Crescent Theatre Blog

On this blog we mostly talk about plays you can buy tickets to but there is a whole other side to The Crescent Theatre including music-making. The biggest-selling show of the year is always the Christmas Wassail and there are regular slots in the season for musicals but the musical director, Gary Spruce, also creates opportunities for people to come together and make music throughout the year, sometimes in public and sometimes not. This recording was part of an educational project to encourage young people to make music which included a jazz band, a skiffle band and solo singers. This piece is Palestrina’s Alma Redemptoris Mater sung by members of The Crescent Theatre in St Paul’s Church in The Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham. If you’d like to hear more then the same people will be singing in the Christmas Wassail and if you’d like to join in then please apply to join the theatre through the membership page.