Ndị ukwe nke Hard Knocks

 

In 2005 FremantleMedia Australia producer Jason Stephens brought the idea of ​​a television series called Choir of Hard Knocks to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.  In an interview with Australian news from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Stephens said "I will always be interested in musicians. Living in Melbourne at the time in 2005 the homelessness problem was more obvious, I think  . I thought it would be a fun thing to put those two ideas together to see if we could make a chorus out of homeless and troubled people." ABC and Fremantle chose Reclink,  a charity that has worked with the homeless in the past, such as a charity that will work on television and work with singer Jonathon Welch

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's five-part TV series of the same name, aired weekly from May 2007 and released two albums, Choir of Hard Knocks: Voice of RecLink (26 May 2007), which reached No.  21 on the ARIA Albums Chart, with Songs of Hope and Inspiration (7 December 2007), which reached No.  39. A DVD of the series also titled, Choir of Hard Knocks: Voice of RecLink, in August.  The second series in November 2007 followed the choir preparing for a concert at the Sydney Opera House.  In April 2009 the Choir of Hope and Inspiration replaced the choir after a falling out between Welch and RecLink

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The Choir of Hard Knocks is the brainchild of Jason Stephens of FremantleMedia Australia in association with the charity Reclink, a not-for-profit community organization that provides services to those experiencing social and economic difficulties.  [1] Their name refers to the phrase, the school of hard knocks: learning by living, not by the classroom.  Jonathon Welch, a former tenor with Opera Australia who previously owned a choir, the Sydney Street Choir, was cast as the choirmaster.

Welch studied with a group of homeless men in Montreal in late 1999 and formed a choir of homeless men for a TV project - the Sydney Street Choir - in 2001. [1] [2] [3] Stephens and  he, FremantleMedia Australia, created ABC TV's five-part documentary series, Choir of Hard Knocks, after discussing the idea of ​​chronicling the formation and growth of a choir in Melbourne.  [4] In 2005 Stephens also learned about the Montreal band and convinced Welch to join the band as music director and choirmaster.

Recruitment was by word of mouth and through community groups with exercises beginning in September 2006. [1] The first group had 47 members. [2] Welch canvassed other charities for funds and support to promote the renewal.  the first of the chorus.  [3] After six weeks of rehearsals, their first performance took place in October 2016. [1] Bridget McManus of The Age, said, "the timing may not have been perfect, the singer and  -shook a little, and the man with the hair on his back had a tendency to repeat the last words of each line, but the enthusiasm was contagious. In front of the group, by the Flinders Street station,  stood the spiritual guide to whom all the singing eyes were focused. improved in spite of the chaos of the peak season."  [1] As of May 2007, the choir has approximately 50 members.

The band raised money, at first, to record a CD for individual promotion and sales, by driving around town.  They also performed a fundraising concert at the Melbourne Auditorium on 7 March 2007. [1] [2] [3] For the performance, they were supported by the Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Chorus and the Sydney Street Choir.  [3] Broadcasts of the weekly television series began in early May 2007. [2] The Choir of Hard Knocks later performed at the Sydney Opera House, which was broadcast in a second series as Choir of Hard Knocks.  Knocks Opera House Special in November

A self-titled companion CD to the first series, Choir of Hard Knocks: Voice of RecLink, was released on 26 May 2007 with traditional songs, "Amazing Grace" and "Silent Night" and a cover of pop rock tracks, "Flame Woods".  (from Cold Chisel) and "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen).  [1] Seven songs were recorded at Sing Sing Studios, Richmond, nine songs were recorded live from their first concert at Melbourne Town Hall.  [1] It was each member's first experience in a record company.  The album peaked at No.  21 on the ARIA Albums Chart and stayed in the top 50 for 16 weeks.  [2] By the end of the year, it was certified as a platinum record for shipping 70 minutes.  [3] It appeared in No.  3 on the ARIA Year-End Charts - Top 50 Classical Albums 2007 and No.  46 on next year's chart.

Enyere DVD jikọtara nke otu aha n'August 2007 wee bụrụ DVD akwụkwọ akụkọ Australia nke abụọ kacha ere maka afọ ahụ. E wepụtara album ha nke abụọ, Songs of Hope na Inspiration na 7 Disemba 2007, nke ruru No. 39. Ka ọ na-erule ngwụsị nke afọ na-eso ya, enwetara ya ọla edo maka mbupu nke 35,000. Ọ pụtara na No. 9 na Charts ngwụcha afọ ARIA - Albums oge gboo 50 kacha elu 2007 na No. 43 n'afọ sochirinụ. Enyere DVD nke usoro nke abụọ, Choir of Hard Knocks: Opera House Special, na November 2008.

Choir nke Olileanya na mkpali

N'ịgbaso nkewa n'etiti RecLink na Welch na Maachị 2009, nke ikpeazụ hibere ụlọ ọrụ ọhụrụ anaghị akwụ ụgwọ, Melbourne Street Choir, Inc (MSC).  N'ịkwado ya site na bọọdụ pro bono, MSC na-elekwasị anya n'òtù ukwe ọhụrụ ma na-enye ọkwa dị elu nke nghọta na nghọta nye ndị otu ukwe n'akụkụ niile nke ọrụ ya.  Ọtụtụ n'ime ndị otu egwuregwu mbụ so Welch gaa MSC nke maliteghachiri mmemme ọha site na 29 Eprel 2009 na Melbourne International Jazz Festival.  Na 21 Mee Welch zụrụ otu ukwe, Morning Bell Choir (nke aha ya bụ n'ihi mmemme mmemme ụtụtụ ha), ebe e hiwere isi ukwe dịka Choir of Pride & Joy.

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Albums Studio

Ndepụta nke ọba studio, nwere ọkwa eserese ahọpụtara na asambodo

Aha	Nkọwa Album	Ọkwa chaatị kacha elu	Asambodo
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Ndị Choir of Hard Knocks	Ewepụtara: Mee 2007 akara: ABC Classic (4766166) Ụdị: CD, nbudata dijitalụ	21	ARIA : Platinum
Abụ nke Olileanya na mkpali	Ewepụtara: Disemba 2007 akara: ABC Classic (4766347) Ụdị: CD, nbudata dijitalụ	39	ARIA: Gold

Logie Awards

Na Logie Awards nke 2008, usoro ihe nkiri TV mbụ meriri Series Factual Factual kacha pụta ìhè ma bụrụ onye a họpụtara maka Mmemme Factual Kacha ewu ewu. Na 8th Helpmann Awards na July 2008 ọdịdị ha na Sydney Opera House, Choir of Hard Knocks: Live in Concert, meriri ihe omume pụrụ iche kacha mma.