100+ years of great choral singing

Singing at Tewkesbury Abbey

Upcoming concert

From the Sublime to the Ridiculous

Saturday 7th June 2025 at 7pm, Elgar Concert Hall, University of Birmingham

CLICK IMAGE to download flier

Our summer concert From the sublime to the ridiculous will comprise a riot of joyous English songs and pieces, old and new, with piano and string bass. Unaccompanied madrigals, and nonsense rhymes by a number of our best loved composers, including Elgar, John Rutter, George Shearing and Richard Rodney Bennett will keep our audience smiling throughout.

See more concert details HERE.

Tickets online HERE and on the door on the day.

Handel’s Messiah

Friday 6th December 2025 at 7pm, Symphony Hall

For many, our annual Messiah performance in early December marks the beginning of the festive season, and is eagerly anticipated. Musically, their performance is consistently very highly rated, and can promise an evening of moving arias and superb choral singing, elegantly accompanied by the CBSO.

See more concert details HERE.

Tickets online HERE and at B:Music box offices.

We perform wonderful choral concerts in Symphony Hall, Town Hall and other venues in Birmingham, with trips ‘out of town’ to Lichfield, Tewkesbury and elsewhere.

Follow us on FACEBOOK

Join us…

A large, friendly choir, we are always looking for new members to join us. Watch our video then Read MORE.

Contact us…

You can contact us about booking or supporting the choir or our concerts.
Choir members login HERE.

Read about our Education Projects

Our recent concerts:

City Centre Carols (14.12.24, St Martin in the Bull Ring church)

Handel’s Messiah (6.12.24, Symphony Hall)

Mozart – Mass in C minor and Cecilia McDowall – Da Vinci Requiem (17.11.24, Bradshaw Hall, RBC)

French Romantics – Choral and organ music including Dupre De Profundis, featuring David Briggs (organist) (12.06.24, Tewkesbury Abbey)

Reflections – Bach Cantata 12 and Haydn Stabat Mater (2.03.24, Lichfield Cathedral)

Handel’s Messiah (8.12.23, Symphony Hall)

Hurd – Shepherd’s Calendar and Beethoven – Mass in C (12.11.23, Ruddock Hall, Edgbaston)

Come and Sing Brahms Requiem (10.06.23, Gas Street Church)

Saints and Angels: A Celebration of Music and Poetry (13.05.23, Elgar Concert Hall)

Carols for All at St Martin’s (17.12.22, St Martin in the Bull Ring church)

Handel’s Messiah (9.12.22, Symphony Hall)

Vaughan Williams at 150: A Sea Symphony (6.11.22, Symphony Hall)

Classical Spectacular (29.10.22, Symphony Hall)

Faire is the Heaven (11.6.22, Tewkesbury Abbey)

Voice Factory – Commonwealth (26.3.22, Gas Street Church)

Grand Christmas Classics (12.12.21, Symphony Hall)

Messiah – The Centenary Performance (10.12.21, Symphony Hall)

Messiah – The Inside View (28.11.21, Town Hall)

Spectacular Classics (13.11.21, Symphony Hall)

We also released a number of recordings on our YouTube channel for you to enjoy.

Haydn@Home

In the pandemic, we rehearsed movements from Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis, also known as the Nelson Mass. Unable to meet in person, we used online video to rehearse and record this fine choral work. We were joined by orchestral players and soloists for our final recordings.

See more results on YouTube: City of Birmingham Choir – YouTube

Want a choir for your wedding, party or other event?

We can provide a choir for weddings, parties or other occasions. Voices from the City of Birmingham Choir have been enthusiastically received at a wide range of events. Read MORE.

We were truly privileged to hear this fine performance by the inspired City of Birmingham Choir

— Birmingham Post, December 2014

Latest news…

Come and Sing event – contact us if you enjoyed it

17th March 2025, by Mark Lawrence

Come and Sing

A huge thank you to everyone who came along on Saturday to the choir’s Come and Sing event. We hope you all enjoyed the day. It was lovely to see and meet so many non City of Birmingham Choir singers. If any of you would like to hear more about the choir you can join our mailing list for regular updates. Please send your name and email address to info@citychoir.org

Also, if you have any comments about the day please send them to the same email address.

Hear us on disc…

Our 2016 recording of Mahler’s 2nd Symphony transcribed for organ by David Briggs was described as ‘riveting’ on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review.

You can also buy our festive Christmas Treats CD via this website.

Our history…

The City of Birmingham Choir was founded in March 1921. Since then it has been a stalwart of Birmingham’s musical life performing a wide range of classical and modern music in Town Hall and Symphony Hall, often with the CBSO. Previous conductors have included Sir David Willcocks and
Christopher Robinson CBE. For the last twenty years the Choir has been skilfully led by the charismatic Adrian Lucas. Read MORE about our history.