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 Friday December 31 2021
 
Press enquiries to Grenville Jones on 07778 282934.
 
 
It was back in 2007 when choir leader Grenville Jones thought that he would start a new choir for men in the City of Bath. He had just returned from a concert tour to New Zealand leading a mixed-voice choir, performing at a number of concerts with male voice choirs from across New Zealand.
 
Grenville said;
 
“People thought that I was bonkers and I was reminded on a number of occasions of the numbers of choirs that were existing in Bath and how all of them were pretty desperate to recruit male singers! Taking the bull by the horns, so to speak, I arranged an open rehearsal for any men who might be interested and that was the start of what became the City of Bath Male Choir.”
 
Then the choir entered the popular BBC Saturday night competition ‘Last Choir Standing’ reaching the finals and a World-wide audience of many millions of viewers. As more singers from across the area joined the choir were in high demand for concert performances and in recent years have sung at concerts across the UK and around Europe. The choir also toured Japan in 2014 – the first amateur choir to visit the country. The next hugely successful tour was to Boston in the States and Grenville Jones recently announced that in October this year (2022) Bath Male Choir will visit the music city of Nashville in Tennessee.
 
“We are now planning the itinerary for the Nashville visit with a choir party of 50 committed to take part and we hope to be in Nashville for October 22-30 for what will again be a very special few days, seeing the famous music sites and performing at concerts,” said Grenville Jones.
 
Members of the choir come from across the area and rehearsals start back on Tuesday January 11 at Beechen Cliff Methodist Church in Bear Flat, Bath.
 
Grenville’s son Laurie has recently taken over the role of deputy conductor and Grenville and Laurie look forward to welcoming prospective new members.
 
Laurie Jones said;
 
“My dad started the choir many years ago and it has an enviable reputation for entertaining and exciting audiences. It’s a great challenge to be sharing the role of conductor with him and we look forward to meeting new potential members to sing in the leading male voice choir in the West of England.
 
“Come along and meet us on a Tuesday night.”
 
Nearer to home the choir already have a busy diary for the new year with concerts in and around Bath, Salisbury, Taunton, Cheltenham and Cornwall.
 
For full details see www.bathmalechoir.org
 
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Images

• Singing in the States, looking back Bath Male Choir performing in Boston during their 2019 tour. Looking forward the Bath Male Choir will visit Nashville, Tennessee in 2022.

 

• Founder Grenville Jones.

 

Thursday 25 November 2021
 
Following 18 months of Lockdown the celebrated City of Bath Male Choir returned to their rehearsal room in September and next week they will sing for the first time at a public concert.
 
St Matthew’s Church, Rowde, is the venue for a ‘Welcome Back’ concert which will feature the choir, conducted by Grenville Jones and his youngest son Laurie.
 
Says Grenville;
 
“During Lockdown the boys sang weekly via Zoom and it was wonderful to be back singing again in our rehearsal room, since that time we have been learning many new pieces.
 
“My youngest son Laurie is a music teacher in Bristol and also conducts the Malmesbury Community Choir … I am delighted that he is now sharing the conductor role with myself and this will be his first concert with the Bath Male Choir.”
 
Special guest will be Lizz Lispcombe who is well known throughout the UK. She has appeared on radio and television many times and is now dedicating much of her time as a music therapist in and around Wiltshire.
 
The concert at St Matthew’s starts at 7.30pm, tickets are priced £15 and are available from 01761 472468.
 
Looking ahead to 2022, Bath Male Choir already have concerts booked in Taunton, Salisbury and Swindon. Grenville Jones has just announced that the choir are planning to visit Nashville in October 2022. In recent years Bath Male Choir have toured extensively across Europe, were the first amateur male choir to visit Japan and two years ago had a hugely successful tour to Boston in the States.
 
www.bathmalechoir.org
 
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Picture shows Bath Male Choir during their visit to Boston.
 
Press enquiries to Grenville Jones on 07778 282934.

