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We are a friendly, non-auditioned London-based choir. Our emphasis is on enjoying music in a welcoming, non-religious environment. Our wide-ranging repertoire consists of secular music that’s joyful and fun to sing. We rehearse on Tuesday evenings, 7-9pm at Doreen Bazell Hall, a short walk from Kings Cross station. New members welcome!
We are part of Humanists UK.
Latest News
BHA Choir Walk Ancestor’s Trail
Ancestor's Trail is an evolution themed walk that this year took place on 29th May. The Tree of Life is represented by a number of converging walks, with each step taking you back towards the dawn of life.
The BHA Choir were delighted to be invited to perform at this year's walk. Two specially written original pieces were contributed to the Ancestor's Trail. Conductor Chloë Clifford-Frith wrote a piece called "Upon this Ground". It was sung along the Trail with the individual parts initially standing as independent pieces and combining to create new melodies as the parts converged. The final composition was performed with all parts at the end of the Trail. "Origins" was composed by ex-BHA resident composer and BHA Choir pianist William Morris, with words by Ancestor's Trail organiser Chris Jenord. The set at St Audries consisted of "Do You Realize??", "Imagine", "Sumer Is Icumen In", and "One Day Like This".
As well as performing, many of the Choir walked the Ancestor's Trail. The Quantock Hills provided a spectacular backdrop to some well-needed exercise! Photos of the event can be seen in our galleries.
Ancestor’s Trail on the BBC Radio 4 Show ‘Literary Walks’
Catch the Ancestor's Trail on the BBC Radio 4 Literary Walks show hosted by Clare Balding. The show will be broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday 11th June and on Thursday 16th June. It will also be available via the BBC Radio 4 website. For more information please see: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011tsdb
BHA Choir and the Ancestors Trail: 29th of May 2011
The Ancestors trail happens on Sunday 29th May 2011 and is a shared walk over the Quantock Hills in Somerset. The paths of the walk form a tree like structure representing Darwin's tree of life and all these paths eventually lead to the Dawn of Life, or in this case Kilve beach. We will be singing at points on the walk and also be singing on the beach and at another evening event. Chloe and William have written new songs especially for the event and we look forward to sharing them with everyone.
We hope this will be a yearly event and it's not the first year the event has happened. For more information see:
BHA Choir in the BHA News
BHA newsletter article
This article, from the September/October 2010 edition of the BHA News gives a brief history of the BHA Choir. Click for a closer look.