BCS Bio

13 years ago a group of singers who wanted to sing four part harmony together accapella were lucky enough to be led by Nick Petts and organised by Anny Colgan, and to find space in Bath in which to meet.  They became the Stairwailers and then Spirit of Harmony and are now Bath Community Singers, with Nickomo Clarke leading, and organisation happening from the membership, held together by Sara Crowley with assistance from Susi Winch.  We were founder occupants at New Oriel Hall where we meet on Thursday evenings at 7.45.

Our wish is to sing for the love of it, which we do.   We regularly sing in the annual Choir Convention in Bristol and occasionally at other community choir days or personal celebrations.  From time to time we make our own CDs, but apart from these events, we simply sing for the joy of doing so.  Bath Community Singers is entirely open to anyone who wishes to sing with us.  No auditioning, or any other conditions exist about joining.   

We mainly sing in four part harmony, and always without sheet music.  Songs are learnt, enjoyed, left and then revisited.  In the main term (3 terms each of 10 weeks) we are led through the 2 hour sessions by Nickomo Clarke.   However we also run Self-Propelling sessions without Nickomo when those of us who wish to lead us in learning songs can do so.  We are also planning our first Christmas family party and concert at the end of this coming term, when we will sing a few songs to family and friends.

Our repertoire covers Pop, Contemporary, Jazz, Blues, Eastern European, African, Folk, Gospel, Harmonic Temple, Taizé and more.

We celebrate ourselves in song, and always celebrate our good fortune in having Nickomo Clarke to lead us. Not only is he a brilliant teacher but he is an outstanding musician, arranging many of the songs we sing, and indeed creating some of them himself.  Acknowledged to be one of the leading teachers in the Natural Voice Practitioners  Network, he has enormous skill in bringing out the best of our voices.   Bath Community Singers are privileged to be able to work with him.