British Methodist Youth Choir

Taster Weekend

Try out the BMYC on the weekend of the 5th - 7th May at Newbury Methodist Church. Sign Up Here!!

A New Dawn

In 2004 the BMYC recorded and published its first stand alone album, which is available as a CD or can be downloaded on-line. It is also available through streaming sites.

As You Go

The BMYCs second album, released in 2012, follows in the tradition of "A New Dawn" of putting old words to new tunes. It can also be bought as a CD, downloaded or streamed.

BMYC's Big Sing

2013 saw the BMYC's "BIG SING" in central London

BMYC Reunion

The BMYC has been running since 1982, giving ample opportunities for past and present members to sing together in larger venues.

...words of Thomas Ken, 1637-1711

O God, make the door of this house wide enough for all who need human love; O God, make the door of this house small enough to shut out all envy, pride and strife.

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A Mission in Song

Sacred or Secular, BMYC sings the words with feeling and passion. Concerts are often joyful or moving.

Who are we?

Sample icon 2 The choir is made up of 16 to 27 year
old Christians, but not exclusively Methodists.

What do we do?

Sample icon 3 BMYC travels around the UK visiting Methodist Churches performing concerts and contributing to services.

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The British Methodist Youth Choir in Newbury

Created: 16 May 2017

Written by Kevin Soulsby

The Choir In Concert at Newbury Methodist Church

Now back and rested from the BMYC's taster weekend and concert at Newbury Methodist Church over the weekend of the 5th to the 7th May is a great time to reflect on the weekend.

The choir has been quiet for a few years due to our musical director Heidi and her husband Andrew starting a family in 2014 and myself and my wife Rosie starting ours in 2015 and welcoming an additional member to our family earlier this year. The taster weekend in Newbury was a great opportunity to reinvigorate the choir and introduce new members to our repertoire. As well as welcoming back existing members of the choir we also welcomed Alex and Forest and we hope that Matthew and Beatrice who expressed an interest in the choir but were unable to join us this time will join us for a later concert.

We had invited a local folk group "Travelling Light" to join us for the evening concert on the Saturday and as well as sharing the load of the concert with the choir provided a great opportunity to introduce a different style of concert for those attending.

Both the choir, travelling light and the congregation all agreed that it was a very good concert and the choir and travelling light complemented each other. This approach is something I would like to look at repeating again at whichever church hosts us in the future.

On that note, after discussions with the choir after the concert, we agreed that we would like to do a further concert in 2017 in early September, possibly in the Midlands, more details should follow in about a month's time.

Thank you to Peter and everyone at Newbury Methodist Church who made us so welcome, hosted, fed and watered us and thank to Heidi for rehearsing the choir so well and pulling it all together for the weekend.

God must still have plans for our "Mission in Song" Hallelujah

Kevin Soulsby
BMYC Administrator

Rehearsal