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Black, white, avant-garde, atheist – how did choirs become so cool?

The Hope Community Gospel choir from Beeston, which now has up to 8o people at rehearsals. Photograph: Nathan Walker

From experimental sonic meditations to singing sessions for the homeless, there’s a new spirit of inclusiveness in choirs – and you don’t even need a good voice to join

I have joined a choir by mistake. This time last year, I was adamant I could not sing. But now, here I am, with 15 other people in the Cafe Oto Experimental choir in London, and we are each singing one long, even note, in whatever pitch comes naturally: this is the composer Pauline Oliveros’s Sonic Meditations. Full story.

Jennifer Lucy Allan (The Guardian) / January 2, 2020

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