Tygerberg Children’s Choir perform a beautiful rendition of “I’ll be reborn” from their homes… separated but together!
Cape Town, South Africa (8 April 2020) – “I’ll be reborn” recorded individually, in their homes, by members of the world-famous Tygerberg Children’s Choir during COVID-19 lockdown in Cape Town, South Africa.
The choir regularly performs with great aplomb for heads of state, princes, kings and queens and is one of South Africa’s proudest export products. The choir has won every major international choral competition since its inception in 1972, and its unsurpassed legato singing, the maturity of sound, musical power and dynamic interpretation of very difficult material makes Tygerberg Children’s Choir a foremost exponent in the world of international competition choirs. The choir has a vast legacy of excellent choral CDs as a testimony of its prowess.
In July 2010 year the choir was crowned World Champions and received gold medals in the Folklore and Music of the Religions categories at the 6th World Choir Games in Shaoxing, China. In 2012 the choir came second and won gold in the Children’s Choir division at the 7th World Choir Games in Cincinnati, USA. They also won a further two gold medals – in the Music of the Religions and Folklore divisions.
And again in 2018, the choir did exceptionally well at the 10th World Choir Games in Tshwane, South Africa. They participated in a mammoth four categories and were crowned World Champions in two categories – the highly coveted Children’s Choirs division and the Musica Sacra with Accompaniment division. They achieved 3rd places in two further categories – Pop Choirs and Folklore with Accompaniment. In total, they won four gold medals.
Tygerberg Children’s Choir is currently the number one children’s choir in the world and holds the 4th position overall on the Interkultur World Rankings.
For their newest song, a backing track was made, sent to the choristers via Whatsapp with the lyrics. Each child then did a vocal recording, which was sent to the recording studio. Riaan Steyn, the engineer, then had the arduous task of mixing all the voices together on one track.
“We added some visuals to the video of prior performances during a time when we were still allowed to congregate, as well as footage of the empty streets of our city, just to make it more interesting – and voila!”
Watch the video below:
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