THE GOOD AFTERNOON CHOIRS

2022 - Our Good Afternoon Choirs raise £22,389.90
for local charities!

It’s time to SING and join a CHOIR!
We are the Good Afternoon Choirs – FUN Community Choirs that sing in the AFTERNOONS! As you can see from the pictures here, we enjoy making music and performing at concerts, raising money for many local organisations and charities across the West of England. There are NO AUDITIONS and previous singing experience is not important – if you enjoy singing in the car, or at home …? Why not come along and find out what singing in an afternoon choir is like - bring a friend - everyone welcome! There is no charge for your first “meet us” rehearsal! Our picture above shows the Devizes Good Afternoon Choir presenting their fundraising cheque to the Julia's House Children's Hospice on Friday January 27th 2022. Across the West of England, a magnificent £21,887 was raised by our choirs for local organisations chosen by the choir members themselves. All our Good Afternoon Choirs are nominating and voting for the local group that they will support this year, 2023. Concert details can be found on our concerts page.

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...
Last year, 2022, our Good Afternoon Choirs raised over £20,000 for charities and organisations based in their communities. At the start of each year, our leaders ask the members to nominate the organisations that they would like to support during the year, there is then a vote by the members to decide who will be the chosen group to benefit during the following year with concerts and other fundraising events.

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 and we are currently planning fundraising concerts for all of our choirs across the West of England, sharing our concerts with various guests. Our picture above was taken during a concert at Falmouth with our Truro and Falmouth GACs. They are wearing umbrella's because they are 'singing in the rain'!

Whats New?
In early 2023 we will be launching the new Churchdown (N.Glos) GAC and Warminster and Westbury GAC ... with more Good Afternoon Choirs to follow. If you are reading this and would like to help us to establish a new choir in your area, please email us on jonesgrenville@aol.com

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 singing 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.

The Good Afternoon Choirs are a project led by Bath music man Grenville Jones - www.grenvillejones.biz where the accent is on social, singing for people who have afternoons free! There are now 22 Good Afternoon Choirs across the South West and more will follow this year, 2023... please click on their individual pages for more info:

MONDAYS
Bristol Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church 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 - we hope to start singing again in 2023.
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
Chippenham & Calne Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Pewsham Community Centre Association, Pewsham, with Matt Finch
Weston-super-Mare Good Afternoon Choir - we hope to start singing again in 2023.
Mid Devon Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Crediton Congregational Church (NEW VENUE) with Jon Rawles
NEW LAUNCHING FEBRUARY 7th 2023 - Churchdown (N.Glos) Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Churchdown Community Centre with Laurie Jones

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 Widcome Baptist Church, Bath with Grenville
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 Thornbury URC, Thornbury with Brendan Casey
Norton Radstock Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Midsomer Norton Methodist Church, High Street with John Sandford
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
NEW LAUNCHING FEBRUARY 10th 2023 - Warminster & Westbury GAC at The United Church (Methodist/URC), George Street, Warminster with Tanya Davidson
Yeovil Good Afternoon Choir - we hope to start singing again in 2023.

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

A FANTASTIC DAY AT BATH ABBEY!
AN AMAZING £1,121 RAISED FOR THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
Hundreds of members from across our Good Afternoon Choirs descended on Bath Abbey on Thursday November 10th for an Afternoon Workshop led by Matt Finch (pictured above), Laurie Jones and Grenville Jones. The workshop was followed by a MASSED GAC performance based on the afternoon workshop in an EVENING CONCERT. Guests included, the celebrated City of Bath Male Choir, the Bath Welcome Chorus and the Norland Nannies and the evening concert raised a wonderful £1,121 for the Royal British Legion.

OUR 2023 BIG SING WILL TAKE PLACE AT WELLS CATHEDRAL ON NOVEMBER 15TH

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) - Andy Farris, Sarah Summers, Brendan Casey, Jon Rawles, Ruth Jenkins, Matt Finch and Sian Walters
(bottom row) John Sandford, Tanya Davidson, Grenville Jones, Chris Grabham, Corrie Darker and Laurie Jones.