Midlands Hospitals’ Choir
The Midlands Hospitals’ Choir is a large, mixed voice choir based in Birmingham, in the heart of the UK. Formed in 1981 in memory of Sir Malcolm Sargent and the charity set up in his name, the choir originally drew its members from local hospitals. We still have a large contingent from the medical and associated professions but nowadays the choir is open to anyone with a passion for singing (no auditions required!) and a desire to help us fund-raise for charitable causes.
News
Thursday 17th December
Put this in your diary! An unmissable concert with some wonderful guests, supporting a very worthy charity.
James Llewelyn Jones will be directing the Choir, together with Phoenix Singers and the Guilsfield Choir.
Tickets will be on sale in the autumn.
Midsummer Medley July 11th 2026
This was a wonderful concert held on a warm summer’s day.
Tinged with sadness, as it was our last concert with James as our MD.
The church was packed out with a very appreciative audience. We were once again supporting Music Therapy Works, and a representative spoke movingly of the work the charity does.
The choir sang a wonderful medley of choral works, starting with Vivaldi’s Gloria!, mixed with songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Les Miserables. Tom and Jordan sang for us again. Plus a delightful mixture of well known pop classics, and finishing with a folk song: ‘The Water is Wide’; the choir surrounded the audience…..a very moving experience.
Grace Farrell, our guest soprano, delighted everyone with her sweet pure voice. She sang solo pieces, including some from Les Mis; Grace is very familiar with West End Shows! Her final song was sung a cappella…a haunting Irish folk song: ‘She moved through the fair’.
The sunshine, the delicious cakes, and a happy choir and audience made this a wonderful final concert for James. Thanks again to Melissa, our fantastic accompanist, for playing with James all these years.
James will be conducting us, together with Phoenix Singers, at Birmingham Town Hall at Christmas. Look out for the flyer.
We all wish him well in his new role as Director of the Birmingham University Chorus.
Watch this space for news of our new Musical Director!
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April 2026
Name a Puppy!
We have done it!
Because we raised more than £2,500 for Guide Dogs for the Blind at our Town Hall Christmas concert, the choirs were able to choose a name for a newly selected Guide Dog puppy. The three choirs: Midlands Hospitals’ Choir, Phoenix Singers and Guilsfield each chose a name, and there was a draw for the successful choir.
The winner was the Guilsfield Choir, who chose the name Seren….which is Welsh for star!
What a beautiful name…..
Guide Dogs will inform us when a puppy is given this name, and we look forward to seeing its first ‘Pawtrait’!
