How we started:
The Birkbeck Singers
On 19th January 2011 the Ipswich Institute added 'singing' to their growing repertoire of study classes: Be Bird was appointed as Music tutor and accompanist and 15 recruits tentatively signed up for ‘Sing, Sing a Song’. The course proved to be very popular and numbers increased so that by September, the group was delighted to welcome Ben Groom as their regular piano accompanist. As confidence grew and musical expectations became more adventurous , Be (now Music Director) began to challenge the singers by encouraging public performances for small audiences.
By Easter 2013 the size of the group had more than doubled , and the members voted to adopt the name ‘The Birkbeck Singers’- the name of their regular practice place ‘the Birkbeck Room’ and they developed their own logo:
The Birkbeck Singers
On 19th January 2011 the Ipswich Institute added 'singing' to their growing repertoire of study classes: Be Bird was appointed as Music tutor and accompanist and 15 recruits tentatively signed up for ‘Sing, Sing a Song’. The course proved to be very popular and numbers increased so that by September, the group was delighted to welcome Ben Groom as their regular piano accompanist. As confidence grew and musical expectations became more adventurous , Be (now Music Director) began to challenge the singers by encouraging public performances for small audiences.
By Easter 2013 the size of the group had more than doubled , and the members voted to adopt the name ‘The Birkbeck Singers’- the name of their regular practice place ‘the Birkbeck Room’ and they developed their own logo:
Sadly, Be’s sudden death on 25th June 2018 marked the passing of an era.
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