Soul Sounds (choir) explained

Origin:Colombo, Sri Lanka
Founding:December 2004[1]
Genre:Choral
Music Director:Soundarie David
Affiliation:No affiliation
Website:http://www.soulsounds.org
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Soul.Sounds.SriLanka

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20060806/arts.htm The Sunday Leader Online
  2. http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/05/12/fea25.asp Features | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers
  3. http://sundaytimes.lk/061126/Plus/pls216.html Soul Sounds choir in Symphony Christmas concerts
  4. http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20051016/now.htm The Sunday Leader Online
  5. http://www.soulsounds.org/about_us.php Soulsounds
  6. Web site: Xiamen 2006 - World Choir Games Xiamen 2006: Interkultur.com . 2011-09-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713045943/http://www.interkultur.com/competitions-festivals/archive/world-choir-games/xiamen-2006/ . 2011-07-13 .
  7. Web site: Graz 2008 - World Choir Games Graz 2008: Interkultur.com . 2011-09-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713050123/http://www.interkultur.com/competitions-festivals/archive/world-choir-games/graz-2008/ . 2011-07-13 .
  8. http://sundaytimes.lk/080727/Plus/sundaytimesplus_11.html Soul Sounds win hearts and golds
  9. Web site: Soul Sounds - News, Events and CD's . 2010-11-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110117125445/http://www.soulsounds.org/news_events.php . 2011-01-17 .
  10. http://www.nation.lk/2007/04/22/youth8.htm Youth
  11. http://www.nation.lk/2009/05/10/eye1.html nation.lk
  12. http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20090510/lifestyle.htm The Sunday Leader
  13. http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20090628/lifestyle.htm The Sunday Leader
  14. http://valdornenvironnement.blog.fr/2009/04/06/concert-exceptionnel-a-argentan-eglise-saint-germain-5899761/ Concert Exceptionnel A Argentan. Eglise Saint Germain - Val D'Orne Environnement
  15. http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/06/26/sri-lanka%E2%80%99s-soul-sounds-musical-group-join-indian-musicians-in-a-forbidden-city-concert-beijing/ Lankaweb – Sri Lanka’s Soul Sounds Musical Group Join Indian Musicians In A Forbidden City Concert, Beijing
  16. http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/10/10/soul-passion-and-sound/ Soul, Passion And Sound | The Sunday Leader
  17. Web site: Soul Sounds - Milestones . 2010-11-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728042213/http://www.soulsounds.org/milestonesofss.php . 2011-07-28 .
  18. http://rouse-hill-times.whereilive.com.au/news/story/soul-sounds-at-the-hills/>
  19. http://srilankans.com.au/events/2011-09-30{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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