Fight Song - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Thu, 1 May 2025
| Rachel Platten's Fight Song is a great anthem that reminds us that sometimes we need to stand up for ourselves and to speak our truths. She wrote it while on tour, disillusioned by playing night after night to tiny crowds and wondering whether she should give it all up. Since then, the song has been claimed and sung for many causes as a reminder to keep fighting, and it was a feature of the 2015 Rise Above Cancer Campaign. Having lost one of our members this week to cancer, this is a topic close to home. So whatever it is that you are fighting, we're here to cheer you on and remind you that you still have a lot of fight left in you! |
Come What May - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 18 Apr 2025
| When we decided to only revisit songs from our 15 year back catalogue for this years' repertoire, this song was clearly at the top of the list in popularity. Come What May from Moulin Rouge is a very different kind of song for us but one that our members love to sing. Whether it's the optimistic sentiment of seeing the world in a new light or the soaring, long notes, we love singing this one and hope you'll enjoy it too. |
You Learn - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Sat, 12 Apr 2025
| This song was published as we reached then end of Soul Song term 1 2025. It’s been a long term and the biggest in Soul Song history with all our new choirs and new Musical Directors leading hundreds of new members in song each week. We’ve learned 8 songs, we’ve performed, we’ve toured and we’ve shared workshops and camps. Our singers have learned new songs, our MDs have learned new techniques for herding cats and Soul Song HQ has learned that nothing ever really quite goes to plan, even if the plans were really good!! So, what better way to reflect on all this than with Alanis Morissette's fantastic You Learn. This arrangement is based on the Jagged Little Pill version of the song and is a cracker to sing. |
Home - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 7 Mar 2025
| Home by Phillip Phillips was scheduled weeks ago to be released today. At the time, we had no idea how topical it would be today. With nearly 300 Brisbane and Viral Choir members currently bunkered down at home today awaiting the landfall of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the concept of riding the waves, not being afraid and knowing you'll still have a home at the end of it could not be more appropriate. This is a fantastic song with a thumping drum beat giving it real momentum and a repeated refrain allowing singers just to let rip and celebrate. Although we're dedicating it to our singers in Brisbane and on the Golf Coast and surrounding areas today, the video features all 9 of our physical choirs in Brisbane, Cairns, Sydney and Adelaide as well as members of our Viral Choir who have their homes all across Australia and beyond in Asia, UK and USA. |
Don't Give Up On Me - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 28 Feb 2025
| This is the second time we've included this Andy Grammer song in our repertoire and once again, it has packed a punch for our singers. Don't Give Up On Me gives us the chance to remind others that we won't walk away when they need us. That we'll be there when they reach out in the dark, and that each day "I will fight for you". |
Boy Band Bangers - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 21 Feb 2025
| Have you ever imagined what a mash up of all your favourite Boy Band numbers would sound like? Well, wonder no more! We've taken a bunch of banging Boy Band songs and done just that! This is part of our Bangers and Mash Ups show: www.bangersandmashups.com.au |
Missing Piece - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 14 Feb 2025
| Love is in the air this Valentines Day but that's not what we're singing this time! That was last year's repertoire 😍 Instead we have a love song for our time with a lockdown inspired original by Vance Joy that celebrates the idea of finally being with the person you love after being separated for too long. "When I'm in a room with you, that missing piece is found" 💕 |
Happy Together - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 7 Feb 2025
| What happens when you bring 500 people together in 9 rehearsal rooms and 27 lounge rooms to sing? You end up Happy Together! This is your first look at the new line up of 9 Soul Song Choirs across Australia. Our first song for 2025 is a throw back and one of the first songs we ever learned together as Soul Song but in a new arrangement, reinvented with a bit of extra jazz! You can both see and hear how happy everyone is to be back singing 💜🎶 |
You’re The Voice - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 13 Dec 2024
That's a wrap on Soul Song Choirs for 2024 before we come back bigger and better, with a whole bunch of new choirs and new voices (maybe even yours??) from 13 January. So what better way to sign off than by celebrating all of our current members singing You're the Voice?!! And, 🥁🥁🥁🥁, debuting for the first time ever in one of our videos is our brand new choir down in Gawler, SA! They are the first group you'll see on screen - so exciting! Feel free to stay tuned and sing along (in tune or otherwise) to this banger of a song. And don't worry, although rehearsals have finished for the year, we've got a couple more videos to share before the end of the year that feature even more songs you'll know and love ahead of the return of Bangers and Mash Ups Show to Adelaide Fringe in February 2025!
