4 February 2019
Rob Bruce and Trina Binks have been running the Palmer Choir for more than five years and have taken the choir to exciting places where they have performed at the Hexagon Theatre together with Berkshire Maestros’ and the O2 Arena in London with the Young Voices.
After months of rehearsals and hard work, Monday 4th February sees The Palmer Academy Choir go to the O2 Arena for the 2019 Young Voices Concert, the largest school choir in the world! We will be joining around 7400 young people with over 12,000 family and friends in the audience!
Young Voices mission is to provide a musical experience for children that will inspire a love of music and that they will remember for the rest of their lives – and to that end, Young Voices selects guest artists to take part in their concerts. Each artist is the top of their field and someone who reflects the values of YV. From Gary Barlow to Alexandra Burke, amazing artists have been singing alongside your children and this year is no exception!
Tony Hadley
Tony went on to front 80s Romantics, Spandau Ballet, earning himself the accolade of being one of pop music’s greatest vocalists. The band had numerous chart topping singles and albums all over the world, including the epic “Through the Barricades” and of course the international number one “True” and the unofficial London Olympics theme “Gold”.
As a solo Artist Tony has performed across the world both with his band and with orchestras. This year will see Tony release his highly anticipated first solo album in many years, songs from which he will showcase on his February European Tour and subsequent summer UK and European festival dates.
Sharlene Hector
Sharlene is a singer/songwriter, currently living in South London. During her career, she has most recently worked as a backing vocalist with Emeli Sandé, Hurts, Lalah Hathaway, Tinie Tempah, Josh Groban, Michael Bublé, Louisa Johnson and Aloe Blacc to name a few. She has been the lead vocalist of Basement Jaxx for the last 17 years. She was the face of Coca-Cola’s ‘I Wish’ ad campaign back in 2004, where she played the lead role of a girl walking down the street handing out bottles of Coca-Cola. Sharlene is also part of The Soul Family Sunday band where she performs alongside Natalie Williams once a month at the World famous Jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s.
Beau Dermott
Following her spellbinding performance on Britain’s Got Talent in 2016, Beau Dermott – the girl with the big voice and big heart signed a major deal with Decca Records. She may be just 14 year sold, but Beau’s astonishing voice is already insured for £1 million pounds. Beau shot to fame when her electrifying audition on BGT earned her the golden buzzer from judge Amanda Holden – taking her straight into the live finals.
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