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The Capital Children's Choir is a children's choir based in London, England. The choir was founded in 2001 by Artistic Director Rachel Santesso and is currently made up of 120 members aged seven to eighteen.〔Capital Children's Choir. (Bio of Capital Children’s Choir ). Retrieved 25 August 2012〕 As well as performing classical repertoire, the choir is well known for its choral and orchestral reinterpretations of famous pop songs and since September 2008 their videos have received well over 6.1 million views to date within the popular video-sharing site YouTube.〔Capital Children’s Choir official Youtube channel () Retrieved 06 February 2014〕 ==History and Performance Highlights== The Capital Children’s Choir was founded in 2001 when four 10-year-old girls contacted Santesso and asked her to start a singing club in London. By the end of the year the singing club had grown into a small choir and Rachel took the group to record an album at a local recording studio. Since then, the choir has grown to 120 members and now records each year at Abbey Road Studio. The Capital Children’s Choir also performs regularly at famous venues in London and abroad.〔Capital Children's Choir. (Official Bio of Capital Children’s Choir ). Retrieved 25 August 2012〕 Recent performance highlights of the choir include: 2006 *Members of the choir perform in the presence of Pope Benedict at St. Peter’s Basilica during morning Mass on the first anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s death. (April 2, 2006) *The choristers are featured performers at the Royal Albert Hall for the launch of the anti-cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil (October 17, 2012) 2007 *Members of the choir sing with Malcolm Middleton for Colin Murray's BBC Radio 1 live session (Dec 7 2007)〔(Malcolm Middleton records at BBC and features children’s choir )〕 *The choir sings with the Spice Girls at 18 shows during their reunion tour at the O2 Arena, London.〔Spice Girls World Tour () Retrieved 25 August 2012〕 2008 *Members of the choir perform at Reading Festival alongside American punk rock band, Anti-Flag (August 22, 2008) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Capital Children's Choir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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