[8] The concert programme for the 6 April 1941 Colston Hall performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion under Sir Adrian Boult was headed with the following note: In the event of an air-raid warning being received a notice will be displayed from the organ loft.

The choir remains one of the biggest in the region with a membership of around 180 auditioned singers and maintains its reputation as one of the premier symphony choruses in the South West of England.

In addition to the established concert season, the choir also undertakes other engagements further afield, foreign tours and community, outreach and education work in and around Bristol.

[19] Many of these performances were conducted by the choir's presidents Richard Hickox and Sir Charles Mackerras[20] and included concerts at The Proms and broadcasts on BBC Radio 3.

In November 2014 the choir joined with the BBC National Chorus of Wales for a performance of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius.

In spring 2016 it performed Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony[29] with the Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of John Wilson.

Choir members have several times in recent years been invited to join with the BBC National Chorus of Wales in promenade concerts, including Mahler's Eighth Symphony in 2018.

In addition to the established concert season, the choir also undertakes other engagements further afield, foreign tours (Germany in 2017 and 2019, Portugal in 2018, Spain in 2023), and community, outreach and education work in and around Bristol.

No further performances were possible in the rest of the 2019–2020 season and the whole of the 2020–2021 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, though the choir continued to have virtual rehearsals each week, recorded a virtual choir performance of Rachmaninov's "Bogoroditse Devo" (from All-Night Vigil) and was able to put on a very successful online carol composition competition in December 2020.