Members of the Bath Chorus were invited by The Mayor of Bath to attend an informal reception in the Mayors Parlour on Thursday April 19th, 2018. Here they are with The Mayor, after a fascinating visit and opportunity to see first-hand some of the City's historic links with the past.
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Bath Chorus founder conductor and founder of Golden-Oldies Charity has just announced the next 'Goldies' primary schools inter-generational programme. With stacks of project ideas for schools in the months leading up to the Armistice in November 2018. The website includes two WW1 Medley's. Hear the Bath Chorus sing the new Medley which has just been released:
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£12,440 raised for the British Heart Foundation
A year’s fundraising in memory of former choir member Tony Pickett culminated in a sell-out concert last Sunday (December 10) and a total of £12,440 being raised for the British Heart Foundation. Click here to read more.
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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!
As you can see from our many pictures, 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.
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!
As you can see from our many pictures, 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."
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."
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 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 over 400 singers in Bath, Devizes, Keynsham, Bristol, Yate & Chipping Sodbury and Thornbury. He is Musical Director to the Norland (Nannies) College Choir and leads his own children's choir called Bath Children's Choir.
– 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 over 400 singers in Bath, Devizes, Keynsham, Bristol, Yate & Chipping Sodbury and Thornbury. He is Musical Director to the Norland (Nannies) College Choir and leads his own children's choir called Bath Children's Choir.
