Massed choirs promise uplifting concerts in Bexhill
You can expect something like 500 singers across the two concerts as Lifted Up Community Choirs present singinspiration26, with both concerts backed by the iGospel band.
Project manager Stella Landau is promising something truly special at The De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, on Tuesday, March 17, with tickets on sale at www.DLWP.com
The 5pm show features: Lifted Up Community Choir, Lifted Up Community Choir Youth (LUCCY), Ocklynge School Choir, TaSMAT Singers, King Offa Primary School Choir, Volya Voices and Si26 Family & Friends Choir.
The 7.30pm show features: Lifted Up Community Choir, Lifted Up Community Choir Youth (LUCCY), Battle & Langton School Choir, St Leonard’s Primary Academy Choir, Icklesham Primary School Choir, Little Common Primary School, Volya Voices and Si26 Family & Friends Choir.
The event has been nearly two years in the planning, a major undertaking supported by the Arts Council.
“singinspiration26 promises to be an exhilarating experience,” Stella says. “It’s more than a concert; it is a celebration of unity, artistry and the transformative power of music. This mass choir event brings together choir leaders and singers from a wide range of backgrounds, fostering both collaboration and the sharing of musical traditions including soul, gospel, jazz and opera.
“The events will showcase the diversity of the local community, bringing people together from all walks of life including after-school choirs, community choirs and a newly-formed Family & Friends Choir born out of this project. The mass choir features a wide range of participants, from children as young as eight years old to adults aged eighty, highlighting the inclusivity and spirit of the event.”
singinspiration26 has been made possible because of Arts Council England National Lottery
Funding towards the cost of the project, and support in kind from the De La Warr Pavilion.
The concert will feature the musical talents of: artistic director Day Levale, choir director of the Lifted Up Community Choir; musical director Gareth Fuller, founder and musical director of NSO choirs; and guest director Nadine Lee, musician and vocalist. There will be a special guest performance from the Pegasus Opera Company.
“Joining us from all across the country for the evening will be the five-piece iGospel Band, led by musical director Gareth Fuller. The entire band has some serious music industry credentials under their belts, having worked with some of the biggest names in music.”
The event is for people of all ages, Stella said: “From the choir members’ perspective there will be all the obvious benefits like community spirit and having a purpose and just loving the music. We're picking a range of songs that just mix together well. And what they will get out of it is the opportunity to experience music in a way that they’ve not done before. And even if they have done bigger choir things I would challenge them that this is going to be an experience unlike anything they have ever done before.”