Thank you to everyone who came to our St George’s Day Concert on 23rd April.

The Brammall Music Building at The University of Birmingham was a stunning venue for the show, and it was great to share the stage with guests, The Black Country Ukulele Band, and choirs from Edgbaston High School for Girls. We also had some stellar soloist performances from our own ranks – Steve O’Malley, Mark Evetts and Jack Brookes.

Our programme opened with a version of the National Anthem, and then throughout the night we sang everything from a Beatles Medley, to the rousing ‘The Song of the Jolly Roger’, to a beautiful calm ‘Last of the Summer Wine’ to classic Gilbert & Sullivan pieces.

To finish, we joined forces with the EHS choirs and the audience to sing Land of Hope & Glory, with a lot of flag waving!

Thank you to Jim Banister for doing a great job of compering the evening.
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If you couldn’t make it to the show, you can still hear us sing - watch this video of us singing 

​We were very excited to hear that BBC WM had enjoyed their visit so much in February; they wanted to come back to the Grimshaw Room to give Daz Hale another go at ‘finding his voice.’ 

​​With World Voice Day fast approaching, the producer of Danny Kelly’s mid-morning show sent his roving reporter to come along and have another lesson in singing. ​

​​Our conductor Steve Roche told BBC WM about the history of the choir, his own experience and upcoming concerts before giving Daz a quick warm up to stretch those vocal chords. 

​​Daz had a quick chat with Gordon (who’s been with us for 14 years), Colin (who joined us 2 years ago) and our newest recruit Jim – who has settled in fantastically after just 3 weeks! 

​We all enjoyed having a sing along to the Beatles classic ‘When I’m sixty four’ and we think Daz did a great job! 

​Thank you to all the choir members that were able to come along, and thanks again to BBC WM – you’re   welcome anytime!
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 Listen to Steve’s interview on BBC Radio WM (go to 01:49:03 for the start).

Listen to Daz singing with us on BBC Radio WM (go to 02:49:18 for the start). 
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​Now in their 116th year, it’s no surprise that The Birmingham Icknield Male Voice Choir have a large collection of memories which have been created over the years.