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Thursday, September 16, 2021
 
Next Choir Tour Announced – it’s Nashville, USA
 
The celebrated Bath Male Choir hit the headlines a few years ago when they reached the finals of the popular Saturday night BBC series ‘Last Choir Standing’.
 
Since that time the choir have grown in size and taken part in a number of tours around the World. They have sung at concerts across the UK and Europe, took part in a hugely successful visit to Japan in 2014, with their most recent tour being to Boston, USA, in 2019.
 
Now back to singing after the Covid Lockdown, founder conductor Grenville Jones has announced that plans are taking place for another tour at the end of 2022.
 
“Tours are an important part of choir life and we have had some fantastic times in the past and I am now starting to plan a visit to Nashville around October of next year, 2022.
 
“After getting in touch with Mayor John Cooper in Nashville we have received a warm invitation to visit next year. Nashville, of course, is THE ‘music city’ and home to The Grand Old Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame and many other popular tourist venues with music links,” said Grenville.
 
Rehearsals re-commenced two weeks ago at Beechen Cliff Methodist Church in Bear Flat, Bath, where new potential members are always welcome on a Tuesday evening from 7.30pm onwards.
 
“Singing in a choir is one of the most rewarding hobbies and if you are guy who enjoys singing along in the car or in the shower then, just perhaps, Bath Male Choir might be just what you are looking for. The majority of singers in our choir had not previously sung in an organised group before and with an ever-growing list of invitations to concerts, we are actively recruiting new singers in all parts and all voices, whether low or high!”
 
Full details of the trip to Nashville will be announced in January. Meanwhile if you are a man who loves to sing then Grenville and his son Laurie, with whom he shares the conducting, look forward to meeting you on a Tuesday evening.
 
www.bathmalechoir.org
 
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Picture shows Bath Male Choir performing in the Old South Meeting House in Boston, USA, in 2019.
 
Press enquiries to Grenville Jones on 07778 282934.

Bath Male Choir are pictured above (left) singing at the historic Old South Meeting House Boston on Monday Oct 28, one of the many performances during a memorable visit by The Choir to Boston. Another special concert was at The First Parish Church, Bedford, hosted by the one and only, Brad Conner. A card was received in the office signed by many who were in the audience that night - "such a pleasure" - "a true joy!" - "thank you, what a show!" - "we loved your singing"... words in the card also said, "we were thrilled by your voices, your songs and your humour. On behalf of the music committee here at First Parish, thank you for bringing us the gift of your song. We all loved listening to you, singing with you and welcoming you to our church." The picture below shows the Church Choir and the "Boys from Bath" joining together in song. 

The Choir will be one of the guests of BBC Radio Bristol on Tuesday December 17th at their their Annual Christmas Celebration. This will take place at the Ansom Rooms on Queens Road, Bristol. Bath Male Choir will also be singing at a Christmas Concert at St Michael's Church on December 21st with two other choirs led by Grenville, the Bath Chorus and the Bath Welcome Choir. Tickets are sold out for this concert and there is a waiting list  - call Jody on 01761 472468. 

Bath Male Choir already has a number of concerts in the diary for 2020, including a visit to Richmond in Yorkshire in March. Full details of concerts will be updated soon. ​

On Saturday June 1 Bath Male Choir welcomed the Encore Chorale from America to Bath for a joint concert – a full house at St Michael’s church in the centre of the City
 
Sara Caser is Vice President and Business Director of Classical Movements who organised the UK tour for Encore Choral, she wrote;

“Encore Chorale and the Classical Movements team were absolutely enamored by the performance of the Bath Male Choir.  You have a wonderful choir and I could have watched them perform all night.”
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Monday, April 29, 2019
 
Two concert dates for readers diaries! Saturday June 1 and Saturday June 29 – both concerts at St Michael’s Church in the centre of Bath featuring choirs led by Bath’s Mr Music, Grenville Jones .
 
Bath’s celebrated Male Choir will be holding their annual concert on Saturday June 1. The choir hit the headlines when they appeared on the BBC’s ‘Last Choir Standing’ series, reaching the final stages. Since that time they have sung around the UK, toured Japan, sung at the Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate on Remembrance Day. Later this year, will set out for Boston, Massachusetts.
 
