About us
We are a community choir open to everyone. No experience is necessary. You don't need an audition to join. You don't need to read music. All you need is a love of singing and a desire to learn new songs.
Bristol Voices is run by its own members, with a committee of up to 10 members who carry out the administrative function.
The choir is currently in a state of transition following the recent departure of the two musical directors, Chris Samuel and Fran Bolton, who have both gone on to other musical ventures. We are now auditioning for a new director and expect to make an appointment by the end of July.
Perfect harmony?
We can't claim to be perfect. We'd rather get people to awaken their love of singing than frighten them away by having auditions. But we have fun trying to create the most gorgeous blended harmonies possible, singing an enormous range of songs from all sorts of cultures, genres and eras...
Performances
We do a number of performances during the year but they're not compulsory if you don't fancy singing in public. See the Performances page for more details. We don't usually have extra rehearsals for forthcoming performances although we would try to meet earlier for a warm-up. We wear choir colours of mainly black with something turquoise added such as a tie, scarf, jewellery item, hairband etc.
However...... we do have a waiting list. Unfortunately the ladies list is now so long that we are not accepting further names. The men's list is still open though, so if you'd like to join the list please go to the 'contact us' page and send an email to our membership secretary.
Please note that these details may change during the 'transition' phase, so visit this page again if you're still interested.