We are a workplace-based a capella choir, set up over six years ago and meeting for one hour per week. When lockdown happened, we really wanted to keep going so started running our rehearsals via Zoom as a way to keep connected and still get that hour of wellbeing through singing.
But we really missed performing and connecting to others. Our amazing choir director Amy Chalmers had written a song expressing all the things we were missing. We covered ‘The Little Things’, recording our parts at home and sharing photos of what we missed, which were then brought together to create our first video.
The Black Lives Matter movement really affected us, so we next covered ‘Rise Up’ to coincide with Black History Month and through this we raised over £500 for the Anthony Walker Foundation.
Choir has been a beacon of light in our lockdown world, a chance to connect with our choir friends, enjoy singing and also reach out to others via our videos, who can hopefully enjoy what we are creating.
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Unilever R&D Choir
CAT NO. VIL10
