Soul Sounds sing for the children of prisoners
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The award winning Soul Sounds Academy Choir will come together to sing music from the ‘80s to the present day for a worthy cause. The show aptly titled ‘Hello’, on Friday, October 14 at the Lionel Wendt is being held to assist children of prisoners to continue their education. The choir will take on complex vocal arrangements – pop and rock ranging from the music of Lionel Ritchie to Adele, with a choral twist.
The Friends of Prisoners Children, a Trust mooted in 2005 by Sister Immaculate de Alwis, focuses on children whose mother, father or both are serving prison sentences and hence undergo numerous challenges to remain in school and continue their education. Having begun the programme with just 47 children, eleven years later, there are nearly 300 children being supported annually.
The Soul Sounds Academy Choir (SSAC), which has won two Gold Diplomas in the Pop and Scenic Folklore categories at the Asian Choir Games, is the senior choir of the Soul Sounds Academy established over ten years ago by Soundarie David Rodrigo. Comprising singers from their teens to their twenties, the choir has participated at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Wales, the Christmas concert series Joy to the World with local artistes and numerous international and local events.
Tickets for the concert are available at the Soul Sounds Academy, 57/2, Kassapa Road, off Jawatte Road, Colombo 5.