Thinking of joining us?
If you'd like to come along and see for yourself
What we do
We sing all kinds of songs, from all different genres, to reflect our diverse membership.
We do perform but it’s not mandatory... If you don’t want to perform no-one will pressure you to.
We love singing together and having fun. It really is as simple as that!
There is no charge to attend but we do encourage a £2 donation each week just to help cover running costs
Membership
There is no audition - absolutely everyone is welcome!
No previous experience is required and you don’t need to read music, we use call and response to learn our songs, although music is available if you do want it
We embrace members of all ages, genders, ethnic and cultural backgrounds
You don’t have to be Pavarotti, you just need to love singing!
How it works
We operate a term system and have three themes each year; One for each term.
Each term we learn around 10 new songs that fit the chosen theme, culminating in a celebratory concert at the end.
Just bring along a water bottle, reading glasses if you need them, and your sense of fun and enthusiasm
Logistics
Where & when:
St Peter’s Church, Hiplands Rd, Halesowen
Every Monday
7.00pm – 8.15pm
Term time only
Accessibility:
The venue is wheelchair accessible and has a wheelchair accessible restroom
If you have other accessibility requirement just get in touch as we'll be happy to do all we can to accommodate
Our Guiding Principles
We are here to have fun with friends new and old
We want to be the reason someone smiles today
Singing in a group lifts our spirits and brings us together
The whole is greater than the individual parts - together we can achieve anything!
There is always more to be learned
It’s ok to get things wrong
We respect and reflect each other’s different music tastes and styles
The Team
We have some fabulous choir members who help out in all sorts of ways from welcoming new members, to making scarves for our uniform, as well as baking cakes and running stalls for events.
In addition, we have a management team of volunteers who are responsible for the day to day running of the choir and are dedicated to making the choir the best it can be.
They are:
Liz Littler
Musical Director
Hi everyone!
My background is in education having taught Physical Education and Music in Secondary Schools and then going freelance with both my subjects. I taught many fitness classes and also taught piano, singing and clarinet from home whilst my 3 children were small.
I took over as church organist at my local church many years ago and when I wasn't jumping around in leotard and tights I was sat on the organ stool playing the vicar's organ (no answer for that }
My belief for both exercise and music is that it should be fun and available to everyone.
I have taught a huge variety of people music over the years, children and many adults so my age range has gone from 7 to 80 plus! Music should be shared and the benefits to the brain, body and soul are unsurpassed by anything else I believe!
Lapal Community choir is about inclusivity, no need to worry if you can't read music or have been told you "can't sing", come and join us and have fun !
Dawn Long & Emma Shepherd
Administrators
Our role is to organise the practical elements of running the choir so that the members can just focus on singing and having fun and Liz and Kevin can get on with on making the music magic happen!
Both of us are involved in project management in our day jobs and we love to be organised, so we're delighted to be able to use our skills to support the choir team. If the choir needs something sorted out, we're your girls!
We support on everything from logistics, updating the website and social media, creating rehearsal schedules, answering email queries, managing membership and making sure everyone has lyric sheets, right through to creating processes that keep everything running as smoothly as possible.
We greet new members are also available to take queries from existing members before and after each rehearsal, and are always open to hearing new ideas about how we can improve the choir experience.
Kevin Hill
Keyboards/Piano
I am the choirs resident pianist/keyboardist and my role is to provide accompaniment for the choir to show off their singing to best effect.
I support all rehearsals, playing the lovely grand piano and working closely with Liz to make sure we have the right timing and pitch for all the songs as the choir are learning them.
I also accompany the choir when they play guest concerts elsewhere, and have even performed the odd piano solo for them - have keyboard, will travel!