Afternoon Choir’s festive offering
Singers from across Bath and Somerset will be taking part in a special online Christmas carol celebration.
The Bath Good Afternoon Choir was started by music-man Grenville Jones, 11 years ago and 10 more Good Afternoon Choirs were then added. Following the spring lockdown, Grenville launched a regular Wednesday midday online choir rehearsal, shared with Ben England and Matt Finch, conductors of his other Good Afternoon Choirs across the region.
Grenville Jones said: “On Wednesday December 23, we’ll be broadcasting online a very special Christmas Carol Celebration, which anyone can access on YouTube. The online choir from across England and with members from afar afield as Australia, America and Canada, will be joining in and there will be carols for everyone with on-screen words, as well as a special performance by the talented Finch Family.”
Matt Finch is best known in Bath as MD of Bath Light Operatic Group and earlier this year, with wife Bella and children Jess, 19, and Oli, 17, they performed as a quartet on one of Matt’s Wednesday Good Afternoon Choir rehearsals.
Grenville said: “We had a fantastic response to the performance of the brilliant Finch Family and they’ll be taking part in the online Christmas Celebration on Wednesday December 23. The good thing is, that because it’s on Youtube, anyone can watch it over the Christmas period and have their own Christmas Carol Celebration in their own homes. You can watch the online carol concert by visiting Youtube and searching for Goodafternoonchoironline.
“A new online rehearsal Season will start in January with Grenville, Matt and Ben. For details visit www.goodafternoonchoir.orgonline.html .