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The ''Choir of Hard Knocks'' is a choir consisting of homeless and disadvantaged people formed in Melbourne, Australia. It came to prominence as the subject of a five-part Australian Broadcasting Corporation documentary television series broadcast in 2007.〔(ABC TV Choir of Hard Knocks )〕 ==Creators== Jason Stephens and FremantleMedia Australia were the creators behind the ABC documentary series the ''Choir of Hard Knocks'' coming up with the original idea to form the choir in Melbourne.〔("Choir offers sanctuary from ‘Hard Knocks’" )〕 After Googling for ideas about how to put a choir at the centre of a television series, Jason Stephens happened upon Montreal's homeless choir and came up with the show's concept. Stephens convinced Jonathon Welch - who had started a similar choir in Sydney (the "Sydney Street Choir" in 2001〔(''Melbourne Age'', "Homeless choir sings to the beat of city street", 21 October 2006 )〕 - to establish a choir of homeless people for a television project.〔("The Emotional Journey" )〕 Recruiting was by word of mouth and through community organisations. As at May 2007, it had about 50 members.〔(''Melbourne Age "Choir tugs at the heartstrings" 26 May 2007 )〕 The name is a reference to the School of Hard Knocks, i.e. learning by experiencing life, not through classrooms. The founding organisation behind The Choir was managed by Reclink, a not for profit community organisation that provides sport and arts opportunities to those experiencing social and economic disadvantage. Reclink has expanded its Choir program Nationally and now supports eight similar choirs around Australia including the Transformers, Choir of High Hopes Hobart, Sydney Street Choir and the Rocky Road Choir. Following a split between Reclink and Jonathon Welch in March 2009, Welch formed a new not-for-profit entity, the Melbourne Street Choir, Inc (MSC). Supported by a pro-bono committee of management (board), MSC is the new auspicing body which will focus exclusively on the Choir and which will deliver a new level of transparency and accountability to Choir members in relation to all of its activities. Many members of the original Choir have followed Welch to the MSC which is scheduled to recommence public performances as from 29 April at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. On 21 May Welch launched his new choir as the Choir of Hope and Inspiration (See Melbourne Street Choir, Inc). A training choir, the Morning Bell Choir (named so because their training session began earlier in the day to the main Choir), was also launched as the Choir of Pride & Joy on the same day. 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「The Choir of Hard Knocks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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