Welcome
Bra-vissima is a small, not-for-profit ladies choir formed and led by Julia Wilson-James, herself an established soprano soloist from Brentwood. We sing a wide range of music, both sacred and secular, with orchestras, keyboard accompaniment, and a capella.
We perform to raise money for a nominated charity, which changes each year. This year, proceeds from our concerts and fundraising activities will be donated to the Noonan Syndrome Association.
Our next concert will be “A Summer Evening with Bra-vissima”.
Tickets are available online https://www.trybooking.com/uk/GMEA
Forthcoming events
For further details of our forthcoming concerts and other dates for your diary, please see our Events page.
Thank you to Brentwood Arts Council and Brentwood Cathedral for their continued support.
Recent Posts
Many roles make a concert work
It’s been over a week since our collaborative musical performance with the Brentwood Philharmonic. The time has flown by and we in Bra-vissima in the heat and incandescence of the recent bank holiday weekend have had the opportunity to take stock of what a wonderful concert it was. This was Bra-vissima’s second partnership with the…
Bra-vissima Ladies choir and supporting the Noonan Syndrome Association
I was delighted and very touched to learn that my fellow choir members had chosen the Noonan Syndrome Association (NSA)[1] as the charity the choir will be supporting through concerts and fundraising events over the course of the next year. Since learning that our youngest child (who is now two and a half) has Noonan…
A concert .. very much like an onion
Choral singing for Bra-vissima has always been about producing a beautiful sound; but by marking International Women’s Day with a concert performance made up of a repertoire of female composers, a female conductor and accompanist, we delved further into what it means to be a woman – and like an onion our concert revealed many…
Christmas was the cherry on top of a fabulous year of singing
As you can imagine Christmas is always a huge deal for choirs. As singers we get to wallow in the joy of performing carol and Christmas and favourites along side glorious festive songs and music new and old. The sparkly Christmas jumpers come out, trees are adorned with light and colour and candlelight provides a…
Southwark Cathedral Services
Bra-vissima were honoured to take part in the Sunday morning Choral Eucharist and the Choral Requiem Eucharist to celebrate All Souls Day at southwark_cathedral. It was our first visit – we hope not our last. A day filled with remembrance, memory, the power of music and solemn dignified prayer. We also had in attendance during…