I’d been wanting to join a choir for quite a long time before I found GJC. I seemed to be avoiding joining formulaic choirs and classical choirs and didn’t really know what I was looking for. Then when I moved into the area I happened to see a poster for GJC. I think it was the word Jazz that got me interested. I was able just to show up and try without a fuss. I wasn’t put on the spot and they were such friendly folk. Phoebe just has that perfect way of making you feel invol

I joined GJC back in October 2013 as I like singing and stumbled across a poster advertising the choir quite by chance, so decided to pop along and see what it was like. Now, I'm so glad that I did. In the early days, we were very small with only a couple of people singing each harmony section. Although this was still enjoyable, it was quite a pressure on us to attend all rehearsals and all performances. Nowadays we have grown and our larger membership means that we have