Birmingham Festival Choral Society regularly tours abroad. Past tours have visited Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium & Holland, Slovenia, Estonia, Slovakia, Ireland, France and Romania. Tours are a great way of bringing the choir together, through new friendships, and shared choral experiences in beautiful places.

Romania was our destination for our most recent choir tour, in May 2019. We spent three days in the capital city of Bucharest, followed by three days based in Brasov, in the beautiful mountainous scenery of Transylvania.

Click the following links to read our diary,  written on tour in Romania:

BFCS on tour in Romania!

Singing for all ages in Bucharest.

Relaxing in Brasov

Vlad the Impaler, Dracula and the Archduke.

On top of the world.

A 19th Century castle, and 21st century technology.

In July 2016 we visited the Yonne area of Burgundy, France.  

For an introductory video about the Burgundy tour click here

A diary of our tour can be found in the following links:

Wonderful reception in St Julien du Sault.

Songs in Sens

Vezelay works its magic.

Auxerre – the final concert.

St Julien du Sault

Rehearsal in St Ju

Singing in St Ju

Singers relaxing in Sens.

Sarah-Ann Cromwell’s solo in Sens Cathedral.

Concert in the Church of St Pierre, Auxerre.

PAST TOURS

Eating out in Tallinn, Estonia.

Estonian folk dancers in Rapla.

Singing on the escalators in a Tallinn shopping centre.

Quaffing Quartet, Guinness Storehouse.

Hallelujah Chorus at the Guinness Storehouse, Dublin.

Ireland with Sally and Fred – photo Laura Grange

Howth, Ireland.

Concert in Trencin, Slovakia.

SINGING WORKSHOPS

Birmingham Festival Choral Society has a training fund to subsidise singing workshops. Weekend Vocal Training events are held every two or three years at Swanwick conference Centre, Derbyshire.