“Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!”

In Case Of Adverse Weather
Should the weather suddenly change and we have a spell of very cold, wintry conditions to the level that we feel it would make sense to cancel Junior Choir rehearsals or performances, that decision will appear HERE on the main page of the Junior Choir page of the CBBC website by midday of the day concerned.

The City of Bath Bach JUNIOR Choir has just celebrated its tenth birthday!  See photographs of our tenth birthday concert from Bath Chronicle – click here - and the accompanying article here

We would like you to join us for our rehearsals at the Willett Hall, King Edward’s School on Mondays between 6.00 and 7.00pm.  There are no auditions and the Choir is open to boys and girls from eight years and above. 

Please contact our Junior Choir Secretary, Carron (carroncummins(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)btinternet.com) for any further information.

The Junior Choir was formed in 2001 by Nigel Perrin and the CBBC as a non-school club where children over the age of eight could discover the pleasure of singing together in a group, whilst learning some basic technique. It was, as Nigel put it, “to sow a seed for what may be to come in the future.” In September 2008 Nigel handed over the baton for conducting the choir to Simon Carr-Minns, which was passed on in September 2009 to Adrienne Hale, then two years later to Jamie Knights.

There are no auditions and we are a choir of boys and girls from the ages of eight and above.  We meet on Monday evenings from 6.00 - 7.00pm at the Willett Hall at King Edward’s School, Bath (BA2 6HU). There is a termly subscription of £25 per child (£15 for siblings).

With the emphasis broadly on fun, the choir typically learns light music, with some harmonies, including songs from musicals and films, but can equally be taught classical pieces to sing with the adult choir when the occasion arises. The children, in their distinctive purple T-shirts, perform alongside the adult choir at two professional concerts a year, one of which is the very prestigious “Carols by Candlelight” in the magnificent Pump Rooms.

Jamie Knights was a scholar at Wells Cathedral School and gained a First Class Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music at Bath Spa University.  Jamie is a widely respected musician, always in demand in the cultural city of Bath.  He has been associated with the City of Bath Bach Junior Choir at its conception as their accompanist.  Jamie is Kingswood School’s permanent “Musician-in-Residence” and is currently a singing tutor at Curtain Up! Theatre School.