THE GOOD AFTERNOON CHOIRS

Welcome to our friendly community Good Afternoon Choirs!
Come along and try us ...there are NO AUDITIONS and everyone is welcome...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!

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 will be performing at fundraising concerts for their chosen local Charity across the West.. 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 £10,000 for local good causes this year with many more concerts and events still to do! We welcomed our new leader and accompanist for our Salisbury GAC - The NEW Malmesbury GAC launched on May 4th and Norton Radstock GAC started on May 12th. More GAC's are planned to start later this year!

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

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 Central United Reformed Church, Argylle Street, Bath with Grenville
Swindon Good Afternoon Choir - Temporarily Closed
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

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 our NEW venue 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 - full details will be sent to all Good Afternoon Choir members in the near future.

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 and Grenville (founder)
(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...