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All You Need Is Love - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 6 Dec 2024
| In November, for the The Together Film Project, our Brisbane choirs learned and performed All You Need Is Love in one night. You'll get to see more of what we did with the song for the project next year but in the meantime, we thought we'd share the love with this great Beatles throwback! |
Raise You Up/Just Be - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 29 Nov 2024
| For our concerts in 2024, we included one show choir song that was optional, designed for members who were keen for a bit of extra singing and dancing. The only condition to being involved was that they needed to wear fabulous shoes! Why? Because the song we chose comes from the musical Kinky Boots!! The musical celebrates individuality and being your true self so we invited our singers to express their inner fabulous with their entire outfits and personalities on stage, and boy did they do that! In an absolute festival of glitter, feather and sequins, please enjoy the show stopping Raise You Up/Just Be! |
Linger - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Sun, 24 Nov 2024
| Each year we try and showcase all the sounds of Soul Song so we gave our Sopranos and Altos a gorgeous a cappella version of Linger by the Cranberries. It was a difficult arrangement and this kind of a cappella singing is a new skill to many of our members and is something that's even harder when you're just singing at home on your own part, but I think you'll agree that they've done a great job with it! |
Angels - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Sat, 23 Nov 2024
| There's always a certain magic that happens when this song comes on but the audiences in our 2024 concerts made the song really special by creating a galaxy of lights while our tenors and basses were singing 💜 This video of Robbie Williams' Angels features virtual choir recordings from home combined with live performance footage from both our Brisbane and Cairns concerts. |
PUB SINGING IS COMING TO GAWLER, SA
Date Posted: Thu, 24 Oct 2024
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 MEDIA RELEASE - PUB SINGING IS COMING TO GAWLER! From mid-November, Gawler locals and those from further afield will have the chance to be part of an exciting new pop community choir – Soul Song - with weekly rehearsals commencing at the Gawler Arms Hotel from Thursday 10 November. Although the choir is new to town, Soul Song Choirs have been running pop community choirs for nearly 15 years in Queensland and online and currently have over 450 members. They are passionate about creating judgement-free, fun spaces where anyone can feel comfortable singing, regardless of experience or ability. Soul Song Founder, Jacqueline Larsen said, “Singing is a totally unique activity in terms of the benefits it offers. When you sing, you produce all the happy hormones that you might get when exercising, while also activating various pleasure centres in your brain and positively impacting your stress levels.” “But even more than that, singing is proven to be an immediate and effective community builder. When you sing together, you produce oxytocin which helps you bond quickly and deeply to those around you.” And that’s what Soul Song specialises in – building thriving, passionate singing communities. With carefully developed values and communication styles, Soul Song is known for putting the fun back into group singing. Jacqueline continues: “We describe ourselves as ‘Choir, but not as you know it’. We work hard on creating a good sound, but our emphasis is more on having a good time as we do it, rather than creating a perfect product. So, we sing hard, but play harder! “We sing a wide range of pop and soul repertoire that is easily accessible for everyone and teach predominantly by ear so that anyone can come along and get singing really quickly. Our songs are chosen to be uplifting and energising for our singers and entertaining for our audiences in our role as story tellers.” Jacqueline is travelling from Brisbane to Gawler to launch the choir with a one-off singing workshop on Sunday 10 November. This is open to anyone over the age of 16 who wants to spend an afternoon singing some really fun pop repertoire in a relaxed setting. You don’t have to plan on being part of the choir to attend The songs will all be taken from our sell-out Bangers and Mash Ups show which debuted at Adelaide Fringe earlier this year in a combined production with Adelaide-based Vocalize. They will be a selection of medleys and mashups of great pop ‘bangers’ that everyone knows and loves. So even the most nervous of singers will be singing along with confidence before they even realise they are doing it! Local musicians and experienced choir aficionados, Brianna Teehan and Cindy-Anne Macdonald, will be assisting in the workshop and will then be running the regular weekly rehearsals at the Gawler Arms, under the national banner of Soul Song Choirs. Cindy-Anne will also be launching additional Soul Song Choirs in Adelaide in January. Although Soul Song Gawler will initially just run for 5 Thursdays, from 14 November to 12 December, the plan is to then continue with a permanent choir from mid-January 2025. Anyone looking to get involved in either the workshop and/or the regular rehearsals, can visit www.soulsongchoirs.com.au/gawler for more information. The group size will be limited, so due to expected demand, Soul Song recommend people register to confirm their place at the workshop/first rehearsal. Those who are curious but not ready to sing just yet, are invited to come and watch a free, informal performance and singalong at the end of the launch workshop. WORKSHOP DETAILS Sunday 10 November Evanston Progress Association 1.30-5.30pm Free performance from 5-5.30pm, audience welcome from 4.45pm REHEARSAL DETAILS Thursdays, 6.30-8.30pm From Thursday 14 November – 12 December The Loft, Gawler Arms Hotel First rehearsal free!
