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In memory of Tony Pickett

8/1/2017

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

In Memory of Tony

Frome’s Merlin Theatre will host a very special concert on Sunday evening September 24.

Featuring the celebrated Bath Male Choir the concert will support the British Heart Foundation and a 2017 fundraising drive in memory of former choir member, Tony Pickett.

Tony, who lived in Frome, had sung in the choir since it started 10 years ago. Choir members were devastated when Tony died after a heart attack whilst out cycling last July.

After a discussion with Tony’s partner Ginette, BHF was chosen to benefit from a number of fundraising concerts and special events, including a new CD from the choir called ‘Reflections’. In March Simon Kale from the tenor section of the choir, and a friend of Tony’s, ran the London Marathon raising over £5,000.

The Merlin Theatre concert will also feature the popular Courage Choir from Bradford on Avon and it promises to be a very special evening.

Tickets are on sale from the Merlin Theatre Box Office priced £15 telephone 01373 465949.

Looking ahead, on October 14 Bath Male Choir will continue their fundraising when they welcome the famous Morriston Orpheus Choir to a concert at St Swithin’s Church, Bath. Ticket line 01225 463362.

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The Bath Chorus concert at St Michael's Church

7/10/2017

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Monday, July 10, 2017

St Michael’s Church in the centre of Bath hosts a concert on Saturday July 22 supporting the British Heart Foundation.

This charity is certainly close to the hearts of members of The Bath Chorus who will be performing ‘choral favourites’ that evening. It is almost a year since the untimely death of Tony Pickett. Tony who lived in Frome was a member of the bass section of The Bath Chorus who died suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack in July last year. A much-loved member of the choir, and after discussion with his partner, the British Heart Foundation was chosen to benefit from a number of concerts and special events during this year.

Simon Kale who sings in The Bath Chorus ran the London Marathon raising over £5,000 and it is hoped to reach a target in excess of £12,000 by the end of this year.

The July concert at St Michael’s is a free entry evening featuring soprano soloist Charlotte Newstead from Bristol. It will feature choral favourites introduced by Grenville Jones, the founder conductor of The Bath Chorus. There will be a retiring collection for BHF.

“If you love choral music then this is an evening not to be missed,” said Grenville.

The doors open at 7.00pm and the concert starts at 7.30pm ending at 9.30pm.

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The Bath Chorus concert at St Michael's Church

7/5/2017

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Monday, July 10, 2017

St Michael’s Church in the centre of Bath hosts a concert on Saturday July 22 supporting the British Heart Foundation.

This charity is certainly close to the hearts of members of The Bath Chorus who will be performing ‘choral favourites’ that evening. It is almost a year since the untimely death of Tony Pickett. Tony who lived in Frome was a member of the bass section of The Bath Chorus who died suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack in July last year. A much-loved member of the choir, and after discussion with his partner, the British Heart Foundation was chosen to benefit from a number of concerts and special events during this year.

Simon Kale who sings in The Bath Chorus ran the London Marathon raising over £5,000 and it is hoped to reach a target in excess of £12,000 by the end of this year.

The July concert at St Michael’s is a free entry evening featuring soprano soloist Charlotte Newstead from Bristol. It will feature choral favourites introduced by Grenville Jones, the founder conductor of The Bath Chorus. There will be a retiring collection for BHF.

“If you love choral music then this is an evening not to be missed,” said Grenville.

The doors open at 7.00pm and the concert starts at 7.30pm ending at 9.30pm.

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Press enquiries to Grenville Jones on 07778 282934.

Devizes Good Afternoon Choir to perform at Devizes Corn Exchange

7/3/2017

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Monday 3rd July, 2017

The popular Devizes Good Afternoon Choir will be staging their next concert at the Corn Exchange on Saturday July 29th at 7.30pm.

The 100 strong choir who meet at St Andrews Church every Friday afternoon from 2-4pm, under the leadership of Baths music-man Grenville Jones will welcome the top barbershop quartet, ShoBaSs as guests for their concert.

