Singers for Funerals

The BBC recently reported that a new crematorium under construction in West Bromwich will have a larger than normal opening, to accommodate an increase in body sizes.

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council bereavement services manager Brendan Day said,"What we have seen over the years is that the size of body is getting larger for some obese bodies." The West Midlands has the highest obesity rates in the UK, with 26% of adults officially 'obese'.

The new crematorium is due to open in autumn 2010, replacing the existing one in Forge Lane West Bromwich.

If you need a singer for a funeral in West Bromwich or the greater Birmingham area, our Associate singer in Birmingham, tenor Richard Lloyd Owen, is happy to help. Call us for his availability.

At Singers for Funerals, we keep discovering more about the amazing people who provide services for funerals in the UK, including the Society of Crematorium Organists. Kirsty has just become a Fellow of the Society, without being able to play a note herself!

As Dr Michael Walsh, founder of the Society says, "The Society exists for all those who are involved in the musical side of funerals" so funeral soloists with Singers for Funerals definitely qualify.

Kirsty is delighted to be in such esteemed and experienced company, and looks forward to working with Society members to bring the joy and consolation of live music to crematorium funeral services across the UK.

Discover more about the Society at their website: http://www.societyofcrematoriumorganists.org.uk

Singers for Funerals are pleased to announce that we will be storing some of our own backing tracks on the Wesley Music system for crematoriums. Selected crematoriums in the UK use this system, which allows families to select any music tracks to play at a funeral, or play their own recorded messages.
For Singers for Funerals soloists, this system is a real boon, as it allows us to sing with our own specially recorded accompaniments  when no organist is present. We prefer using our own recordings, as we can sing in our own key, our own tempo and give a much better performance as a result!

A client recently called the Singers for Funerals office after lunch, asking for someone to sing "You'll Never Walk Alone" at a funeral in Birmingham the next morning... Luckily, Richard Lloyd Owen, our associate tenor in the West Midlands was available, and got a standing ovation for his performance from the football-strip clad crematorium guests!

If you need a funeral singer at the last minute, don't be afraid to ring us. If we can do it, we will!

At Singers for Funerals, we understand that searching for information on funeral music is not something you do every day. So, we do a lot of research to try and discover just what folk type into search engines when looking for funeral services, with some interesting results.

For example, confusion often happens with the words 'crematorium' and 'crematory', and it's all down to that old chestnut, UK verses US usage.

In the UK, we search for a crematorium or crematoriums, although if we are being strictly accurate here, the plural should be crematoria. In UK English, the adjective crematory describes anything relating to cremation. However, the US word for a crematorium is a crematory, with the plural as crematories.