Grenville Jones is a choir leader and musician who lives in the City of Bath. He has three sons, Daniel, Kieron and Laurie, and three grandchildren. Aged 62, his driving passion is to get people of all ages singing and BELONGING to a group where they can make friends, enjoy themselves and have fun through music. His choirs include the auditioned mixed voice Bath Chorus, the Last Choir Standing Bath Male Choir, the Good Afternoon Choirs in Bath and Devizes the Bath Children’s / Choirskool Choir and the Community Bath Welcome Choir. His also musical director of the Norland College Choir.
In July 2012 he announced his personal super dream to raise £20,000 to take a group of children with severe learning issues to Paris and Disneyworld - see www.super-dream.org.uk 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. They set off in May.
He works with a number of charities advising on concerts and has helped to raise many thousands of pounds for local amd national groups.
He founded the Golden-Oldies registered charity in 2007 taking four fun singing sessions himself for the elderly in community rooms in and around Bath. Goldies ( as it has become known ) now has Sir Cliff Richard as supportive patron and its open-access session are attended by hundreds across the West of England and South Wales each week.
There are now 23 session leaders – see www.golden-oldies.org.uk for more info and Grenville’s ambition is to see Goldies UKas UK-wide charity, bringing joy to thousands of people, including the elderly as well as people with Alzheimer’s and learning difficulties.
“The power of music knows NO boundaries.”
In July 2012 he announced his personal super dream to raise £20,000 to take a group of children with severe learning issues to Paris and Disneyworld - see www.super-dream.org.uk 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. They set off in May.
He works with a number of charities advising on concerts and has helped to raise many thousands of pounds for local amd national groups.
He founded the Golden-Oldies registered charity in 2007 taking four fun singing sessions himself for the elderly in community rooms in and around Bath. Goldies ( as it has become known ) now has Sir Cliff Richard as supportive patron and its open-access session are attended by hundreds across the West of England and South Wales each week.
There are now 23 session leaders – see www.golden-oldies.org.uk for more info and Grenville’s ambition is to see Goldies UKas UK-wide charity, bringing joy to thousands of people, including the elderly as well as people with Alzheimer’s and learning difficulties.
“The power of music knows NO boundaries.”
Last June he attended a Buckingham Palace garden party as guest of the Big Lottery** and was presented to the Queen. In August ( see below) he received an honorary degree from Bath Spa University recognising his contribution to music and his leadership of the Goldies Charity.
He works with the BBC at Bristol. In November 2011 the BBC Children in Need evening featured Gareth Malone and youth choirs from across the UK. Grenville trained the choir that represented BBC West region. In July of last year he led the BBC Wiltshire 200 voice Decibel Choir who sang at Salisbury Olympic Flame celebration.
