A Christmas Concert at St. Paul's Church, Hamstead.
BIMVC enjoyed a good Christmas Concert at St. Paul's, our last concert of 2019.
We got into the Christmas spirit by singing our favourite carols.
It was a wet and cold evening but the appreciative audience turned out in numbers to join in with singing along to the audience participation section of the concert.
Many thanks to June and Stewart for recording and editing the videos which you can listen to on our blog.
We wish you all a Happy and Healthy 2020.
Meirion Bowen
Concert Secretary, BIMVC.

Our annual concert held at Emmanuel Church, Wylde Green, on Sat. !9th, October was a great success.
The choir, led by our MD, Steve Roche, opened the concert with When the Saints go Marchin In, accompanied on the piano by Chris Wark, with Clare Ray on drums.
The varied programme of music and song featured three of the choir soloists,Jim Saunders, Alistair Campbell(with Jobe Baker Sullivan) followed by Steve O'Malley.
Our guest artiste for this evening was Lesley Delo who captivated the audience with a repertoire of popular  songs, which included the much loved aria by Puccini, Oh My Beloved Father.
ChrisWalk and Steve Roche entertained with a piano duet and as with each of our concerts, the popular audience participation song was led by Jobe with a medley of songs starting with She'll be coming round the Mountain.
The choir and soloist Lesley, brought the concert to a close with Love Changes Everything which the audience greatly appreciated as demonstrated by their generous applause.
Our thanks to the choir wives for providing the refreshments during the interval as well as the front of house team who dealt with tickets and raffles etc. 
Finally, our thanks to Fr. John Bridge who arranged for the concert to be held at this beautiful church. We shall be back!
Many thanks to everyone in the large audience, friends and first timers alike, who helped make the evening so special. Hope to see you all again,soon.
Meirion Bowen.
BIMVC.

Holy Cross, Lichfield  welcomes back BIMVC. on the hottest night of the summer, so far!!
Good to be back at Holy Cross, RC Church, Lichfield, singing to a very appreciative audience last Saturday night.(29th June)
It was a very warm welcome, in fact so warm we sang without our jackets and ties!! Check out the video clip on our website to hear us sing Alexander's Ragtime Band in a fine display of white shirts.
As usual, the choir performed a fine selection of songs both old and new with the backing of our super musicians, Clare Ray, Jobe Baker Sullivan, Chris Walk and last but not least, our MD Steve Roche.
Many thanks to Wendy Cleary for inviting us to Holy Cross and for the wonderful refreshments offered at the interval, very much needed as the temperature soared.
We hope to be invited back again Wendy. The welcome was spot on.
Meirion Bowen.
Concert Secretary,BIMVC.

On ​Saturday 15 th June, the choir joined with other members of the English Association of Male Voice Choirs to sing in it’s annual concert, this year at Worcester Cathedral.

The Choirs taking part, Birmingham Canoldir; Cradley Heath; Hadley,Orpheus; Newport; Warley and ourselves. The concert was hosted by Worcester Male Voice Choir.

Among the guests were Sir Peter Luff (Compere)

Curzon Brass; Jenny Argent (Flute);Alison Roddy (Soprano); Paddy
Levack (Bagpipes); Keith Hernshaw (Organist) and Casper de Vos

The cathedral was packed and the concert was enjoyed by all.
Nest year the concert is being hosted by ourselves at the University
of Birmingham in the Great Hall on Saturday 20 th June 2020.

BIMVC Calendar of Concerts and Events, 2019.
We have recently published a list of our current concerts and events for 2019(See concert tab on the home page )
It is an exciting programme which includes some of our favourite local concerts as well as the  EAMVC concert at Worcester Cathedral, hosted by Worcester MVC on Saturday,15th June,
For the first time for a long time BIMVC will be hosting our find raising concert at the Emmanuel Church, Wylde Green, on Saturday, 19th October,details to follow.
Finally,BIMVC will be playing host to the EAMVC concert in June 2020 to help celebrate the choir's 120th Anniversary!!
We are looking for new members to join us and to take part in these exciting events. Get in touch we are waiting to hear from you.
CONTACT: Alistair via the contact us tab
E-mail John on bimvchoir@gmail.com
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Don't delay, get in touch today. We are waiting to hear from YOU!

Birmingham City Council Choir 5th Anniversary Christmas Concert.
BIMVC is pleased to announce that we have been invited to join 
Birmingham CC Choir for their annual Christmas concert to mark their 
choir's 5th anniversary in the making. Also on the guest list are the 
Town Hall Gospel Choir.
The concert will be held at St. Martin in the Bullring, B5,5BB, on 
Wednesday, 5th December, at 7.00pm.
Tickets are £5.00.Under 16's free and available through the BCC Choir 
website. Tickets will be on sale at the door on the evening.
Join us for what promises to be a special and joyful occasion and the 
opportunity for a sing along too!

Meirion Bowen