​PRESS RELEASE
 
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.


Press enquiries to Grenville Jones on 07778 282934.

​PRESS RELEASE
 
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.

PRESS RELEASE
 
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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All press enquiries to Grenville Jones on 07778 282934.

​PRESS RELEASE
 
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
 
Music man Grenville Jones will be raising money this year to support the work of the Bath branch of Parkinson’s UK. Grenville leads a number of choirs in the area and last year his singers helped to raise over £14,000 for local charities. An open day at Oldfield Park Baptist Church raised nearly £2,000 for Nepal’s earthquake appeal and his support of the National Osteoporosis Society’s Christmas concert in November raised over £7,000 for that organisation.
 
Grenville’s chosen local appeal for 2015 was the Three Ways School Teacup Appeal and concerts in Bath Abbey and other local churches raised over £4,000. Over in Devizes Grenville’s hugely popular Good Afternoon Choir also raised £1,000 for Wiltshire charities in 2015 through their concerts.
 
Grenville said;
 
“I want to support the Bath branch of Parkinson’s this year as I have been invited to speak at their Saturday morning group on a couple of occasions. I feel it is very important that smaller local organisations are helped with their fundraising to reach out to local people and I hope to raise a decent amount for them at a number of concerts during the year.”
 
Grenville’s first concert for Parkinson’s will be on Saturday March 19 at St Swithin’s Church where Grenville’s celebrated Bath Male Choir will perform with special guests, the Malmesbury Community Choir. The second concert will be will be at St Michael’s Church, Bath, on Good Friday, March 25, featuring his Bath Chorus choir. 
 
Theirs is a family link to this concert as Grenville’s son Laurie conducts the Malmesbury Choir. There will be no admission charge for either of these concerts with a retiring collection for Bath’s branch of Parkinson’s.
 
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Press enquiries to Grenville Jones on 07778 282934.

​PRESS RELEASE
 
Monday October 5, 2015
 
One of the leading male choirs in the UK will be performing at Abbots Bromley School on Saturday October 31.
 
Bath Male Choir reached the final stages of the BBC’s Last Choir Standing series in front of an audience of millions. At that time the judge Russell Watson dubbed them the ‘Wall of Sound’ and they have since sung all across the United Kingdom and last year undertook a hugely successful tour of Japan.
 
The concert, which starts at 7.30pm, also features The Heath Chorus from Uttoxeter, conducted by Helen Morgan.
 
Anne Griffiths is a member of The Heath Chorus and leads the development of The Golden-Oldies Charity in Staffordshire. Goldies, as it is fondly known, brightens the lives of older people through its daytime singing and activity sessions.
 
The founder, Grenville Jones who lives in Bath, is also founder conductor of Bath Male Choir and he is bringing his choir to Uttoxeter to raise money and support new sessions across the Staffordshire area.
 
Anne Griffiths said;
 
“Goldies is taking off in our area and I am so pleased that The Heath Chorus are performing at our concert. I have heard Bath Male Choir sing in Bath Abbey and they really are an amazing choir. For anyone who loves choral music or the sound of mens voices, this concert is a must.”
 
Tickets for the evening are priced £10 Under 16s £5 and are available from The Black Dog Jazz Cafe, 44 Carter Street, Uttoxeter, ST14 8EU - 01889 566660.
 
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Picture shows Grenville Jones.
 
Press enquiries to Grenville Jones on 07778 282934 or Anne Griffiths on 07952 667241.

PRESS RELEASE
 
World renowned King’s Singers in Bath Abbey
 
Monday September 21, 2015
 
The King’s Singers, one of the world’s leading professional vocal groups will be performing in concert at Bath Abbey on Thursday October 8.
 
The concert is organised by Bath music man Grenville Jones to support the Three Ways School, Bath, Teacup Appeal to help students learn workplace skills and gain qualifications.
 
The King’s Singers have premiered more than 200 new works, including landmark compositions by Luciano Berio, György Ligeti, James MacMillan, Krzysztof Penderecki, Toru Takemitsu, John Tavener and Eric Whitacre, and commissioned thrilling arrangements of everything from jazz standards to pop chart hits. They are double Grammy award-winning artists, honoured for their Signum Classics release, Simple Gifts, and again for their contribution to Eric Whitacre’s Light & Gold album on Decca. In 2013 they were chosen as one of only two vocal ensembles to enter the Gramophone Hall of Fame for their unique discography of over 175 albums.
 
Supporting the King’s Singers will be two of Grenville’s choirs, the 80 voices of THE Bath Chorus plus the 90 voices of The Welcome Choir. Members of the choirs come from across Bath and North East Somerset and Wiltshire.
 
David Hurley from The King’s Singers said: 
 
“We are greatly looking forward to performing in Bath's wonderful Abbey on October 8th. We are also delighted that the concert will benefit Three Ways' Tea Cup Appeal.”
 
Grenville Jones added:
 
“Three Ways is a special needs academy offering a unique stimulating learning environment to pupils with learning difficulties and disabilities aged 3-18.
 
“This is a concert for everyone who loves choral music. The King’s Singers are, without question, one of the most highly regarded vocal ensembles in the world. It will be a very special evening of harmony.”
 
Tickets are on sale from Bath Box Office on 01225 463362 priced from £10.
 
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Press enquiries to Grenville Jones on 07778 282934.

Click here to read a recent Press Release in the Halifax Herald, Nova Scotia after The Grenville Choir's visit recently.

http://valleyharvester.ca/2015/09/17/mr-jones-and-me/