At their June concert they welcome a visiting choir from America who are touring England called Encore Chorale. 
 
Grenville enjoys the reputation of being one of the UK’s best-known choir leaders. He was one of the ‘100’ judges on the recent popular BBC1 Saturday night TV series, ‘All Together Now’.
 
Tickets for the annual concert, which starts at 7.30pm, are priced £15 from Bath Box Office www.bathboxoffice.org.uk
 
Also at St Michael’s Church on Saturday June 29 at 7.30pm Grenville’s 70 strong Welcome Community Choir will launch an appeal to support the Mencap Super Saturday Club. 
 
Based at Three Ways School in Bath, they provide weekly activities for children with additional needs between the ages of 5-18 years old. This will be the first fundraising concert and will feature the brilliant soprano Kirsten Barker. Find out more about the Welcome Choir on  www.welcomechoir.org
 
Tickets for the June 29 concert are priced £12 (under 12s £8) and are available from 01761 472468.
 
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Press enquiries to Grenville Jones on 07778 282934.
 

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Wednesday, April 3, 2019
 
Bath’s celebrated Male Choir will be holding their annual concert at St Michael’s Church in the centre of Bath on Saturday June 1.
 
The choir hit the headlines when they appeared on the BBC’s ‘Last Choir Standing’ series, reaching the final stages. Since that time they have sung around the UK, toured Japan, sung at the Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate on Remembrance Day and, later this year, will set out for Boston, Massachusetts.
 
At their concert on June 1 they will welcome a visiting choir from America who are touring England. Encore Chorale is dedicated to providing music for older adults, 55 and over, regardless of experience or ability. Currently comprised of numerous individual choirs around the United States, its members come together regularly to host workshops, go on tours, and present joint concerts. The group is led by its founder and artistic director, Jeanne Kelly.
 
“We will be singing some new songs that have been chosen by choir members and we look forward to a very special concert with the Encore Chorale,” said Bath Male Choir founder conductor Grenville Jones.
 
Grenville enjoys the reputation of being one of the UK’s best-known choir leaders. He is currently one of the ‘100’ judges on the popular BBC1 Saturday night television series ‘All Together Now’.
 
Tickets for the annual concert, which starts at 7.30pm, are priced £15 from Bath Box Office www.bathboxoffice.org.uk
 
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Press enquiries to Grenville Jones on 07778 282934.
 

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Monday, February 18 2019
 
One of the UK’s best-loved choirs will perform at St Peter’s Church, Ruthin, on Saturday evening March 23.
 
Bath Male Choir achieved national acclaim when they reached the finals of the BBC1 series ‘Last Choir Standing’. Since that time they have travelled around the world including a memorable tour to Japan. In November this year they will be visiting Boston, Massachusetts.
 
The founder of the choir is Grenville Jones who has a national reputation as a choir leader but also as the founder of the Golden-Oldies Charity. Grenville started ‘Goldies’, as it is more fondly known, back in 2007 and it now reaches across England and Wales with its popular fun daytime Sing & Smile sessions. Grenville is always quick to point out that Goldies is NOT a choir, it is simply a chance for older folk to have the opportunity to get out, have a good sing-song and make new friends.
 
Under the Goldies Cymru title the sessions are extending across Mid and South Wales and Grenville plans to bring Goldies Cymru to North Wales in the next two years.
 
As part of the day at Ruthin Grenville will lead a ‘come and sing’ workshop from 3.00pm-5.00pm. The accent will be on easy to sing melodies and the workshop choir will perform as part of the evening concert.
 
“The workshop is for everyone especially those who may have wondered just what it would be like to sing as part of a choir.”
 
Tickets are priced : Workshop and Concert £5 or Evening Concert only £8 and can be purchased from the Church office on 01824 707820 or 01824 705755.
 
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Picture shows Grenville with Katherine Jenkins receiving an award for his Goldies charity as winners of the National Lottery Awards 2018, Education Category.
 
Press enquiries to Grenville Jones on 07778 282934.
 

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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.