Soul Sounds (choir)
Soul Sounds (choir) | |
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Origin | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Founding | December 2004[1] |
Genre | Choral |
Affiliation | No affiliation |
Website | http://www.soulsounds.org |
Soul Sounds is a choir based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The choir first came into prominence as the Holy Family Convent Bambalapitiya school Senior choir, when directed by Soundarie David, it won a Sri Lanka Carol Competition in 1996. After they participated in the Llangollen Eistedfodd competition in Wales 2004,[2] and subsequently leaving the school,[3] the choir decided to continue singing with a new and independent identity, Soul Sounds.[4][5]
Competitions
Soul Sounds participated in the fourth World Choir Games in Xiamen, China winning two silver medals.[6] In 2008, in competition for the second time, they won three gold medals at the fifth Games in Graz, Austria.[7]
Recordings
The choir was invited to provide a choral contribution to a CD done in the UK by the UK Disasters Emergency Committee after the Asian Tsunami of December 26, 2004.[8] Three other compact discs have been released, entitled Soul of the Season (2005), Soul Sounds in Australia (2007) and Soul Sounds in USA (2010).[9]
International tours
Public concerts outside Sri Lanka include 3 concerts in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne suburbs respectively in February 2007,[10] Kuwait City in April 2007, at churches around Normandy, France in April 2009,[11][12][13][14] at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, China in June 2009,[15] in New York City and Los Angeles in August/September 2010[16] and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in October 2010.[17] The choir returned to Australia for performances in Sydney and Melbourne in September 2011.[18][19]
References
- ↑ The Sunday Leader Online
- ↑ Features | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers
- ↑ Soul Sounds choir in Symphony Christmas concerts
- ↑ The Sunday Leader Online
- ↑ Soulsounds
- ↑ http://www.interkultur.com/competitions-festivals/archive/world-choir-games/xiamen-2006/
- ↑ http://www.interkultur.com/competitions-festivals/archive/world-choir-games/graz-2008/
- ↑ Soul Sounds win hearts and golds
- ↑ http://www.soulsounds.org/news_events.php
- ↑ Youth
- ↑ nation.lk
- ↑ The Sunday Leader
- ↑ The Sunday Leader
- ↑ Concert Exceptionnel A Argentan. Eglise Saint Germain - Val D'Orne Environnement
- ↑ Lankaweb – Sri Lankaã¢Â‚¬Â„¢S Soul Sounds Musical Group Join Indian Musicians In A Forbidden City Concert, Beijing
- ↑ Soul, Passion And Sound | The Sunday Leader
- ↑ http://www.soulsounds.org/milestonesofss.php
- ↑ http://rouse-hill-times.whereilive.com.au/news/story/soul-sounds-at-the-hills/>
- ↑ http://srilankans.com.au/events/2011-09-30