We just managed to have the St Cyprian concert before 2012. We had a good evening and shared the concert with the Moseley Village Band. They are a group who play traditional instruments of the the type that would be carried around the local villages to play for the dances. You can find them on Facebook, just search for Moseley Village Band. Meanwhile back to the concert. Vox Populi have been trying to do more 'classical' type pieces such as Mozart's Ave Verum along with a mixture of folk music such as The Mingulay Boat Song. All in all in was a very successful evening and bodes well for the future of the group. We had a nice surprise in that one of our former members returned to us just before we finished for Christmas.

2011 was a better year for me, now getting back my health. Fitting back in was no problem as Vox Populi are such a friendly bunch. We are now looking to have a concert, at St Cyprian's Church, Yardley, Birmingham, in late November 2011. Final date to be confirmed.

A little bit late in reporting on it but the Choral Fusion concert Dec 2010 was was another success. I had missed a lot of 2010 as I had cancer, but I was able to take part in the concert as I was on the road to recovery.

Following on from the Choral Fusion concert we have now started our monthly 'open house' sessions, working towards another concert in December. If you are interested you can just come along to the Nechells Green Community Centre, Melvina Road, Birmingham B7 4QU. The next two sessions are on Saturdays 29th May and 26th June 2010, from 2pm to 6pm.

After all the rehearsals, we finally made it to the Choral Fusion Concert, Sunday 28th March. We had a good night, apreciative audience and all went well. We have had an interesting journey along the way, but really this is the start of a programme of 'open to the public' group rehearsals with a view to performing another concert in December 2010. More to follow.

In January, 2010, we had our first 'all choir' get together to get to know each other a bit and thrash out new ideas for the Choral Fusion concert in the spring. We made a promising start. Not all the singers can be there all the time so we will have make sure the continuity happens. Apart from that it's looking good.

This year, 2010, got off to a tricky start as the severe weather closed the school we rehearse in so we missed two rehearsals. Normally this wouldn't be a big deal, but we were supposed to be having four sessions with our guest conductor, Zoe. We made it the third week and had very productive night. We got on well with Zoe which makes life so much easier.

At the end of 2009 we performed in a concert at Stanville Primary school. It was a concert for the parents by the children, who sang a number of songs, we performed a few songs and then we all sang carols. Everyone enjoyed the evening.

Open Evening

Following on from the spring 2009 school concerts we took part in the West Midlands Sing! Right Up Your Street" promotion of local choirs and singing groups. Don't let words like 'choral' and 'choir' put you off, groups consists of people who just love singing in all its styles. Vox Populi had an Open Evening as part of "Sing Up" on 21st October 2009 7:15pm to 9:00pm at Stanville Primary School, Stanville Rd, Sheldon. If you always wanted to join a choir or singing group, then just come along for a 'taster session' and see what we do. The first session is free and you're not committing yourself to anything. Map showing school location

Early in 2010 we are starting rehearsals for another Choral Fusion concert, organised by Sound It Out, bringing different West Midlands choirs together to swap Musical Directors and conductors to show our individual styles and also to work together as one large group to perform at a concert in the Spring of 2010.

In the spring of 2009 we performed a series of concerts in conjunction with local school choirs including some pieces we wrote ourselves. The emphasis was on music from the shows and was very well received by the audiences.

In 2008 we celebrated our 10th anniversary with a concert at the CBSO Centre in Birmingham. It was alot of hard work putting together a show that incorporated many of our styles of singing and including several exiled artist with whom we had worked in the past. We had a great, if tiring, night. Photo shows Vox Populi members and visiting Artists Ben in blue, Zirak - with violin, Mira - lady with drum, and Blerim - with the clarinet. Those four artists are very talented and versatile. It was a pleasure to work with them.