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Soul Sounds
Choir
OriginColombo, Sri Lanka
FoundedDecember 2004
GenreChoral
AffiliationNo affiliation
Websitehttp://www.soulsounds.org

Soul Sounds is a choir based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The choir first came into prominence as the Holy Family Convent Bambalapitiya school Senior choir, when directed by Soundarie David, it won a Sri Lanka Carol Competition in 1996. After they participated in the Llangollen Eistedfodd competition in Wales 2004, and subsequently leaving the school, the choir decided to continue singing with a new and independent identity, Soul Sounds.

Competitions

Soul Sounds participated in the fourth World Choir Games in Xiamen, China winning two silver medals. In 2008, in competition for the second time, they won three gold medals at the fifth Games in Graz, Austria.

Recordings

The choir was invited to provide a choral contribution to a CD done in the UK by the UK Disasters Emergency Committee after the Asian tsunami of December 26, 2004. Three other compact discs have been released, entitled Soul of the Season (2005), Soul Sounds in Australia (2007) and Soul Sounds in USA (2010).

International tours

Public concerts outside Sri Lanka include 3 concerts in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne suburbs respectively in February 2007, Kuwait City in April 2007, at churches around Normandy, France in April 2009, at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, China in June 2009, in New York City and Los Angeles in August/September 2010 and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in October 2010. The choir returned to Australia for performances in Sydney and Melbourne in September 2011.

References

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  2. Features | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers Archived 2010-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Soul Sounds choir in Symphony Christmas concerts
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  7. "Graz 2008 - World Choir Games Graz 2008: Interkultur.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
  8. Soul Sounds win hearts and golds
  9. "Soul Sounds - News, Events and CD's". Archived from the original on 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
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  14. Concert Exceptionnel A Argentan. Eglise Saint Germain - Val D'Orne Environnement Archived 2009-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
  15. Lankaweb – Sri Lanka’s Soul Sounds Musical Group Join Indian Musicians In A Forbidden City Concert, Beijing
  16. Soul, Passion And Sound | The Sunday Leader
  17. "Soul Sounds - Milestones". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
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  19. http://srilankans.com.au/events/2011-09-30
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