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See You Again - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Sat, 14 Sep 2024
| See You Again was commissioned for the soundtrack of Furious 7 as a tribute to Fast & Furious actor Paul Walker, who died a couple of years earlier. Written by Wiz Khalifa and featuring Charlie Puth, it became a massive hit. It's a gentle insight into grief and the process of continuing on without someone you love and the arrangement pairs beautifully elements of rap and choral harmony. We can't wait to perform this one live at our end of year concerts in a few weeks time. |
This Day - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 23 Aug 2024
| "Forget about yesterday, it's dead and gone away, the only thing that matters is right now!" This funky song comes from the fantastic steampunk movie musical called Jingle Jangle and is an epic celebration of living in the moment and realising that you hold the spark in your hands to turn your life around. It's a massive bucket of joy and we CANNOT WAIT to stand on stage in a couple of months and sing about how we've waited for This Day! |
The Writing's On The Wall - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2024
| The name is Song, Soul Song. In 14 years, we can't believe this is the first time we've ever sung a James Bond theme song! But this one by Sam Smith was worth the wait. We've loved the drama and dynamic range of the Writing's On The Wall and hope that you enjoy it too. |
Bright Side Of The Road - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 9 Aug 2024
| "Let's enjoy it while we can, come on help me sing my song" - this a cappella reinvention of Van Morrison's Bright Side of the Road is a lovely reminder about what can put life into our lives and move us from the dark end of the street to the bright side of the road. For Soul Song members, singing together is definitely one of the things that keeps our lives full of light and love and community! |
Wuthering Heights - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Sat, 27 Jul 2024
| As our two 2024 Choir Camps fell on the Most Wuthering Day ever, we decided to learn and record a vocal arrangement and then also dance in a field to our own voices! What else would we do on a weekend! The entire process of learning and recording first the vocals and then the dance took less than 3 hours, which was a magnificent effort for all those involved. |
Songbird - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Thu, 18 Jul 2024
| Sometimes songs just call you to melt into them and let everything around you stop for a while. And Fleetwood Mac's Songbird is one of these! These gorgeous arrangement by Paul Langford exploits the ebb and flow feel of the song by carefully layering the parts in a gorgeous cascade of sound. So do yourselves a favour and find somewhere quiet and still to listen to the Soul Song Songbirds today! |
The Flood - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Sat, 6 Jul 2024
| Sometimes our songs are about the fun and sometimes they are all about the drama!!! And this Take That song definitely brings the drama! The Flood is a song of survival and resilience and packs a punch so hard that a recording is never going to do it justice! If you like this, wait until you see it live!!!!! |
Sitting On The Dock Of the Bay - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Tue, 25 Jun 2024
| While we love doing repertoire with backing tracks, everyone now and then, we will do an a cappella song where we get to celebrate just the sound of the human voices, and this is one of those. It's a simple but chilled arrangement of a soul classic. |
A Safe Place To Land - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 7 Jun 2024
| Everyone needs a safe place to land at some point in their lives. That moment when they turn around and hope someone is there to reach out a hand and catch them. This stunning Sara Bareilles and Lori McKenna song, arranged by Mac Huff, represents the fear and courage and love that it takes to reach out a hand when you need it or you see that someone else does - just to help them through the dark of night until the sun comes up. 💜 Here we have a couple of hundred voices in gorgeous harmony telling the story. |
I Ain't Worried - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 31 May 2024
| TGIF! Time to relax, live like we're millionaires and forget our worries for a while! I Ain't Worried was written for the beach scene in Top Gun Maverick and celebrates the idea of living in the moment for at least right now! |
Lollipop - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Thu, 16 May 2024
