Street choir
This is not to be mistaken with His Band and the Street Choir, an album by Van Morrison.
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A street choir can either be used to refer to a choir of homeless people such as the Berlin Strassenchor[1] or signify a political or campaigning choir, as in the UK.[2] As the name suggests, some choirs sing on the street taking political issues and their campaigns to people in public spaces or members who live on the streets. However, not all choirs regularly sing on the street. Choirs are typically church or civil society[3] ventures that do not have political objectives. Examples of street choirs that focus on homeless issues through campaigning are choirs like the Dallas Street choir.[4][5]
Political or campaigning choirs
UK street choirs typically have their roots in social movements. In the United Kingdom, an annual Street Choirs Festival is held in June or July over a weekend and is hosted by one or more choirs from the same town or city. The Street Choirs Festival grew out of the Street Bands Festival,[6] the first recorded staging of which was in Sheffield in 1984.
Choirs of homeless people
Choir of homeless people is a term for choirs across the world that are formed for two reasons: to raise the awareness of the homeless and to gather charities for the homeless. This way of charity became popular at the beginning of the 21st century mostly in Europe but also in America, Australia, Asia. Examples of homeless choirs are The Choir of Hard Knocks in Australia, San Diego Homeless choir, and the High Hopes Choir in Ireland.
External links
References
- ^ (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "From the street to the stage | DW | 25.01.2012". DW.COM. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ Campaign Choirs Writing Collective (2018). Singing For Our Lives: Stories from the street choirs. Bristol: HammerOn. ISBN 9781910849040.
- ^ "Birmingham Clarion Singers". Birmingham Clarion Singers. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ Yalta, Bryan (2018-05-31). "Former Dallas Cowboy Deion Sanders Goes Undercover To Help Dallas Homeless Choir". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ "Artist Profile: Frederica Von Stade's, Champion of All". operawire.com. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ Kallman, Meghan Elizabeth (2019-12-06), "Leadership, Inclusion, and Group Decision-Making in HONK! Bands", Honk!, Routledge, pp. 117–130, retrieved 2021-10-19