About Us

The Bromley Boy Singers was founded in 1977 by Brian Lamble and soon established a reputation for the quality, variety and enthusiasm of its performances. The choir has sung in the Purcell Room, the Fairfield Halls, the Royal Albert Hall, the Barbican Centre, in Canterbury and Southwark cathedrals and at Cambridge University. The boys have toured in Provence, the Netherlands, Malta and in England. The choir has a wide repertoire of classical and modern music and maintains a special interest in the vocal works of Benjamin Britten. Their costume productions include Britten’s The Golden Vanity and Mozart’s Bastien and Bastienna. New music has been commissioned by the choir. Michael Hurd wrote a set of short songs, Nine of Anon, and Jean Hasse has recently written a couple of pieces specially for the BBS.
	2006
This has been a year of development for the choir with its new director, Travis Baker. The choir has carried out a series of performances at private functions in Bromley and Westerham and joined forces with a school choir from Claygate for a Summmer concert. The highlight of the summer was a concert at St Francis, West Wickham sponsored by the Rotary Club which was well attended. Christmas saw three concerts for the choir culminating in the now regular lunchtime concert at St. Martin-in-the-Fields which had a packed church despite all the building work.
2005
	Concerts have been presented locally at St George’s, Beckenham and at St Francis of Assisi, West Wickham. In July, families and friends of BBS gathered for the traditional summer concert and social at which presentations were made to thank Richard Apsley for his ten years of service to the choir. Richard Apsley was the Director of the Bromley Boy Singers from 1995 to 2005. Under his leadership the choir has gone from strength to strength, performing an ever-increasing variety of engagements. We have also benefited from the expertise of Associate Director, David Gostick, who had responsibility for the choir during the 2004 – 2005 season.
2004
English National Opera: children’s chorus in Tosca, Carmen & La Boheme Britten’s War Requiem at Walthamstow Assembly Hall for South-West Essex Choir Lunchtime concert at St Olave’s in the City of London British Youth Opera: animals in Janacek’s Cunning Little Vixen Kentish Opera: Carmina Burana at the Fairfield Halls New Year’s Eve lunchtime concert at St Martin-in-the-Fields.
	2003
	International Children’s Festival in Provence Kentish Opera: ragazzi chorus for Carmen Sevenoaks Summer Festival Opera Gala at Holy Trinity, Sloane Square with Robert Hayward and Tamsin Dives British Youth Opera: soloists & chorus in Britten’s A Midsummer Nights Dream Recording of our second CD: Sweet Silver Song Christmas Gala at Bromley Civic Centre New Year’s Eve lunchtime concert at St Martin-in-the-Fields.
2002	2001
Recital at Southwark Cathedral Jubilee dinner in July Jubilee concert in Purcell Room on the South Bank Christmas Gala concert raising £1000 for charity Christmas performance with Lewisham Choral Society of Britten’s Saint Nicholas New Year’s Eve lunchtime concert at St Martin-in-the-Fields	Easter performance of Faure’s Requiem Good Friday concert with London Baroque Players and Dulwich Choral Society: Bach’s St Matthew Passion Three semi-staged performances of Britten’s Golden Vanity St George’s Arts Festival, Beckenham Swale Festival Weekend tour to Christ Church, St Leonard’s-on-Sea; two masses and a concert New Year’s Eve lunchtime concert at St Martin-in-the-Fields

Looking Ahead

In September 2005, Travis Baker took up the reins as Director of the Bromley Boy Singers. His style has already started to have an impact on the choir and plans for the future include more exciting holiday courses to help the choir feel more like a team.

Next year will see our 30th anniversary. Plans are now under way to celebrate in style!

Travis is very keen to increase the numbers of boys in the choir so that the range of events undertaken can be increased.