Welcome to the website for The Bath Welcome Chorus. We are a mixed-voice choir who rehearse on Thursday evenings at the Church of Our Lady & St Alphege, Oldfield Lane, Bath, BA2 3NR and our conductor is Bath Mr Music, Grenville Jones. If you are looking for a new friendly mixed-voice choir to join, there are NO AUDITIONS - we welcome experienced singers and people who just love to sing! If you have recently moved to Bath because of work or study, we would love to meet you at the Bath Welcome Chorus. Come and meet us any Thursday 7.45-9.30pm.
The choir has an extensive repertoire and performs regularly at Bath Abbey as well as many other local churches and concert venues in the West Country. They have performed at Coventry Cathedral and one of the highlights of recent years was a memorable concert with the RAF Central Band supporting the Help for Heroes Charity. It has also appeared with Aled Jones. In 2017 they helped to raise over £12,000 for the British Heart Foundation following the untimely death of a member of both the Welcome Chorus and the Bath Male Voice Choir (another of Grenville's choirs). Regular appearances at Bath Festival’s ‘Party in the City’ as well as joint concerts with many other groups has contributed to the reputation of the choir as being one of the friendliest and best supported choirs in the City of Bath.
This year, 2024, the Welcome Chorus will again be singing at St Michaels Without as part of Bath's 'Party in the City' from 7.00pm-7.30pm. All the concerts taking part across the city that night are free admission with a chance to wander in and wander out .... and enjoy listening to many of Bath's choirs.
April 2024 the choir pictured at St Michael's in the centre of Bath .... a very special concert which supported the We Get It charity, a local organisation who support families dealing with cancer.