BCMG performs regularly at the CBSO Centre and Symphony Hall in Birmingham, tours nationally and worldwide and has appeared several times at the Proms in London.
Musicians from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra formed the ensemble in 1987, with Simon Rattle as its founding patron.
[2] Past chairs of BCMG have included Stephen Saltaire, who served in the post from 2000 to 2015.
[5] Sound Investors are kept informed about "their" work's progress and are invited to attend rehearsals, as well as the first public performance.
Composer Colin Matthews, who has had four works commissioned by BCMG, has called the Sound Investors "a remarkable group...although the only return on their investment is a signed copy of the score.