Brum Sings

02/11/2023

Hello Brum Singers!

It’s been a while! For anyone in Birmingham who doesn’t know, I now run 2 in person Singing for wellbeing groups. One is with non profit Singing Mamas Org and runs Thursday mornings in Bournville.

The other is the Feel Good Singing Pub Club which meets a couple of Wednesdays a month in Kings Norton.

If you’re interested in finding out a bit more please go and follow Feel Good Singing on Facebook and/or Instagram or drop me an email [email protected]

And if you’re elsewhere in the country, go check out the Singing Mamas page linked above as there are groups across the UK (and a couple internationally).

Lots of love!
Polly

🍁Singing Mamas Autumn 2❄️

Are you looking for a new group to take your little one to? One that actually caters to YOUR interests and not just theirs? (Don’t worry, they will also have a blast).

Or maybe your kids are at school or all grown up and you want to take a little time out each week to do something for you?

Maybe you don’t have kids but you still need a kick up the bum to go and do something fun that gets you out of the house and builds a sense of community.

All that and more can be found at Singing Mamas. We sing for an hour and then share cake and a cuppa.

We would love to have you join us at our new venue, Bournville Hub

Thursday mornings 10-11.30. Your first session is completely free. Follow the link below to join the mailing list or comment/message to book your taster.

http://subscribepage.io/28EBnk

30/11/2021

Join us on THURSDAY 16th December for our virtual carol concert.

Sophie and Polly have recorded their vocals for a number of Christmassy songs (carols and secular) and then Sophie will then conduct us singing along to them (while muted) on Google meet.

If you want to hear more than just our voices (we don’t blame you) then you are welcome to record your own part for some or all of the songs, send it over and we’ll add you into the mix. Resources are on the Drive, but please drop us a message or email if you can’t find what you’re looking for or have any questions. We’d love to have you join us.

And for those of you who didn’t know, Brum Sings will not be continuing in the new year, so this is the last chance to get involved. Thank you for all your support over the last 12 months 😘

23/11/2021

⭐️Rehearsal Details for Tonight ⭐️

We are preparing for our virtual Christmas concert on Tuesday 14th December. So come and join us for some festive singing tonight.

Each week we will be singing through a different carol and secular Christmas song and then in the concert we will sing through everything. Opportunities to record a part if you want to, but no pressure.

Same link as always, drop us a message if you haven’t been before and want more info. New people very welcome!

20/09/2021

Sorry everyone, no rehearsal tomorrow due to technical issues (no Internet, grrr).

But we will see you next week, Tuesday 28th September at or new earlier time of 7.30 (chat) / 7.45 (sing)

07/09/2021

Weeeeeee’re back!

After a little dabbling in a slightly different format over the summer holidays, we are back on Thursday, bringing you a weekly dose of oxytocin through the medium of song.

Or in other words, see you at rehearsal on Thursday!

Perfect time to join if you’re new or are a long-time lurker 👀 as we’ve got two new songs for you:
🟦 jazz standard Blue Skies and
🦈 Somewhere from West Side Story.

If you came to rehearsals earlier in the year you’ll know we’ve also been drip feeding tiny fragments of 🥁 The Rhythm of Life, so we’ll do more work on this too.

We are super relaxed and informal, come to as much or as little as you’re able to.

Bring your dinner
Bring your child
Bring a pet
Wear your pjs
Turn your camera off

EVERYONE WELCOME!

If you’re on our mailing list look out for an email from Sophie from this evening, or send us a DM simply saying “I LIKE SINGING” and we’ll send you everything you need.

See you Thursday on Google meet😘

18/08/2021

Rehearsal details for this week 👆

We’re doing the beautiful Israel Kamakawiwo’ole version of 🌈Over the Rainbow (the one with the ukulele!) and Sophie’s arrangement is just 😍🤩👌 (This is Polly, Sophie would never talk about herself that way. Or would she……?)

So if you need some seriously chilled singing, come along Thursday evening to our rehearsal on google meet. Message us for the link.

18/08/2021

Deadline for ‘Reach’ by S Club 7 is this Saturday!

It was supposed to be today but I (Polly) am definitely not going to be able to start editing until Sunday so it seems unfair not to give you that extra time if you want it.

However prepared (or not) you are feeling, we would love to have you be a part of this one so please give it a go!

I’ll send out an email to our mailing list later this evening with a reminder of the links. If you’re not on our mailing list but would like to join in, please just send us a message.

09/08/2021

‘Reach’ recording process has now started 🥳

If you want to get involved the link has been sent out via our mailing list. Let us know if you can’t find it and we can message you instead.

Deadline is next Wednesday, 18th August. Let us know if you have any questions and hopefully see you at our next rehearsal 😊🎶🎙

05/08/2021

Come sing with us tonight! Join us for our second and final rehearsal of ‘Reach’ by S Club 7.

Tonight we’re focusing on the harmony part and then we will be sharing guide tracks for you tomorrow to start recording yourselves.

Send us a message if you want to join but don’t have the link.

31/07/2021

If you fancy singing some musical theatre throughout August, check this post out on Polly’s page. There is another post from today that has further information. Everyone welcome!

Double tap if you’re excited to sing some musical theatre!

After much to-ing and fro-ing, dithering around and whittling my long long shortlist down through trial and error (I have some shockingly bad recordings on my laptop 😂) I have finally decided on our first 4 songs 🎉🥳🙌

My hope is that I’ll be organised enough that these will take us up to the middle of August and then I’ll have another 4ish for the second half. Variety being the spice of life and all that.

The polls showed that you all have quite different tastes so I hope that there is something for everyone.

I’m going to do a live later this evening (children permitting…..) to explain in a little more detail what will be happening. I’ll also leave a little clip of each song in my stories, and YouTube links shortly.

Hope you’re having a wonderful week and I look forward to singing with you very soon! 🎶

29/07/2021

Join us for some summery pop tonight!

New singers welcome, this is a one-off rehearsal looking at the melody of ‘Reach’ by S Club 7. So perfect if you haven’t sung with us before, or haven’t been for a while. Just send us a message or comment below so we can send you the meeting link. You will be muted throughout, and you are welcome to turn your camera off if that would make you more comfortable.

Next week we will learn the harmony part.

See you there! 🎶

29/07/2021

Join us for some summery pop tonight!

New singers welcome, this is a one-off rehearsal looking at the melody of ‘Reach’ by S Club 7. So perfect if you haven’t sung with us before, or haven’t been for a while.

Next week we will learn the harmony part.

See you there! 🎶