| WARNING! This Mika song is an ear worm and might have you sucking on it all day!!!! It's a tongue in cheek (or maybe lollipop in cheek?) offering of relationship advice that is basically just a great vibe to sing! Press play for a 3 minute dose of joy for the day. |
Virtual Insanity - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Tue, 23 Apr 2024
| Despite this Jamiroquai song being nearly 30 years old, the lyrics are worryingly appropriate still today as it takes a look at some of the insane elements of society. But, that said, it's still a funky number and we love singing it!! The video features live rehearsal recordings in Brisbane and Cairns along with individual singers from across Australia, Asia, America and the UK. |
Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Wed, 10 Apr 2024
| This fantastic Paul Simon song originally featured Ladysmith Black Mambazo. And while our Zulu pronunciations and the sound of voices are a long way from the original, it's still a GREAT song to sing and is completely infectious. Sorry not sorry for today's ear worm! |
Love Bangers - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Mon, 1 Apr 2024
| As a choir, our songs are normally about mass singers and not soloists but this song is a little different! This medley of Love Song Bangers was arranged as part of our Bangers and Mash Ups repertoire and was an opportunity for people from the audience to come up and sing the soloists, with over 100 fabulous backing vocalists! In this video, we feature 7 of our choir members on the solos. |
Motown Bangers - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Sun, 24 Mar 2024
| 4 years ago today, as the world was changing and everything was uncertain, we held our first ever Viral Choir rehearsal. We had developed a four week program and presumed that would be the end of it. But in the blink of an eye, 4 weeks became 4 years and we are still going strong. So it therefore makes perfect sense on this 4 year anniversary that we share our biggest virtual choir to date. We’ve published over 125 videos but never before with over 400 singers! And nothing feels more like a celebration than Motown. This very special video is part of our Bangers and Mash Ups repertoire and combines footage from our rehearsals across Queensland with individual recordings from some of our interstate Viral Choir members and live performance footage from our Adelaide shows in April. We’re so confident that you’re going to love what you see that we’ve even given you the lyrics so that sing along too! And hey, if we get you singing, that would make it 401 voices! 😉 |
Love Is In The Air - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Wed, 14 Feb 2024
| Love has definitely been in the air as for the last few weeks as we've been learning this fantastic song as part of our @bangersandmashups show repertoire. How much fun is this! |
Rock Medley - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 2 Feb 2024
| This song is part of our Bangers and Mash Ups event and was arranged specifically for this and performed by choirs in Brisbane and Cairns as well as individual singers all over the world. Find out more at www.soulsongchoirs.com.au |
Power Ballad Bangers - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Sat, 13 Jan 2024
| Turn the music up loud and get ready to belt out a carefully curated selection of Power Ballad Bangers with Soul Song! And if you enjoy that, then you need to get to one of our Bangers and Mash Ups Shows and do it in person with resident choirs of over 100 voices!! Adelaide Fringe, Brisbane and Cairns, we're coming for you in March and April 2024! www.bangersandmashups.com.au www.soulsongchoirs.com.au |
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Sat, 6 Jan 2024
| Nothing's gonna stop us in 2024! We have a massive year of singing planned - including this absolute banger which is part of our Bangers and Mash Ups Show. Being part of it is simple - you just need to get through the door or click on the zoom link and you're away! Find out more at www.soulsongchoirs.com.au and #justkeepsinging |
Lean On Me - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Sun, 24 Dec 2023
| For all of 2023, we have leant on the talent, patience, humour and general musical superpowers of our musical leadership team so it seemed fitting that our last song for the year, Lean On Me, features each of them on the solos. In order of appearance, we have Jaq, founder of Soul Song choirs and director of the Brisbane and Viral Choirs; Claire, one of our directors in Cairns; Daniel our lead baritone vocal on all learning tracks and helping teach the Bangers and Mash Up repertoire in Brisbane; Sarah and then Rhi - both directors in Cairns. |
