Choir! Choir! Choir!

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Choir! Choir! Choir! is a Canadian musical choir, based in Toronto, Ontario.[1] Instead of a traditional organizational model, the choir is structured as an open participation group where anybody who wants to attend an event is welcome to perform as part of the choir.[2]

History

The group was founded in 2011 by Daveed Goldman and

Nobu Adilman,[1] initially as a one-off event for the birthday party of Matt Murphy.[3] Meeting at Clinton's Tavern in Toronto twice weekly,[2] each performance revolves around a single song, starting with Goldman and Adilman teaching the song's arrangement to the participants, and culminating in a live performance of the song.[1]

2015

In December 2015, they performed

Imagine" at Lee's Palace as a fundraising event to raise money for Syrian refugees.[4] The event raised enough money to sponsor two full families.[3] In the same month, they collaborated with BADBADNOTGOOD to perform the holiday classic "Christmas Time Is Here
".

2016

The group attracted widespread media attention for several performances in 2016. Their rendition of

Orlando nightclub shooting.[10] The choir has also performed as an opening act for Patti Smith and Jay Leno,[3] and as supporting musicians with Tegan and Sara.[3]

2017

On October 24, 2017, they hosted a public gathering at Nathan Phillips Square in tribute to Gord Downie, who had died a week earlier.

2017 Grey Cup in Ottawa.[12]

2018

In January 2018, Goldman and Adilman teamed up with David Byrne at New York City's Public Theatre for a Choir! Choir! Choir! EPIC Night performing David Bowie's classic anthem "Heroes".

In April 2018,

Yonge-Dundas Square for a live performance of the Tragically Hip's "Grace, Too".[15]

2019

On April 5, 2019, Choir! Choir Choir! performed The Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun" at Nathan Phillips Square as part of the Daffodil Campaign, a Canadian Cancer Society fundraiser. As the event began, Goldman and Adilman invited a 23-year-old woman named Sabrina, a 10-year cancer survivor, to the microphone to speak. Choir participants raised aloft hundreds of daffodils, provided by the Canadian Cancer Society, as the song ended.

2020

In March 2020, during the

With a Little Help From My Friends" and "I'll Be There for You", on March 17.[16]

Awards

The group were finalists for "Torontonian of the Year" on CBLA-FM's Metro Morning in 2015.[17]

See also

  • Pub Choir, similar project founded in Australia in 2017

References

  1. ^
    Torontoist
    , February 2, 2016.
  2. ^
    Huffington Post
    , January 6, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Breathing New Life Into Pop Songs with Choir! Choir! Choir!". The New Yorker, June 17, 2016.
  4. ^ "Choir! Choir! Choir! sings it for Syria". Now, December 1, 2015.
  5. ^ "Toronto’s Choir! Choir! Choir! goes from Clinton’s to Carnegie Hall". Toronto Star, March 31, 2016.
  6. ^ Ortved, John (17 June 2016). "Breathing New Life Into Pop Songs with Choir! Choir! Choir!". The New Yorker. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. ^ Rinaldi, Luc (9 May 2016). "Watch a 2,000-person choir sing Prince". Toronto Life. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  8. Chartattack.com
    , May 16, 2016.
  9. chartattack.com
    , May 27, 2016.
  10. ^ "Toronto tribute to Orlando victims planned for City Hall". BlogTO, June 16, 2016.
  11. ^ a b "Watch Choir! Choir! Choir! unite Tragically Hip fans with a Gord Downie tribute". CBC Music, October 25, 2017.
  12. ^ "TSN exclusively delivers live coverage of the 105th Grey Cup presented by Shaw". TSN. November 22, 2017. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  13. ^ Aynslee Darmon, "Rick Astley joins Toronto’s Choir! Choir! Choir! for ’Never Gonna Give You Up’ cover". Global News, April 18, 2018.
  14. ^ "Toronto tutor Mattea Roach cruises to 'Jeopardy!' win No. 22". Calgary Herald, May 4, 2022.
  15. ^ "Watch the Tragically Hip join Choir! Choir! Choir! for a touching rendition of Grace, Too". Q, October 17, 2018.
  16. ^ Allie Gregory, "Choir! Choir! Choir! Hosting Virtual 'Social Distan-Sing-Along'". Exclaim!, March 17 and March 21, 2020.
  17. ^ "Torontonians of the year: Choir! Choir! Choir! Choir group sings popular songs while building community". Metro Morning, December 17, 2015.

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