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Malmesbury Abbey - Saturday October 1st
THE KING'S SINGERS
The world-renowned King's Singers will perform in Malmesbury Abbey on Saturday October 1st a concert which will include the 80 voices of The Bath Chorus. The evening concert starts at 7.30pm (doors open 7pm) with tickets available from Bath Box Office, tel 01225 463362 or book direct on:
https://uk.patronbase.com/_BathFestivals/Productions/GREN/Performances?_ga=1.7781362.1316549965.1368013216
This promises to be a very special concert and tickets are priced £25 for the main central area of Malmesbury Abbey or £15 for the side aisles - no concessions.
In addition, there is the opportunity to take part in a workshop which will be led by the King's Singers. This takes place from 2pm to 3.30pm in Malmesbury Town Hall which is very close to The Abbey. Workshop tickets are selling very quickly and numbers are restricted. The price includes your ticket for the evening concert.
Workshop tickets are NOT available from the Box Office, please contact 01761 472468 or email choirs@grenvillemusic.co.uk
The Bath Chorus always welcomes potential new singers at every rehearsal so if you would like to know more about the leading mixed-voice choir in the West - please come along to any Monday evening rehearsal at St Barts in Oldfield Park and introduce yourself to Grenville - you are assured of a warm welcome!
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Hear The Bath Chorus singing in Coventry Cathedral last year. The soloist is Emma Boden... The choir rehearses every Monday from 7.45pm to 9.45pm at St Bart's Church which is in Oldfield Park, Bath at the top of King Edward Road. The repertoire is varied - everything from Mozart and Parry to Chilcott and Whitacre. If you join the Chorus you will enjoy your music making. Come along to a rehearsal and find out more.
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Welcome to the website of THE Bath Chorus!
As you can see from our picture, we are a large mixed-voice choir based in the City of Bath. The founder conductor of the Bath Chorus is one of the West Country's leading musicians, Grenville Jones. We are an auditioned choir. If you have just moved to the area and are looking for a new choir to join, then we could be the choir
for you!
In a short space of time, THE Bath Chorus has become regarded as one of the leading choirs in the region. It has performed in Bath Abbey on a number of occasions, including a memorable concert with the fantastic RAF Central Band - raising £10,000 for Help for Heroes. Other performances have been with Hayley Westenra and Aled Jones.
As you can see from our picture, we are a large mixed-voice choir based in the City of Bath. The founder conductor of the Bath Chorus is one of the West Country's leading musicians, Grenville Jones. We are an auditioned choir. If you have just moved to the area and are looking for a new choir to join, then we could be the choir
for you!
In a short space of time, THE Bath Chorus has become regarded as one of the leading choirs in the region. It has performed in Bath Abbey on a number of occasions, including a memorable concert with the fantastic RAF Central Band - raising £10,000 for Help for Heroes. Other performances have been with Hayley Westenra and Aled Jones.
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In June 2012 THE Chorus sang to a packed Bath Abbey at a very special concert to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of her Majesty the Queen. This was a collaboration between Grenville and Bath Abbey raising over £6,000 for local charities. Writing in the Bath Chronicle, Peter Lloyd Williams said;
"Grenville Jones – who else? – had arranged the programme and it had something for everyone. After a rousing Old Hundreth, RVW's majestic arrangement of Louis Bourgeois' hymn, in which we all joined, Grenville's choir, The Bath Chorus, gave us three British songs – a favourite of mine, Linden Lea, briskly performed, Bob Chilcott's setting of Danny Boy and Karl Jenkins' Cantilena. This was impressive, well balanced singing, disciplined with the dynamic contrasts sensitively observed. We then heard with three more anthems from the Bath Chorus, a beautiful rendition of Stanford's Beati Quorum Via, sung unaccompanied, with a warm depth of feeling, Parry's great My Soul there is a County and Rutter's tender The Lord Bless you and keep you.
"The concert finished in a real blaze of uninhibited glory with SING, Willcox's choral arrangement of Vidor's Toccata in F, with James Scott showing what he and the Klais organ can do. A tremendous finale from The Bath Chorus – what a fine tenor section – bursting with energy and brio which propelled us all out into the Abbey Church Yard, smiling from ear to ear."
"Grenville Jones – who else? – had arranged the programme and it had something for everyone. After a rousing Old Hundreth, RVW's majestic arrangement of Louis Bourgeois' hymn, in which we all joined, Grenville's choir, The Bath Chorus, gave us three British songs – a favourite of mine, Linden Lea, briskly performed, Bob Chilcott's setting of Danny Boy and Karl Jenkins' Cantilena. This was impressive, well balanced singing, disciplined with the dynamic contrasts sensitively observed. We then heard with three more anthems from the Bath Chorus, a beautiful rendition of Stanford's Beati Quorum Via, sung unaccompanied, with a warm depth of feeling, Parry's great My Soul there is a County and Rutter's tender The Lord Bless you and keep you.
"The concert finished in a real blaze of uninhibited glory with SING, Willcox's choral arrangement of Vidor's Toccata in F, with James Scott showing what he and the Klais organ can do. A tremendous finale from The Bath Chorus – what a fine tenor section – bursting with energy and brio which propelled us all out into the Abbey Church Yard, smiling from ear to ear."
Ed RUGMAN, Musical Director for RUSSELL WATSON after The Bath Chorus concert at The Bath Forum On Friday June 26th tweeted:
"Huge thanks to Grenville and all of the Bath Chorus last night."
RUSSELL fan tweeted:
"Tonight’s concert in Bath, two words BLOWN AWAY!"
"Huge thanks to Grenville and all of the Bath Chorus last night."
RUSSELL fan tweeted:
"Tonight’s concert in Bath, two words BLOWN AWAY!"
Grenville has a choir for you!
THE Bath Chorus is a young friendly (auditioned) Monday night rehearsal choir and conductor Grenville Jones helps charities to organise concerts. He is seen left with the Duchess of Cornwall at a concert for the National Osteoporosis Society. He is of course also founder conductor of the famous City of Bath Male Choir from the Last Choir Standing series and founder of the Golden-Oldies Charity which has attracted World-wide media attention as it now brings singing and smiles to the lives of elderly people across the west of England and south Wales. He also runs a number of no-audition community choirs – full details can be found on his website.
For people who want an ambitious non-auditioned mixed choir Grenville's Wednesday evening Welcome Choir could be just
for you.
He also leads The Good Afternoon Choir project which has a membership of 250 singers in Bath and Devizes. He is Musical Director to the Norland (Nannies) College Choir and leads his own children's choir called Bath Children's Choir.
For people who want an ambitious non-auditioned mixed choir Grenville's Wednesday evening Welcome Choir could be just
for you.
He also leads The Good Afternoon Choir project which has a membership of 250 singers in Bath and Devizes. He is Musical Director to the Norland (Nannies) College Choir and leads his own children's choir called Bath Children's Choir.
Our picture shows THE Bath Chorus members who travelled to Portsmouth on Sunday October 4th to perform at the Guildhall. The concert was organised by Brian North, father of Chorus member Emma North. Also appearing at the concert were the Milton Glee Club and the Royal Marine Assn. Concert Band.