Duet Bangers - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 8 Dec 2023
| A surefire easy way of having some fun while singing with someone else if you don't know about harmonies and all those tricky musical things is to sing a duet! And that's why we've included some Duet Bangers in our Bangers and Mash Ups Show - www.bangersandmashups.com.au You'll know them all so why not grab someone nearby and sing them together with us! Pick a part (team black or team blue) and have some fun! Whether you do the dirty dancing as well is your call! |
Rock Bangers - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Wed, 6 Dec 2023
WE WILL WE WILL ROCK YOU 👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻 The second song in our Bangers and Mash Ups Show jukebox singalong repertoire is guaranteed to have our audiences (and maybe even you at home) stamping and clapping like legends! 5 rock classics mashed into one - what more do you need to get you through hump day?? |
Big Hit Wonders - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Mon, 4 Dec 2023
| Here it is! The first taste of our brand new Bangers and Mash Ups Show! Coming to a city near you (as long as you're in Adelaide, Brisbane or Cairns 😉)! And this is a show where YOU get to sing too! Basically mass karaoke mayhem! Big Hit Wonders is the first mash up song of the show and sets you up for what's to come! Being part of it is easy! 1) Join us now or in the new year to be part of the resident choir on stage 2) Book a ticket RIGHT NOW to be in the mosh pit for our Adelaide Fringe performances 3) Sign up to our mailing list to be notified when tickets for Brisbane and Cairns go on sale: www.bangersandmashups.com.au |
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 24 Nov 2023
| Another song with just our higher pitched voices! This great a cappella arrangement catches all the vibes of the original Whitney song and while it was challenging for our members to learn and record virtually, they've done a great job with it! |
You Can't Stop The Beat - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Thu, 16 Nov 2023
| For our recent concerts we gave our altos and sopranos the option of doing an extra perfomance challenge by learning and performing a show choir song with full choreo and no director. And boy did we have fun! Here are the combined videos of our Cairns and Brisbane performances, along with some of our Viral Choir members. |
Call Me - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Tue, 7 Nov 2023
| We took a quick break between Brisbane and Cairns performances to learn and record a song in one rehearsal and what a great song it was!! |
New York New York - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 6 Oct 2023
| On World Smile Day, we thought we'd give you a second chace at smiling today. And who wouldn't smile at a bit of nostalgic Old Blue Eyes? So here's our take on the classic New York New York. |
If I Can Dream - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 22 Sep 2023
| If I Can Dream was recorded by Elvis just two months after Martin Luther King's assassination and is seen as a direct response to the King's "I have a dream" speech. With Australia about to vote on Indigenous recognition in the constitution, it's a powerful reminder of the vision for a land where 'all my brothers walk hand in hand'. Whatever your politics, the power of this song and the emotions you see on the faces of Martin Luther King, Elvis and all our singers in this video is undeniable. |
Fall On Me - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 15 Sep 2023
| This stunning song written by Andrea and Matteo Bocelli featured in The Nutcracker and Four Realms movie and is a stunning reminder that sometimes we all just need to let go and let someone else catch us. This arrangement is by Mac Huff and it was taught in person and online to singers in Australia and beyond by Jacqueline Larsen, who also designed and produced the video. |
My Immortal - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Sun, 27 Aug 2023
| This stunning Evanescence song somehow makes you hold your breath and sigh at the same time. It was immediately a choir favourite to sing and we love the stories our singers are telling with this song. It was taught in person and online by Jacqueline Larsen who also designed and produced the video. |
Underdog - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Thu, 10 Aug 2023
| This fantastic Alicia Keys song is so great to sing and has a brilliant message about looking out for the Underdogs. It was taught and recorded in person and online by Jacqueline Larsen who also designed and produced the video. |
