The Welcome Choir - Grenville's Wednesday evening non-audition choir meets from 7.45pm to 9.30pm Culverhay School, Rush Hill, Bath. There are already over 70 members and you can click here for the rehearsal dates and more information. Come along and meet us one Wednesday.
Culverhay is ideal for people travelling from the Bristol / Keynsham as well as the Norton / Radstock area and members come from all over. Rehearsals are in the main upper school hall where there is ample free parking in the school car park. Come along on your own or with a friend and discover the fun of singing in a choir.
The choir perform at concerts and are planning a weekend in Cornwall in 2013.
www.welcomechoir.org
Culverhay is ideal for people travelling from the Bristol / Keynsham as well as the Norton / Radstock area and members come from all over. Rehearsals are in the main upper school hall where there is ample free parking in the school car park. Come along on your own or with a friend and discover the fun of singing in a choir.
The choir perform at concerts and are planning a weekend in Cornwall in 2013.
www.welcomechoir.org
The City of Bath Male Choir/ Bath Male Choir - The City of Bath Male Choir was founded in February 2006 by Grenville. The Mayor of the City is the Choir Patron. This is a Choir that makes a BIG sound and has a huge reputation. You may have been one of the millions of TV viewers who saw them on the BBC’s Last Choir Standing reality TV show. Bath Male Choir reached 5th place. Since that time the BBC series has been shown around the world and people still talk about it.
2012 was another busy BMC year. Bath Male Choir visited Cornwall and supported many charities raising thousands of pounds.
The Choir now totals over 70 singers. Grenville has proved that, contrary to public belief, MEN DO SING and is always trying to encourage younger men to take up, “The best hobby in the world!”
Bath Male Choir meet on Tuesdays at Culverhay School Hall. It is accessible to all and has a large car park.
Grenville auditions all new members for Bath Male Choir. This is a straight forward one to one voice test. New members are welcome to attend a rehearsal to discover more about BMC, if they then apply to join, the audition is arranged with them by Grenville.
www.bathmalechoir.org
2012 was another busy BMC year. Bath Male Choir visited Cornwall and supported many charities raising thousands of pounds.
The Choir now totals over 70 singers. Grenville has proved that, contrary to public belief, MEN DO SING and is always trying to encourage younger men to take up, “The best hobby in the world!”
Bath Male Choir meet on Tuesdays at Culverhay School Hall. It is accessible to all and has a large car park.
Grenville auditions all new members for Bath Male Choir. This is a straight forward one to one voice test. New members are welcome to attend a rehearsal to discover more about BMC, if they then apply to join, the audition is arranged with them by Grenville.
www.bathmalechoir.org
The Bath Chorus - This is a auditioned mixed-voice choir of 80 voices that rehearses on Monday evenings at St Bart’s Church above Oldfield Park. The Chorus include many young singers and music students. It was started by Grenville in January 2009 after he decided to part company with the Silver Ring Choir, who he had led very successfully for 12 years.
The Chorus repertoire is varied – from beautiful folk song arrangements by Bob Chilcott through to some standard choral favourites. The Chorus perform from music, this is the deliberate choice of Grenville as it gives this choir a vast potential to choose from.
There is a strong social side to the Chorus as you will see from the website. Grenville auditions all new members. This is a straight forward one to one voice test. New members are welcome to attend a rehearsal to discover more about the Bath Chorus, if they then apply to join, the audition is arranged with them by Grenville.
www.thebathchorus.org.uk
The Chorus repertoire is varied – from beautiful folk song arrangements by Bob Chilcott through to some standard choral favourites. The Chorus perform from music, this is the deliberate choice of Grenville as it gives this choir a vast potential to choose from.
There is a strong social side to the Chorus as you will see from the website. Grenville auditions all new members. This is a straight forward one to one voice test. New members are welcome to attend a rehearsal to discover more about the Bath Chorus, if they then apply to join, the audition is arranged with them by Grenville.
www.thebathchorus.org.uk
Good Afternoon Choir(s) - Another highly successful project from Grenville - his Good Afternoon Choirs. The Bath group meets every Thursday afternoon in the centre of the City and has over 80 members. No auditions, singing for everyone with the accent firmly on enjoyment, making friends and performing at concerts. The Bath Good Afternoon Choir are shown above with the Devizes Good Afternoon Choir which started in 2011 and also has over 80 singers. The Devizes group meet on Friday afternoons at St Andrews Church, Long Street . Both choirs rehearse from 2pm to 4pm and are taken by Grenville.
www.goodafternoonchoir.org
www.goodafternoonchoir.org
Norland Nannies - The Norland College Choir is based in Bath and its famous Norland Nannies leave the college to work around the world. Grenville is musical director of the Norland Nannies Choir.
Golden-Oldies Charity- Then of course there is the Golden-Oldies Charity which Grenville started back in January 2008 with 4 fun singing sessions for the elderly in Bath. It now runs over 60 daytime singing sessions each week across the West Region of England and now in South Wales. With the support of an enthusiastic board of Trustees and many others, "Goldies" is having a profound effect on the lives of hundreds of elderly people. Grenville's aim is to take the Charity on to national level in the next 10 years. Sir Cliff Richard is the Patron of The Charity.
www.golden-oldies.org.uk
www.golden-oldies.org.uk
