Mission Statement:
“To share the joy of singing with each other and our audiences in the spirit of fellowship, charity and artistic growth, and to advance the public knowledge and appreciation of choral music by means of concerts and other public performances"
What a wonderful evening we all had at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Ashby-De-La-Zouch. We were priveleged to hear Harriet Eyley , a local soprano who has sung with Welsh National Opera and travelled Europe and she sang a number of solo pieces and was also accompanied in other songs by Steph Addison, another talented local singer who currently works as a teacher in Birmingham at BOA. Flower Duet and The Oyster were particularly delightful. The ladies were accompanied by the accomplished Alan Hutchinson. We were also delighted to be entertained prior to the concert and during the interval by Effie Reid, a very talented Harpist already at such a young age.
The church was heaving with barely an empty seat in the house. The choir performed 3 songs for the first time in a concert - The Rose, True Love and the rather quirky The Perfect Male Voice Choir. We hope you all agreed with the title of that last song!
The choir's MD Karl Harper also gave a stirring performance of "If I were a Rich Man" from the musical Fiddler on The Roof.
It was a cold evening but we feel that we warmed the audience with our performance with some wonderful comments after the show.
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Based in South Derbyshire, England, the Choir takes its name from the "Gresley Primitive Methodist Church", where the choir was born with 13 singers on the "Men's Sunday" in 1904. The choir has over 40 members and fulfils on average 22 engagements a year. We sing the best of modern and traditional TTBB music. We are a friendly bunch of gents and are keen to recruit new members.
We firmly believe that singing has enhanced our lives by improving mental and physical wellbeing. We have two choristers in their 90s and one member has been with the choir for 65 years.