Devizes Good Afternoon Choir attracts members from across Wiltshire and membership numbers have grown steadily from when Grenville launched the choir back in 2011. Since that time it has raised many hundreds of pounds for local charities.

Tickets for the July 29th concert are available from choir members or direct from 01761 472468, priced £10 each or £6 for under 12’s.

www.goodafternoonchoir.org

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Bath Male Choir launch new CD 'Reflections'

5/8/2017

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Monday May 8, 2017

A new CD from Bath Male Choir has just been released supporting the British Heart Foundation.

Famous for their appearances on the BBC Last Choir Standing series and concerts around the UK and Europe, the choir last July lost a much-loved member of their bass section, Tony Pickett.

Tony’s sudden death from a heart attack came as a great shock to the members of Bath Male Choir. After discussion with Tony’s partner, choir members decided that they would raise money through 2017 for the British Heart Foundation.

The new CD entitled ‘Reflections’ features 14 songs and is available through the choir website www.bathmalechoir.org.

The choir has already raised £8,000 this year. Simon Kale ran the London Marathon two weeks ago raising £5,000 and fellow bass Steve West organised a night of music which raised a further £2,000. Further concerts have added a £1,000 and there are a number of other fundraising events and concerts in the pipeline, including a visit of the famous Morriston Orpheus Choir on Saturday October 14.

Grenville Jones is founder conductor of Bath Male Choir and also the Bath Chorus, of which Tony Pickett was also a long-term member, Grenville said;

“Members of both choirs are now supporting BHF and I am sure that we can raise a substantial amount of money by the end of the year in memory of Tony.

“The CD contains both old and new songs from the Bath Male Choir repertoire and it will help us to boost our final total for the British Heart Foundation.”

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Three of Bath's leading groups to perform

3/9/2017

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Thursday, March 9, 2017

Three of Bath’s leading groups join forces for a concert of popular music on Saturday March 18.

It takes place at St Swithin’s Church, Walcott, featuring The Bath Spa Band, the Bath Welcome Choir and the Choir from the Norland College.

Proceeds from the concert will support the Goldies Charity and it’s work with older vulnerable people in Bath and North East Somerset.

Bath music man Grenville Jones leads the Welcome Choir and the Norland Choir who are giving their services to support Goldies.

Grenville said;

“With increasing numbers attending our fun sing and smile sessions across the area we now want to reach out with more sessions and also to be able to offer community bus transport to those who are unable through infirmity to attend. This concert will put more smiles on more faces across B&NES.”

Doors open at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start. Tickets priced £10 from Bath Box Office 01225 463362 or by calling 01761 472468.

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Free admission concert in Truro Methodist Church

4/12/2016

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

He’s written a novel about a fictional choir based in Truro and on Saturday May 7, Bath’s music man Grenville Jones brings two of his ‘real’ choirs to sing at Truro Methodist Church.

Grenville is Patron of the Cornwall Community Choirs who will be hosting the FREE ADMISSION concert with a retiring collection for Cornwall Hospice Care.

Last year Grenville published his novel ‘Deep Harmony’ which is based on the loves and lives of a mixed-voice choir in Cornwall called The Verlis Singers. Verlis is thinly disguised as Truro and readers have recognised many of the places referred to in the book which was published on Amazon and Kindle.

The May 7 concert is entitled Let The People Sing with the 200 strong Cornwall Community Choir and members of the Bath and Devizes Good Afternoon Choirs, renewing the friendship between Grenville and Neil Shepherd, who leads the Cornwall Community Choir across the county. Doors open at 7pm and Neil and Grenville guarantee an evening of song with many opportunities for the audience to join in and sing along.

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Devizes Good Afternoon Choir concert April 9

3/14/2016

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Monday, March 14, 2016

They love to sing at the Devizes Good Afternoon Choir, which meets every Friday afternoon from 2pm-4pm in St Andrew’s Church in Long Street, Devizes.

On Saturday April 9 the choir will be joining forces with the Warminster Community Choir to stage a fun night of music and song at the Devizes Corn Exchange.

Doors for the concert will open at 7pm and ADMISSION IS FREE with a retiring collection at the end of the concert supporting the Devizes branch of Parkinson’s UK.

