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Bethy Willis

on earth a heav'nly anthem we will raise!

About Me

Hi! I'm Elizabeth, Beth, Bethy or whatever other name you may know me as! I've been singing ever since I can remember in all sorts of styles from rock to opera and over the last few years it's been great to accompany myself on guitar as well. I'm a classically trained guitarist and singer and gained a lot of performing experience through my 4 years in the City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus where I sang both solo and as part of a group in venue's all over the U.K. including Symphony Hall, St David's Hall and the Royal Albert Hall. Another passion of mine is Music Theatre and I passed my Grade 8 exam with merit in July 2007 as well as being involved in various productions including "The Mikado" at the 2007 Gilbert & Sullivan Festival in Buxton, Derbyshire. Most importantly, I'm a Christian and I lead worship at my church on a regular basis and direct the Banners Gate Community Choir there. It's a real privilege to be able to give back to God just a little of what He's blessed me with every week and hopefully lead others in doing the same. I love singing and playing everything I can get my hands on particularly acoustic, country and folk- style music... Logo designers
..This is a live performance of Eva Cassidy's arrangement of "Songbird" originally written by Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac. I performed it in the final of the West Midlands Popstars competition 2007 and it was played on BBC radio WM.The song "locked away" is also featured on my page at http://www.birminghamusic.com/artistdetails.php?artist_id=90 3 if you like it, PLEASE help keep me in the top 10 of their charts by playing it.Thank you!!

My Interests

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Member Since: 09/02/2007
Band Website: www.birminghamusic.com
Band Members:
Influences: There are too many to list but some of them are: Eva Cassidy, Nanci Griffith, Sheryl Crow, Shania Twain, The Beatles, The Carpenters, Jack Johnson, Jamie Cullum, John Denver, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Meat Loaf, ... I could go on!!
Sounds Like: I like to think I'm pretty individual but others have compared me to Eva Cassidy, Joan Baez, Nanci Griffith, Vanessa Carlton, Avril Lavigne & Katie Melua.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Check out this event: Banners gate Community Choir

Hosted By: Beth Willis When: 24 Jul 2008, 19:00Where Banner's Gate URCWestwood RdSutton Coldfield, B73United KingdomDescription:Beth Willis Click Here To View Event
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT

Recording: 14-15th August 07

Hi everyone! This is just a quick note to say that finally, thanks to www.birminghammusic.com and also especially to Rob Hilcox, I have recorded some material! So far there are four tracks which you c...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:48:00 GMT

West Midlands Pop Stars- The Heat

As many of you will already know, I entered the West Midlands Pop Stars competition in March and my heat was last wednesday (23rd May). It was incredible, I performed the Eva Cassidy arrangement of "S...
Posted by on Tue, 29 May 2007 16:22:00 GMT