THE GOOD AFTERNOON CHOIRS

Welcome to our friendly community Good Afternoon Choirs!
SUMMER BREAK - Please note all of our community Good Afternoon choirs take a Summer Break in August and will restart in September - please check their individual pages for full rehearsal dates. Why not come along in September and find out what it's like to sing in a 'Good Afternoon Choir'...Everyone is welcome - there are no auditions and your first rehearsal is ALWAYS FREE! Whilst some members have sung before, many are new to choir singing - it’s a great way to make new friends. You will be joining over 1000 people Singing in the Afternoons across the West of England! We can't wait to meet you.

No Auditions - Come Along and Meet Us

The Good Afternoon Choirs are a community project led by Bath music man Grenville Jones - www.grenvillejones.biz where the accent is on fun, social, singing for people who have afternoons free! You do not have to worry about travelling to rehearsal in the dark, you will be home for the 6 o'clock news! The music varies from unison folk songs through to popular and well loved pieces in harmony. All our choirs offer a very warm welcome to existing and NEW members and if you are reading this after seeing us on Facebook or other media channels, you can find out more about the choir nearest you below. You do not have to wait or join any of our choirs at the start of a new term, simply come along to ANY rehearsal - your first is always FREE and to find out more A WARM WELCOME AWAITS!

Concerts Coming Soon...
All our Good Afternoon Choirs have been busy performing at fundraising concerts for their chosen local Charity across the West and they have lots of concerts planned in the run up to Christmsa.. see our concert page for a full list of whats happening and where.
We look forward to welcoming you to one of concerts in the months ahead.

Whats New?
The Good Afternoon Choirs have already raised over £12,000 for local good causes this year with many more concerts and events still to do! We welcomed our new leader for our Salisbury GAC - The NEW Malmesbury GAC launched on May 4th and Norton Radstock GAC started on May 12th. In September we will be starting two new choirs in Chippenham & Calne and in North Swindon. In October we will be starting the Weston-super-Mare GAC and the Mid Devon GAC and Newquay GAC... watch this website for more info.

Here's your weekly guide to a 'Good Afternoon' of singing...
Reading music and previous choir experience is simply not important. Good Afternoon Choirs are all about community and they perform at concerts and enjoy music making and, making new friends. Membership is a termly fee to include music and all this will be explained on the member’s form when you come along to find out for yourself about the Choir in your area.

MONDAYS
Bristol Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at St Monica Trust, Oatley Hall, Westbury on Trym with John Sandford
Frome Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Holy Trinity Church, Frome with Matt Finch
Truro Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Truro Methodist Church with Andy Farris

TUESDAYS
Cheddar Valley Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Shipham Hall, Shipham with Kate Lynch
Cirencester & Stroud Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Cirencester Baptist Church with John Sandford
Taunton Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Temple Methodist Church with Chris Grabham
Wells Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at St Thomas Church, Wells with Grenville
*starting Tues Sept 6th* - Chippenham & Calne Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Pewsham Community Centre Association, Pewsham, with Matt Finch
*starting Tues Oct 4th* - Weston-super-Mare Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Locking Castle Church, WSM with Ruth Jenkins
*starting Tues Oct 4th* - Mid Devon Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Holy Cross Church, Crediton with Jon Rawles

WEDNESDAYS
Keynsham Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Keynsham Methodist Church / Victoria Centre with Grenville
North Somerset Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Nailsea Methodist Church with Ruth Jenkins
South Gloucestershire Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Kingswood Community Centre with Matt Finch
Yate & Chipping Sodbury Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at St Mary's Church, Yate with Sian Walters
Malmesbury Good Afternoon from 1-3pm in The Old School Room, Malmesbury Town Hall with Corrie Darker

THURSDAYS
Bath Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at our NEW VENUE (from Sept 8th) Widcome Baptist Church, Bath with Grenville
*starting Thursday Sept 8th* - North Swindon Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at St John's Haydon Wick, Swindon with Sarah Summers
Thornbury Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at the Turnberries Community Centre, Thornbury with Brendan Casey
Norton Radstock Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Midsomer Norton Methodist Church, High Street with John Sandford
*starting Thursday Oct 6th* - Newquay Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at St Michael’s Church Newquay with Andy Farris

FRIDAYS
Devizes Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at St Andrew's Church, Long Street, Devizes with Grenville
Falmouth Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Western Terrace , Falmouth, TR11 4QJ with Andy Farris
Salisbury Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Salisbury Baptist Church with Katy Horner
Yeovil Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at The Gateway (Yeovil Community Church) with Chris Grabham

If you live in any of these areas and want to know more, we would love to hear from you email: gac@grenvillemusic.co.uk or tel: 01761 472468

You can also find us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/TheGoodAfternoonChoirs

More Good Afternoon Choirs will be starting this year, 2022 across the West of England. Concert Tours are part of Good Afternoon Choir life and later this year we will be visiting Truro at the end of September - full details have been sent to all Good Afternoon Choir members.

In addition to tours, all our choirs from across the South West regularly come together and attend our annual BIG SINGS for a memorable day of music making. Our last BIG SING took place at Clifton Cathedral in 2019 prior to Covid lockdown and you can hear the massed choirs singing Sound of Music below...

Our choirs are led by a group of extremely talented musicians and we would like to introduce the conductors who lead our Choirs across the South West...

Pictured from left to right (top row) - John Sandford, Andy Farris, Brendan Casey, Katy Horner, Grenville (founder) and Sarah Summers
(bottom row) Kate Lynch, Ruth Jenkins, Chris Grabham, Matt Finch, Sian Walters and Corrie Darker.

Supporting local Charities and Organisations

Each year the Good Afternoon Choirs choose their own local charity or organisation(s) to fundraise for. Due to Covid19 and the choirs being postponed, their 2020 choices were carried over into 2021 and will remain for 2022 (see below). All new Good Afternoon Choirs have also chosen their charity or organisation which they wish to support in 2022. In 2019 our choirs raised over £22,000 for local groups/charities and this year, they have already raised over £10,000 with over 6months still to go...