The David Idowu Choir October Workshop

The David Idowu Choir met for the for the first time for a two day course over the October half term.  We were kindly hosted by St Michael and All Angels Academy.  Under the inspirational leadership of our guest conductor Mark de Lisser and his team of support singers from the ACM Gospel Choir, and with additional support from the Southwark Music Service vocal team consisting of Laura Howe and ex Southwark pupils Kwabena Adjepong (currently studying at the Royal Academy of Music) and Daniel Vincent (currently studying at Goldsmith’s University) the choir began work on a range of songs and made phenomenal progress.  By the end of the two day course they were singing three and six part arrangements of classic tunes such as Bob Marley’s ‘One Love’, Bill Withers ‘Lean On Me’, Jessie James ‘Price Tag’, Mary Mary’s ‘Shackles’ and Ben E King’s ‘Stand By Me’.
We had over 50 singers from schools across the borough represented, most notably St Saviour’s and St Olave’s School, St Thomas the Apostle College, Kingsdale, Harris Academy Bermondsey, Globe Academy, James Allen Girls School and of course our host school St Michael and All Angels Academy. 

Special thanks to Grace Idowu, founder of The David Idowu Foundation, for her inspirational presence and moving motivational talk. 

The choir will be making their debut performance at the Great Hall, Goldsmiths College, on the 8th December

 
Check out the audio and video from the course here.  Remember to visit the Next Brit thing website and add your vote for the choir!