The Birmingham Bach Choir has been performing in the city since 1919, under a succession of eminent conductors, and currently Paul Spicer. The choir specialises in music from the Baroque Period, particularly that of J S Bach, and also British music of the 20th century.

The choir performs at prestigious venues throughout Britain and abroad, and in recent years has sung in international music festivals at Aldeburgh, Cheltenham and Lichfield, also major festivals in Dresden, Leipzig and Prague. The choir now has close links with Leipzig and has sung twice at Bach's church.

Brahms: Geistliches Lied, op 30
Warum ist das Licht gegeben, op 74/1
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
Bach: Der Geist hilft & Komm, Jesu, Komm
Elgar: The Spirit of the Lord & Give unto the Lord
Rheinberger: Abendlied
Mendelssohn: Verleih uns Frieden, together with other works for solo organ

Paul Spicer, who has been conductor of the choir since 1992, studied at the Royal College of Music under Herbert Howells. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Until 2001 he was Artistic Director of the Lichfield International Arts Festival, and relinquished it to pursue a freelance musical career. Today he is in great demand as a recording producer and composer.
He is best known as a choral conductor, in particular of the acclaimed Finzi Singers, with whom he has now made 15 CDs for Chandos Records. He is Professor of Choral Conducting at the Royal College of Music, conducts the Whitehall Choir in London and gives choral workshops in the UK, Europe and the USA.