ACS Hillingdon Student Chosen for the London 2012 Choir

A seventeen year old student from ACS Hillingdon International School has been selected to join 119 other young singers from all over the UK to sing in a youth choir to represent the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.

Oscar Croysdale took part in auditions involving some 4,000 young vocalists to gain a place in the project, called the Youth Music Voices Ensemble. The choir, which is part of the four year Cultural Olympiad Programme leading up to the 2012 games, encompasses a diverse mix of talents from the classically trained to gospel-style vocalists.

The group, all under the age of twenty-one, have been practising together this year during intensive three day residential courses in London and Birmingham.  They  held their debut performance at St. Pancreas International Station and are due to sing at a high profile event in Trafalgar Square later this year.

Oscar, who is classically trained to grade seven at singing, said:

"Singing is a large part of my life and when I heard about the Young Music Voices project I thought it would be a really good thing to get involved with. This is a really interesting and special project because anyone can get involved with it, regardless of background. It's really exciting to be a part of the Ensemble as, not being particularly athletic, this is something I can get involved with and contribute to London 2012."

The choir will sing songs specially commissioned and arranged to encompass a broad variety of musical styles from all around the world. Songs on the repertoire include Michael Jackson's Man In The Mirror and Sunset by Nitin Sawhney.

Links on Oscar's latest performance:


http://www.youtube.com/user/musicalbethia#p/a/u/0/UluaDiZtvfU

http://www.youtube.com/user/musicalbethia#p/a/u/1/EYKaGV1ZCk0

http://www.youtube.com/user/musicalbethia#p/u/6/EH86mf_Gano