Louder Than Words - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 21 Jul 2023
| Louder Than Words is a powerful call to action, written by Jonathan Larson (best known for writing Rent) and comes from his lesser known musical Tick Tick Boom. This arrangement is by Mac Huff and it was taught in person and online to Soul Song members all over the world by Jacqueline Larsen who also designed and produced the video. |
You'll Never Walk Alone/Climb Every Mountain - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 16 Jun 2023
| Even our virtual 'at home' singers are not singing alone in this stunning mash up of You'll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel) and Climb Every Mountain (from The Sound of Music). It's a big song and a big sound that's hard to capture on the screen but we love seeing our members from all over the world standing shoulder to shoulder with each other to sing - our very favourite thing to do!! This arrangement of two Rogers and Hammerstein songs is by Mark Hayes. |
Joy - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 9 Jun 2023
| This Andy Grammer song stopped us in our tracks the first time we heard it and we KNEW straight away that we had to sing it!! It's literally a joy to sing with really clever lyrics and some great harmonies by Anita Cracauer, the arranger. It was taught in person and on line by Jacqueline Larsen who also produced the video. |
Listen - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 2 Jun 2023
| This powerful song, sung originally by Beyonce in Dreamgirls, is a powerful expression of moving on, finding your own voice and claiming your own space in the world and you'll see some really powerful and moving performances in this video which combines individual singers from around the world and 4 physical choir groups in Brisbane and Cairns. The song was written by Henry Kreiger, Anne Preven, Scott Culter and Beyonce Knowles and was arranged by Mark Brymer. The video was designed and produced by Jacqueline Larsen, founder and director of Soul Song Choirs. |
Love Runs Out - Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Wed, 24 May 2023
| This fantastic One Republic Song definitely gets the heart pumping! Featuring solos by our two Musical Directors - Sarah Dunn and Jacqueline Larsen, the song is all about being committed enough to keep on with something 'til the love runs out' - very apt for those two! The video includes live footage from our 4 physical choir groups, two live performances and 32 'at home' singers from all over the world - all doing what they love! The song was arranged by Mark Brymer and taught in person and online to Soul Song members. The video was designed and produced by Jacqueline Larsen |
Hold My Hand Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Sun, 30 Apr 2023
| Although this Lady Gaga song was released in 2022 for the Top Gun Maverick soundtrack, it has all the feels of the original 80s Top Gun power ballads so we thought we'd have a bit of fun with the video for this one and brought in some wind and smoke machines, along with some mode lighting and faded denim! The song was written by Stefani Germanotta and Michael Tucker and was arranged by Mac Huff. It was taught by Jacqueline Larsen in person and online, who also designed and produced the video. |
The Only Way Is Up Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 21 Apr 2023
| Although made famous in the late 80s by Yazz, this was written by George Jackson and Johnny Henderson and originally released in 1980 by soul singer Otis Clay. While the worries around the cost of living seem all too relevant for us today, so does the optimistic call to celebrate that the only way is up! This song was arranged and taught in person and online by Jacqueline Larsen who also produced the video. |
Truly Brave Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Wed, 5 Apr 2023
| This stunning mash up of True Colours by Cyndi Lauper and Brave by Sara Bareilles was created by Mac Huff and is a powerful reminder to be yourself and speak your truth. This video incorporates footage from four live rehearsals and a whole load of singers at home and was taught, designed and produced by Jacqueline Larsen. |
Sunshine On Leith Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Fri, 24 Mar 2023
| This is a stunning song by The Proclaimers of love and grief and the blessing of having loved and lost. The story is told with passion by members of Soul Song from all over the world and our physical choirs in Brisbane and Cairns. |
Make Your Own Kind of Music - 100th Virtual Choir video!!!
