Brent Singers next concert will be a performance of "Shoah," a cantata composed by Philip Arkwright to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. This year we will perform on the eve of HMD, Saturday 26th January 2019. We will be joined by the Choristers of Buckfast Abbey, with Philip Arkwright on organ, and our musical director Matthew Searles. See our "performances" page for more details and a link to buy tickets.
POSTED ON SUNDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2018
We spent a fantastic evening with standing room only at our concert last night. Brent Singers were joined by children from St Mary's Primary School in Buckfast, baritone Freddie Crowly, and organist/pianist Ben Horden. Our audience was treated to festive favourites, Christmas songs in different settings, and the wonderful "Fantasia on Christmas Carols" by Ralph Vaughan-Williams. We are back with our next concert, "Shoah" for Holocaust Memorial Day, on Saturday 27th January 2019, at Buckfast Abbey.
POSTED ON SATURDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2018
Brent Singers are pleased to announce that our Christmas concert this year will be entitled "A Quintessential English Christmas" and will include pieces from Ralph Vaughan Williams, and local composer Ben Haigh-Marshall as well as many festive favourites. The concert is at St Petroc's Church in South Brent on Saturday 8th December at 7.30pm. Refreshments will be served during the interval. Please see the performances page for more information and concert poster.
POSTED ON TUESDAY 10TH JULY 2018
Brent Singers were joined this week by our new Musical Director, Matthew Searles. Greeted by Gillian Haskell, committee chair for Brent Singers, we began rehearsing music for our upcoming concerts with Matthew in the first of a few sessions we have left before our summer break. Matthew succeeds Richard Lea as our Musical Director. Brent Singers next concert will be at Christmas on Saturday 8th December at St Petroc's Church in South Brent.
POSTED ON SUNDAY 1ST JULY 2018
What a fantastic concert we had at St Petrocs! Fantastic singing from everyone including the children from South Brent Primary School, Tilly Coulton, and Sarah Lannin. See our music page for recordings from the concert.
POSTED ON MONDAY 4TH JUNE 2018
Our summer concert is fast approaching, Saturday 30th June, 7.30pm at St Petroc's Church, South Brent. Come along and join Brent Singers and guests for an evening of Music for a Summer's Day!
See our performances page for concert poster and more details.
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POSTED ON MONDAY 4TH JUNE 2018
We are pleased to announce the appointment of our new Musical Director, Matthew Searles. Matthew will join us to start work on our Christmas performance following our summer concert at the end of June. We are very excited to welcome Matthew and we are looking forward to starting work with him!
POSTED ON MONDAY 23RD APRIL 2018
Brent Singers are pleased to announce the programme for our summer concert - selections from Showboat, Les Miserables and other pieces. Keep an eye on our performances page for updates.
POSTED ON MONDAY 23RD APRIL 2018
POSTED ON MONDAY 16TH APRIL 2018
We are now just days away from our performance of Requiem by Mozart! Our concert is this Sunday, 22nd April 2018, at Buckfast Abbey. You can book tickets online via the Abbey website or buy them on the door on the night. See Performances for information on how to book tickets and to see the concert poster.
POSTED ON WEDNESDAY 11TH APRIL 2018
Brent Singers are pleased to announce the date for our 2018 Summer Concert. This will be on Saturday 30th June at St Petroc's Church in South Brent. Keep an eye on our performance page for information on the programme.
POSTED ON WEDNESDAY 11TH APRIL 2018
It's just over a week until we will perform Requiem at Buckfast Abbey and we're getting very excited. It promises to be a thrilling concert. Check out our Performances page for more information and a link to book tickets!
POSTED ON WEDNESDAY 11TH APRIL 2018
As you can see, we have relaunched our website. We hope that you will find it easier to use and informative. New to the website is a selection of recordings from some of our concerts. We hope to add to this section as we continue with performances throughout the year.
