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Sing! Bentley Heath

Modern Community Choir in Solihull, West Midlands

We're happy because we sing!

Sing! Bentley Heath

Modern Community Choir in Solihull, West Midlands

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‘Best Of The Bands’ Concert A Triumph!

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Curtains finally went up on June 14th for Spring Sing 2025! – Best Of The Bands after building work delays forced postponement.

The opening number, ‘Top Of The World’ was also the opener for our first ever Spring Sing! in 2025 and the sell out audience loved it.

We sung some other favourites like ‘Rule The World’ & ‘California Dreaming’ as well as modern classics like ‘Viva La Vida’ and ‘Super Trouper’

Our legendary Grand Raffle was a huge success raising nearly £1,700 for our good causes this year – TalkDementia and Warwickshire & Solihull Blood Bikes.

If you want a taster of the concert, come to the Solihull Choir Festival on the 29th June where we will be performing.

Spring Sing! 26 will be on the 25th April 2026 with tickets going on sale at the Core Box Office from January 26.

Spring Sing! 2024 – Tickets Now On Sale

Sing! Bentley Heath Posted on 17/01/2024 by Bob Manekshaw23/06/2025avatar

Tickets for ‘Spring Sing! 2024 – A Night at the Awards‘ are now available to purchase from the Core Box Office in Solihull or online. This years concert celebrates songs that have been nominees or award winners from a wide range of artists and genres. For more information – www.singbentleyheath.org.uk/spring-sing

Silent Night – 2021 Charity Christmas Download

Sing! Bentley Heath Posted on 22/12/2021 by Bob Manekshaw23/12/2021avatar

The Men’s Shanty Group have done it again and recorded ‘Silent Night’ which will be sold in support of the choir’s two charities ( Click the ‘Silent Night‘ button below to find out more ). You can hear our shanty man Bob talk to the lovely Trish Adudu on BBC CWR about this year’s carol and the choir’s charities below.

Trish Adudu and Shanty Man Bob talk about MSG and ‘Silent Night’
Silent Night

A big thank you to all our supporters who have already supported and kindly donated to our Christmas fund raising activities.

Welcome back to rehearsals in our new venue

Sing! Bentley Heath Posted on 29/09/2021 by Bob Manekshaw30/09/2021avatar

Live rehearsals for Sing! Bentley Heath community choir will resume from Thursday 30th September in a beautiful new venue in the centre of Dorridge – St Philip’s Church Centre. It’s been many months since the choir have been able to … Continue reading →

Spring Sing! 2020 Cancelled due to Covid-19 Lock Down

Sing! Bentley Heath Posted on 20/03/2020 by Bob Manekshaw23/06/2025avatar

Following government guidelines about public meetings and entertainment, the Core theatre will be closed until the end of May. Our ‘Decade of Song’ on the 25th of April is unfortunately now cancelled but worry not. If you bought tickets through … Continue reading →

MWS Financial Advisers – New Sponsor for 2019/2020

Sing! Bentley Heath Posted on 28/11/2019 by Bob Manekshaw28/11/2019avatar

We are thrilled to announce that our new sponsor for the 2019 / 20 season is the brilliant MWS Financial Advisers Ltd #Knowle #Solihull Their support will enable us to sing far & wide across the region! This is a … Continue reading →

Spring Sing! 2019 Concert Raffle

Sing! Bentley Heath Posted on 14/04/2019 by Bob Manekshaw23/06/2025avatar

A BIG thank you to all our lovely Raffle Donors (singbentleyheath.org.uk/raffle) who gave us gifts and vouchers for prizes. Our raffle team raised over £1,000 at Spring Sing! 2019 which will be shared with Parkinson’s UK and Admiral Nurses. We … Continue reading →

Singing in a Community Choir is good for your wellbeing

Sing! Bentley Heath Posted on 14/11/2018 by Bob Manekshaw21/11/2018avatar

According to preliminary findings from a new pilot study by researchers at Iowa State University, one hour of singing with a group significantly reduced the so-called “stress hormone” cortisol and was correlated with reduced feelings of sadness and anxiety in … Continue reading →

Autumn Season 2018 

Sing! Bentley Heath Posted on 08/11/2018 by Bob Manekshaw08/11/2018avatar

It’s the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, as Keats wrote. Or the season of learning fabulous new songs and rehearsing for performances, as Jane might say! Our choir had the honour to be performing at the Mayor’s Civic Honours … Continue reading →

Gareth Malone at Warwick Arts Centre

Sing! Bentley Heath Posted on 05/05/2018 by Jane05/05/2018avatar

Happy Bank Holiday everyone! Here’s an event you may be interested in. Gareth Malone is presenting a super night of entertainment on Sunday 27 May at Warwick Arts Centre. It’s the next bank holiday weekend at the start of school … Continue reading →

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