Search on for Mid Sussex choir to join Blake

Following the success of their nationwide search for choirs to join them as part of their ‘An Evening with Blake’ and ‘Love Lifts Us Up’ tour, Blake are looking for a choir to perform onstage with them as part of their ‘Live In Concert’ show at Clair Hall, Haywards Heath on Friday, October 18.

Choirs who would like the chance to join Blake on stage should send a YouTube video link of the choir performing to [email protected] accompanied by a short description of the choir.

One choir will be chosen for each concert to perform some of Blake’s well known classic-pop renditions, including ‘Hallelujah’, ‘Jerusalem’ and ‘Nessun Dorma’ – songs that helped catapult the group to global success after their formation using Facebook in 2007.

With a musical style that bridges the gap between pop and opera Blake’s music is full of incredible vocal lines blended together through rich harmonies.

The members of Blake all found their love of music at a young age and sang with various groups and choirs throughout their childhood.

Their passion for music continues to grow and they decided that they wanted to share this with the communities they would be visiting on their tour.

Ollie Baines said: “We thought about how we could involve school choirs and local community choirs in our live shows and that getting some of the choirs up on stage with us would be a great experience for both them and us.”

Stephen Bowman said: “We’ve always believed that choirs are totally essential to the future of British music and we’re proud to be getting great choirs up on to some of the UK’s finest stages to show our audiences who the next wave of great performers might be.”

Humphrey Berney added: “It’s been inspirational to see so many choirs send in their material and a pleasure to perform with them all.

“We are looking forward to seeing more footage from choirs across the country and performing with them as part of the tour.”

The event starts at 8pm. Call the Box Office on 01444455440 or log on to http://bookch.freedom-leisure.co.uk/clairhall/

To find out more about Blake visit www.blakeofficial.com.