People and Members Stories

Becoming part of The People’s Orchestra (TPO) offers a variety of new experiences for members, but amateur student pianist Elliot Atkinson was left more staggered than most. The 21-year-old journalism and media student at Worcester University joined TPO in February [READ MORE]

Not Just a Choir - How Joining a Choir Helped Me Find Myself Again When Jen Thought She’d Have to Leave Choir, Something Extraordinary Happened Jen still remembers the moment she thought it was over. Not the end of a [READ MORE]

Music student Abigail Neil has been singing since she was eight-years-old, so couldn’t resist applying when she saw an advert to head up a community choir for The People’s Show Choir (TPSC). For the past six months, Birmingham Opera Student [READ MORE]

The People’s Show Choir(TPSC) returns to Gdansk, Poland, on tour this summer, but it will be different and on a far bigger scale to their last Polish trip. Here’s a look ahead at what to expect. When excited community singers [READ MORE]

We’re throwing the spotlight on one of our violinists in The People’s Orchestra(TPO) today as she embarks on a year-long fundraising campaign to “give something back” to our charity wing. Anna McManus signed up to TPO just over two years [READ MORE]

It’s hard to find stranger things on The People’s Big Band performance calendar than its regular collaboration with MCM Birmingham Comic Con. Yet this exciting long-standing link-up has allowed TPO’s musicians to go boldly where not many other players have [READ MORE]