel bar in Countries across Europe surrounded by paper and post-its ! Read about the loves and lives of Cornish choir The Verlis Singers in Deep Harmony … click here to purchase your copy on Amazon or Download on Kindle As founder of the Golden-Oldies Charity he started in Bath 8 years ago with four daytime sing-a-long and activity sessions for socially isolated people ( Goldies is not a Choir! ) which now runs over 140 across England and South Wales as Goldies Cymru. Sir Cliff Richard is the supportive Patron of “Goldies,” as it has become known, and its open-access sessions are attended by hundreds. Goldies is making a BIG difference to the lives of older people. There are now over 30 session leaders and Grenville’s ambition is to see the charity – under the banner Goldies UK - operating across the UK, bringing joy to thousands of people, reaching older people with learning difficulties as well as those with Alzheimer’s and learning difficulties. The first all-singing Goldies Charity shop will open in the town of Keynsham in March 2016. Another project driven by Grenville. His choirs include the auditioned mixed-voice choir THE Bath Chorus, the Last Choir Standing Bath Male Choir (who visited Japan in 2014 for a highly successful 10 day tour) the no-audition, evening Bath Welcome Choir in Bath his Good Afternoon Choirs in Bath and Devizes with Keynsham, Bristol and Frome ( the later three being added this year ) and the Bath Children’s Choir. He is also musical director of the Norland College Choir. Hundreds of people sing in his choirs and thousands enjoy the Goldies sessions. He also helps a number of charities in concert promotion and planning and in 2015 alone his choirs and concerts helped to raise over £14,000 for local charities Grenville is Patron of the Cornwall Community Choirs Association and also (when time allows) takes “Everyone can SING!” workshops around the UK. He worked last year with the BBC on the Heritage of World War One songs and in particular the songs of Fred Weatherly. |
He has an office in Westfield near Bath, where Jody and Nikki keep everything running smoothly. In July 2012 he announced his personal super dream to raise £20,000 to take children from a Mencap group with severe learning issues to Paris and Disneyworld. Nine months on (in February 2013) with the fantastic support of many of the people in his choirs and local organisations he achieved the target. Grenville was also able to send a further £1,500 later in 2013 which funded a trip to Longleat.
Also in 2012 he received an honorary degree from Bath Spa University in recognition of his contribution to music in the community. He attended a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace at the invitation of the National Lottery where he was presented to the Queen. Through his music and charity work he has been interviewed on radio and TV many times across the World.
In the past he has worked with Gareth Malone on Children in Need, and on stage at concerts produced by himself with Katherine Jenkins, Aled Jones, Alfie Boe, Jamie Cullum, Rhydian Roberts, Lee Mead Russell Watson and Hayley Westenra. Working with Bath Abbey he has produced many sell-out concerts supporting the work of small community groups in Bath.
Grenville’s email is jonesgrenville@aol.com
Also in 2012 he received an honorary degree from Bath Spa University in recognition of his contribution to music in the community. He attended a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace at the invitation of the National Lottery where he was presented to the Queen. Through his music and charity work he has been interviewed on radio and TV many times across the World.
In the past he has worked with Gareth Malone on Children in Need, and on stage at concerts produced by himself with Katherine Jenkins, Aled Jones, Alfie Boe, Jamie Cullum, Rhydian Roberts, Lee Mead Russell Watson and Hayley Westenra. Working with Bath Abbey he has produced many sell-out concerts supporting the work of small community groups in Bath.
Grenville’s email is jonesgrenville@aol.com
Victoria Primary School in Penarth, South Wales and Grenville chats to one of the ladies who attend the local Goldies Cymru session. The Charity started by Grenville in the West of England 6 years ago now reaches out to hundreds of older people and young people in Schools across Southern England and Wales.
Grenville's first novel called Deep Harmony
Download on KINDLE or buy paperback from AMAZON Books
Modern fiction at its best, Deep Harmony, will have you laughing and crying from beginning to end, as it shares an entertaining and completely unanticipated insight into what life is like in a Cornish choir - GOLD WIND Publishing -
Grenville lifts the lid on choir life in his first novel...
If you sing in a choir, you will not want to miss it. Hear The Verlis Singers: www.verlis-singers.org.uk
Modern fiction at its best, Deep Harmony, will have you laughing and crying from beginning to end, as it shares an entertaining and completely unanticipated insight into what life is like in a Cornish choir - GOLD WIND Publishing -
Grenville lifts the lid on choir life in his first novel...
If you sing in a choir, you will not want to miss it. Hear The Verlis Singers: www.verlis-singers.org.uk
If you would like to know more about any aspect of
Grenville’s work please email him.
