Extra curricular activities

We pride ourselves on our friendliness. A group regularly meets after rehearsals at a pub.

We have an annual formal dinner at which about 100 attend and a speaker entertains us. In the last few years these have been:

• James Bowman (one of the world's leading counter tenors)
  
  
• Philip Head (retired violinist from the CBSO and manager of the former Birmingham Bach Orchestra for many years)
  
  
• Chris Hirons (leader of the former Birmingham Bach Orchestra)
  
  
• Chris Morley (music critic for the Birmingham Post)
  
  
• John Joubert (composer and patron of the choir)
  
  
• Jim Berrow (former Choir President)
  
  
• Tony Wass (recording engineer - Ninth Wave Audio - and member of the choir)
  
  
• Maggie Cotton (retired CBSO percussion player)
  
  
• Sarah Walker (Radio 3 presenter)
  
  
• and Adrian Lucas (freelance conductor, organist, lecturer, broadcaster - and pilot!)

The choir went on tour to Tuscany in May 2010, giving very successful concerts in Florence, San Gimignano and Montecatini, conducted on this occasion by Neil Ferris.

The Choir in Tuscany 2010
Photo © Frank Gresham