Date Posted: Tue, 14 Mar 2023
| What better song could there possibly have been to sing for our 100th Virtual Choir video (yes, 100!!!!!!) than Mama Cass' Make Your Own Kind of Music?! The song, like Soul Song, celebrates the individual and is a brilliant song to just throw your head back and sing with abandon! In this video, you'll see members at home and in our rehearsals in Cairns and Brisbane doing just that, along with a glimpse at our back catalogue of 99 other virtual choir performances and a special tribute to Jaq, Daniel and Anthony, without whom Viral Choir and Soul Song would not have reached this amazing milestone. |
Celestial Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Mon, 6 Mar 2023
| Ed Sheeran is everywhere in Australia right now (February 2023) so it seemed timely to celebrate his music by singing one of his most recent songs - Celestial. Here you can see and hear our 4 physical choirs in action, along with our Viral members from all over the world. |
Symphony Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Sun, 19 Feb 2023
| We love Brisbane band Sheppard and have sung and danced away to a few of their songs over the years, but this is an absolute favourite! A song that celebrates the power of music to free us and how music and love are just inextricably linked. The song was written by Sheppard and arranged for the choir by Jacqueline Larsen, who also designed and produced the video. It features individual performers from all over the world as well as live rehearsal footage from Cairns and three Brisbane choirs. | |
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Down Under Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Tue, 14 Feb 2023
| We have reinvented this Aussie classic based on Colin Hay's acoustic version and we just love it!! It has a chilled vibe that allows us to celebrate being Australian all over the world! The video features 45 singers from across Australia as well as members from the UK, USA and Singapore and also includes rehearsal footage and audio from our four Queensland choirs in Brisbane and Cairns. The song was written by Colin Hay and Ron Strykert. It was arranged for Soul Song Choirs by director Jacqueline Larsen who also designed and produced the video. If you like what you see and hear, why not come and sing with us? Online from anywhere or in person in Brisbane and Cairns. |
Found Tonight Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Mon, 24 May 2021
| This is a powerful mash up of two songs from two of the most recognised contemporary musicals in recent years - Found from Dear Evan Hansen and Tonight from Hamilton. The song was originally performed as a mash up by Ben Platt (the original Evan Hansen performer) and Lin Manuel Miranda, the creator of Hamilton and this arrangement was produced by Jacob Narverud. It was taught in person and online by Jacqueline Larsen to members of Soul Song choirs all over the world. | |
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Stand Up Virtual Choir
Date Posted: Mon, 24 May 2021
| This powerful negro-spiritual style song is from the 2019 movie Harriet, an extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history. We Stand Up as allies that Black Lives Matter and although we recognise that the story and experiences described in this song are not our own, they are important and need to be shared to bring about greater empathy and understanding across all races. The song was written by Joshuah Campbell and Cynthia Erivo who also played Harriet in the movie. It was arranged by Mac Huff and taught to singers all over the world online and in person by Jacqueline Larsen, Soul Song Choirs. Anyone is welcome to join Soul Song where we sing for fun, for change and like our lives depended on it! www.soulsongchoirs.com.au | |
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UP TO THE MOUNTAIN VIRTUAL CHOIR
Date Posted: Fri, 16 Apr 2021
| This is a gorgeous Patty Griffen song inspired by the words of Martin Luther King, from a speech given just the day before he was killed. It reminds us of the burden of remaining committed and focused to a task or a faith but also of the reward and beauty that lies in the process. The song was arranged by Mac Huff and taught in person and online by Jacqueline Larsen to members of Soul Song choirs all over the world. | |
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One Call Away Virtual Choir Video
Date Posted: Fri, 19 Mar 2021
| It's great to know that we have all have someone that's just one call away when we need them and this song is a great reminder about the super power of friendship. Why not share it with someone that you think could do with a reminder that you're there for them when they need someone? This Charlie Puth song was arranged by Mac Huff and taught via virtual and physical rehearsals to Soul Song singers all across the world by Jacqueline Larsen who also produced the video. If you want to sing with the choir that joy built, find out more at www.soulsongchoirs.com.au | |
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You Learn Virtual Choir video
Date Posted: Fri, 12 Feb 2021