Westcountry music man Grenville Jones is the founder conductor of the Devizes Good Afternoon Choir, he leads a number of choirs in the region and in the next six weeks launches Good Afternoon Choirs in Keynsham and Bristol.

He said;

“Over 125 lovely people are members of our Devizes afternoon choir and we have a great time together singing popular melodies and choral classics. This is a non-audition choir so everyone is welcome and in May many of the members from Devizes will be setting out for Cornwall for a singing weekend based in Truro.”

Grenville Jones is Patron of the Cornwall Community Choirs who will host the visit of the Devizes singers in May.

There is no charge for admission on Saturday April 9 at the Devizes Corn Exchange, doors open at 7pm so early arrival is advised.

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A new Bristol afternoon choir is being launched in April at Henleaze.

3/2/2016

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Wednesday 2nd March 2016

A new Bristol afternoon choir is being launched in April at Henleaze.

Bath’s Mr Music, Grenville Jones, has a reputation for getting hundreds of people singing. He is launching a new daytime no-audition fun community choir for retired people in Henleaze on April 4 called the Bristol Good Afternoon Choir.

Grenville leads a number of music projects across the West and beyond. He is also founder of the Goldies charity, NOT choirs but with 150 daytime sing and smile social sessions in community rooms and church halls now across the West of England, Essex, Hants, Staffs Yorkshire and South Wales.

The Good Afternoon Choirs are one of his hugely successful choir projects with 250 singers in the Bath and Devizes weekly groups. The Bristol Good Afternoon Choir will meet at Trinity Henleaze United Reformed Church on Mondays from 2-4pm and everyone is welcome to go along and find out all about the choir.

The Keynsham Good Afternoon Choir also starts this month with the first rehearsal at Keynsham Methodist Church from 2pm until 4pm on Wednesday March 16.

Says Grenville:

“We sing all sorts of music – from folk songs and spirituals to Abba and Queen. It’s all about having fun, making new friends and enjoyment.”

Ben England is conductor of the new choir. He studied music at the University of Bristol, specialising in conducting and choral music. He is a singer, pianist and guitarist who is in demand as a soloist across the South West. Ben has led choirs and singing groups in and around Bristol for over 20 years, and has worked with groups of all sizes and all ages.

An Advanced Skills Teacher, Ben was until 2016 Director of Music at Colston’s Girls’ School. He is also the Musical Director of the Bristol Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

Grenville's other choirs include the famous Bath Male Choir from BBC1’s Last Choir Standing. For full details of Bristol's NEW afternoon choir see:

www.goodafternoonchoir.org

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A new Keynsham afternoon choir is coming soon, led by Bath’s Mr Music

2/15/2016

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Monday 15th February 2016

A new Keynsham afternoon choir is coming soon, led by Bath’s Mr Music, Grenville Jones. He is launching a new daytime no-audition fun community choir for retired people living in or around Keynsham on Wednesday March 16.

Grenville leads a number of music projects across the West and beyond. He is also founder of the Goldies charity, certainly NOT choirs but with 150 daytime sing and smile social sessions in community rooms and church halls now across the West of England, Essex, Hants, Staffs Yorkshire and South Wales.

The Good Afternoon Choirs are one of his hugely successful choir projects with 250 singers in the Bath and Devizes weekly groups. Keynsham will meet at the Keynsham Methodist Church on Wednesdays from 2-4pm and everyone is welcome to go along and find out all about the group on Wednesday March 16 for a free admission open rehearsal.

Says Grenville:

“We sing all sorts of music – from folk songs and spirituals to Abba and Queen. It’s all about having fun, making new friends and enjoyment. I look forward to welcoming lots of folk on March 16 at Keynsham Methodist Church where we will rehearse in the church.”

His other choirs include the famous Bath Male Choir from BBC1’s Last Choir Standing, who have a concert date at Keynsham Parish Church on Saturday evening May 28. For full details of Keynsham’s NEW afternoon choir and the BRISTOL Good Afternoon choir starting in April see website:

www.goodafternoonchoir.org

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