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Thursday, February 1, 2018
 
A concert at High Street Methodist Church, Witney, on Saturday March 10 sees the return of the celebrated Bath Male Choir. The ‘boys from Bath’ were founded by Bath’s ‘Mr Music’ Grenville Jones in 2007. Soon after the choir were invited to sing on a major new Saturday evening BBC1 show entitled ‘Last Choir Standing’ they reached the finals of the popular series which has since been shown Worldwide by the BBC.
 
In recent years the choir have sung across the United Kingdom and Europe, in 2014 they were the first amateur male choir to visit Japan with Standing Ovations all the way! On Remembrance Sunday 2016 Bath Male Choir were invited to sing at the renowned Menin Gate ‘Last Post Ceremony’ in front of an audience of thousands.
 
The Choir have raised many thousands of pounds for various charities. After losing a popular member of its bass section in 2016 last year they raised £12,440 for the British Heart Foundation.
 
The choir are delighted to be returning to High Street Methodist Church to renew their friendship with the Reed family, Paul having been a member of the choir for a number of years when they lived in the City of Bath. Paul’s wife Melanie is Minister at the Church.
 
“He’s on the Tele” … the choirs founder conductor Grenville Jones has been one of the ‘100’ judges in the BBC1’s popular Saturday night series ‘All Together Now’ which is currently running on Saturday evenings with the final going out on Saturday March 3rd.
 
Guest soloist will be Becki Reed. After discovering a love of singing at an early age, Becki began private tuition at the age of eight, and turned professional at thirteen. She has sung all over the country, but made her operatic debut in Cardiff singing the main role in a new opera, 'The flooding of the plains of Gwelod' in 2009. Becki then went on to earn a prestigious place at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Greenwich, where she studied Vocal Performance, Musical Theatre and Singing Tuition.
 
Tickets for the concert are priced £12 adults £5 under 19s and are available from High Street Methodist Church Coffee Bar on 01993 709205 or St Andrew’s Book Shop on 01993 709429.
 
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Press enquiries to Grenville Jones on 07778 282934.

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Monday, January 29, 2018
 
If you watched the new BBC1 show All Together Now last Saturday evening at 7.15pm you may have seen a familiar face amongst the judges.
 
Bath’s own Mr Music, Grenville Jones, is one of the panel called, ‘The 100’ who choose the winners each week to go forward to sing for a massive £50,000 prize in the sing-off final show on March 3.
 
Dubbed by the BBC as, ‘A singing show with a difference’, 10 acts perform each week for the 100 judges sat in front of them, which includes former Spice-Girl Geri Horner. Two winners each week go through to the final show. Stand-up comedian Rob Beckett presents the show which comes from the BBC studios in Manchester.
 
The 100 judges come from across the UK and represent all genres of music. Grenville’s reputation as a choir leader led to his invitation to be part of the exclusive group. He is also the founder of the Golden-Oldies Charity whose fun formula of daytime sing-alongs for older isolated people now reaches across England and Wales.
 
Grenville says;
 
“It’s a great series and certainly different from all the other TV talent and singing shows. The format of judging by a large group representing all types of music and entertainment makes for some fascinating viewing.”
 
Grenville’s list of choirs now numbers 14 which include the famous ‘Last Choir Standing’ Bath Male Choir. He is also the author of the popular choir novel Deep Harmony which has just been re-published with the addition of a final chapter answering the cliffhanger question – what happened next?
 
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Press enquiries to Grenville Jones on 07778 282934.
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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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Press enquiries to Grenville Jones on 07778 282934.

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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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Press enquiries to Grenville Jones 07778 282934

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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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​Press enquiries to Grenville Jones on 07778 282934.

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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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Picture shows Grenville Jones.


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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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Press enquiries to Grenville Jones on 07778 282934.