| "You live, you learn, you love, you learn, you cry learn, you lose, you learn." (Alanis Morissette). We love the sentiment behind our first virtual choir video for 2021 and the idea that what ever happens in life - the good and the bad - can be used as lessons to learn from and shape the rest of your life. Plus it's a fantastic song to let rip and belt out! This fantastic Alanis Morissette song was an anthem of the early 90s and has recently been revived as part of Jagged Little Pill the Musical which is the version that this arrangement by Mark Brymer is based. We love the raw feeling in this song and the message about learning from life - whatever comes your way or whatever paths you choose. oul Song Choirs is a group of choirs in Cairns, Brisbane and online and the singers in this video are based all over Australia as well as in Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, Scotland, England and the US. We come together each week in person and online to sing just for the joy of it! The song was written by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard and arranged by Mark Brymer. It was taught in person and online by Jacqueline Larsen who also produced the video. If you want to be part of our next video and part of a worldwide singing community that laughs, cries, screams and lives together, check us out at www.soulsongchoirs.com.au/join-us | |
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Introducing the Viral Choir
Date Posted: Mon, 16 Mar 2020
 For a group of enthusiastic singers in Brisbane and Cairns, viral is no longer a dirty word! Where 2019 was the year of singing in the pub, thanks to Coronavirus, 2020 is shaping up to be the year of singing in your lounge room. But singing on your own is no way near as much fun as doing it with others, so the newly launched Viral Choir is taking rehearsals right into people’s homes. The choir is part of Soul Song Choirs, a community choir framework that’s have been changing lives through song for 10 years, with choirs in Brisbane and Cairns. Their music is pop, soul and gospel and their motto is ‘Choir, but not as you know it.’ Soul Song founder and director, Jacqueline Larsen, noticed with great concern that already members of her current choirs were beginning to withdraw from rehearsals in order to protect their own health or the health of immediate family members and decided to take action. “We are currently facing unprecedented situation that will challenge everything we know about community. While I 100% support the notion of social distancing, I am also desperately worried that for many people, this could lead to social isolation. “I wanted to be able to offer a way for my members to continue to engage with the choir, even if they couldn’t attend rehearsals or if we have to suspend rehearsals for a while. And then I thought, ‘well, what about everyone else?’ and decided to open it up to anyone.” The Viral Choir is an online, virtual choir open to anyone regardless of age, musical ability and experience. Starting with a four week project, they will teach members two pop songs in four part harmony through a mix of live streamed rehearsals and webcast sectionals where people can focus on just their part. Members will get to network online and have lots of interaction with the director and other members and, at the culmination of the project, participants will be invited to upload a video of them singing along to be published online as one final virtual choir. Then, once the all-clear is given again for large gatherings, they are going to have the mother of all mass sings!!! It will be the most joyful sing along people have ever been a part of. Jacqueline continued, “Scientists have proven many times over that the benefits of group singing on your physical and mental health are significant and as a choir director, I get to witness a wonderful transformation in people time and time again. “Singing together is also one of the most powerful activities people can do to form deep connections with those around them. My job is less about forming choirs and more about building communities. I build tribes that are united by song and I’ll be doing everything I can to make this virtual choir feel as real as possible for all involved.” The viral choir is currently taking expressions of interest ahead of their official program launch in the next week.
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Sing A Long in West End Magazine
Date Posted: Sun, 7 Jul 2019
| A big shout out to the West End Magazine in Brisbane for helping us to spread our voices even wider! Check out the full article here. |
Soul Song Cairns New Years Eve performance cancelled
Date Posted: Sat, 29 Dec 2018
| Life in tropical Cairns has thrown a curved ball again and unfortunately the Cairns Soulsters won't be performing on New Year's Eve now. The choir were set to perform at the Cairns Regional Council New Year's Eve event at Fogarty Park but this been cancelled due to excessive amounts of recent rainfall, with more forecast. A cyclone is also hovering around making predictions unpredictable (!). While Council will still stage the Fireworks and possibly a smaller indoor event for kids, all live entertainment has been cancelled. While we're disappointed not to be closing off the year with a performance, Soul Song Choirs wishes everyone a Happy New Year wherever you are! |
West End Social Singers Christmas Pop-Up Choir
Date Posted: Tue, 16 Oct 2018
 Soul Song founder and director is launching a special 6 week Christmas pop-up choir in Brisbane, starting on 7 November, Those who love Christmas and singing Christmas songs are invited to join this fun and funky group to learn a few Christmas favourites and some brand new Christmas songs over a period of 6 weeks. The rehearsals will culminate in four performances at community events across Brisbane. |
