John Hobbs - our Musical Director and Conductor since 1969. John was Director of Music at St. Petroc's School, Bude for many years, sings with Duchy Opera and New Cornwall Opera, and plays the organ at Weare Gifford Parish Church. He is also Musical Director and Conductor of both North Devon Choral Society and South Devon Choir

Merrie England, which produced a profit of £10.7s.1d. (£10.35) was followed by Mendelssohn's Elijah and the concert version of Smetana's Bartered Bride. However, library copies of the music were hired from Plymouth Public Library, so that … ”no member of the choir would suffer hardship on being requested to purchase his/her music”.

BCS has gone from strength to strength, particularly under the leadership of their present Musical Director, John Hobbs, who has been resident conductor since 1969, with a gap between 1982 - 1988.
This gap was admirably filled by Ian Garden who is a past Music Director at St. Petroc's School in Bude; David Perrett, former Head of Music at Budehaven School and Veronica Jones who taught music and conducted in Launceston.

Current members come from as far away as Bideford, Black Torrington, Milton Damerel, Ashwater and Launceston for rehearsals.

The Choir aims to perform at least two concerts a year, around Easter and late Autumn/Christmas, but joins other choirs when invited, particularly for 'scratch' performances in aid of various charities. During the past twenty years the Choir has sung with Torrington, Holsworthy, Launceston, Tintagel and Truro Cathedral choirs.

The repertoire is fairly varied and a sample of music sung over the years includes:
* Haydn's Creation and The Seasons
* Bach's St John Passion and B Minor Mass
* Handel's Messiah
* Rossini's Stabat Mater and Solemn Mass
* Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
* Monteverdi's Beatus Vir
* Vivaldi's Gloria
* Rutter Gloria, Requiem and other works
* Brahms' Requiem
* Elgar's The Music Makers
* Vaughan Williams Hodie and Five Mystical Songs
* Bizet's Carmen (concert version)
* Gilbert and Sullivan's Gondoliers, Pirates of Penzance, Mikado and Trial by Jury
* Handel's Belshazzar - in conjunction with Wadebridge Choral Society
* Rutter's Mass of the children

In October 2005, BCS organised a Singing Day with John Rutter, a truly inspirational event attended by over 300 singers from Cornwall, Devon and further afield. Click here to see full report and photo.