The Choir Episode #1.2 (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary

The Choir

Episode #1.2 (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary

Gareth has sent in the submission CD to the World Choir Games selection committee, and the choristers, after the Christmas break, have returned to school for the start of the spring term. After viewing the World Choir Games website and ...See moreGareth has sent in the submission CD to the World Choir Games selection committee, and the choristers, after the Christmas break, have returned to school for the start of the spring term. After viewing the World Choir Games website and seeing the choirs that have sent in applications, Gareth notices both that the Phoenix Choir, in his words, seem "out of their league", and that there is no mention whatsoever when notification will be sent if they have been accepted. He also runs into a number of known and unexpected problems: some students, for religious reasons, cannot sing Christian or mythologically related songs (on which most classical music is based), there is some attrition especially among the crucial bass clef voices, and the bass clef sections are neither vocally strong or confident. With the latter, Gareth realizes he has to go on a direct recruitment process in the hope of finding the bass clef "diamonds in the rough" at the school. After that process, he also comes to the realization that he will have to go through another full audition process of existing choristers to whittle the thirty-eight down to the maximum twenty-five, plus four alternates, and do it sooner than later. Even with the new deeper voices added, the first classical piece they are learning is just not coming together as Gareth would like, and as such he decides to take a slightly different approach by bringing in opera singing friends for support to show how classically trained voices can sing both classical and popular music. Two envelopes finally arrive through the post: the Chege family learn if their husband/father has received his visa to enter the UK, and the choir learn if they have made it to the World Choir Games. But even more scary than these two envelopes is news from Gareth: the choir is scheduled to give their first public performance to the less than friendly fifth formers, who are known to mock and ridicule for its own sake. Written by Huggo See less

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39 cast members

Name	Known for
Laura Anderson Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	Gareth Malone's Great Choir Reunion (2016)
Ahmed Awad Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Ashley Bevan Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Kodi Bramble Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	Gareth Malone's Great Choir Reunion (2016)
Robin Burlton Self - Opera Singer Self - Opera Singer See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Boniface Chege Self - Melody & Enoch's Father Self - Melody & Enoch's Father See fewer	Shuga (2009)
Enock Chege Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Martha Chege Self - Melody & Enoch's Mother Self - Melody & Enoch's Mother See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Melody Chege Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Diana Chire Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Phoenix Choir Themselves Themselves See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Tahim Choudhury Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Jerry Cleary Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Mariza DeSouza Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)
April Fredrick Self - Opera Singer (as April Frederick) Self - Opera Singer (as April Frederick) See fewer	Her War (2021)
Claire Hannah Self - Music Teacher Self - Music Teacher See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Joseph Nicholas Herson Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Lisa Joseph Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Raul Lacman Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Sophie Frances Lee Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	Gareth Malone's Great Choir Reunion (2016)
Etienne Lewis-Morin Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)
London Symphony Orchestra St. Luke's Community Choir Themselves Themselves See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Gareth Malone Self - Choirmaster Self - Choirmaster See fewer	Early Man (2018)
Lacey Marcangelo Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	Gareth Malone's Great Choir Reunion (2016)
Andrew McIntosh Self - Opera Singer Self - Opera Singer See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Ashley Mills Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Josh Mills Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Joe Molloy Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Charlie Nelson Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Shanika Ocean Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Witcher: Blood Origin (2022)
Rhonda Pownall Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	Welcome to Paradise (IV)
Caroline Quentin Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Life Begins (2004)
Vick Savage Self - Pianist (as Vicky Savage) Self - Pianist (as Vicky Savage) See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Cathy Souree Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	Gareth Malone's Great Choir Reunion (2016)
Gemma Steer Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	Gareth Malone's Great Choir Reunion (2016)
Lucy Stickova Self - Opera Singer Self - Opera Singer See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Chloe Sullivan Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	Gareth Malone's Great Choir Reunion (2016)
Arunn Thiruchelvam Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)
Shanika Willis Self - Chorister Self - Chorister See fewer	The Choir (2006)