Soweto Gospel Choir Tickets

Short Biography
Two-time Grammy Award-winners, Soweto Gospel Choir return to the UK with a programme featuring choir and audience favourites from the past six years. The choir is made up of diverse cultures and faiths, and as such, will be performing in several different languages - Xhosa, Sotho, Zulu and English. It is this diversity which makes South Africa, and its music and dance, so exciting.

Expect earthy rhythms, rich harmonies, energetic percussion and a touch of humour. Add to this dynamic dancing and vibrant, colourful costumes, and the mix is explosive. This young, dynamic choir performs both traditional and contemporary music, adding its own unique feel and interpretation to both.

In-depth Biography
Mixing African gospel with traditional hymns, Jamaican reggae, American pop, and spiritually themed secular songs, the Soweto Gospel Choir are an impressive performing unit. Formed in Soweto in 2002 by choir directors David Mulovhedzi and Beverly Bryer, the group includes 30-some members and the show it produces is a powerful expression of hope and joy full of gorgeous South African vocal harmonies. The choir's debut album, Voices from Heaven, appeared in 2005 from Shanachie Records, followed that same year by Blessed, also on Shanachie. African Spirit was released two years later in 2007 on the same imprint. In December of 2009 the choir lost co-founder and musical director David Mulovhedzi to cancer. In January of 2010 they released Grace, their fifth album on the Shanachie imprint. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi