Youthful Spirit

Youthful Spirit is an award winning Gospel Choir from Churchill Community School, North Somerset, England. They consist of students at the school from years 9 (Boys only due to small numbers. Year 10 is the entry level for Girls) who are enthusiastic AbOUT what they achieve as a choir. It was born by Churchill Music! with the support of Alison Cooper and all the other music staff, and has become an international gospel choir.

About

Founded in 1998 by Alison Cooper, Head of Music at the school, Youthful Spirit has a wide repertoire ranging from Swahili, A cappella to the likes of Stevie Wonder, Cyndi Lauper and other pop influenced songs. The choir create CD's of their work: "... You Caught Me In the Groove", 2000, "Sweet Rhythms", 2003, "Song of the Sunrise", 2006 and "Blessed", 2008. The CD's were originally recorded in Weston College and Worle Community School until the 2006 "Song of the Sunrise" which was recorded in the school with the construction of the new Performing Arts building and Recording Studio. "Song of the Sunrise" was recorded at the school and the local St John the Baptist Church. The choir go on European Tours, GeneRally to mark the release of a new CD such as the "Song of the Sunrise Tour" in 2006 and the "Blessed Tour" in 2008.

Tour

The choir go on tour to various destinations in Europe, generally to mark the release of a new CD. As of 2008, they have been to; Athens, Greece, Hildesheim, Germany, Carinthia, Austria and Venice, Italy. They have also performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Some of the venues at which the choir have performed include Terra Mystica, Austria (a venue inside a mountain), The PlayHouse, Weston-super-Mare and St Nicholas Cathedral, Prague. They have also performed at Wells Cathedral, Somerset for the 5 Bishops attending the Lambeth Conference in 2008 and St George's Church, Brandon Hill, Bristol in a Gospel evening in March 2009.

It was possible that the 2008 "Blessed Tour" may have been the last tour for the Gospel Choir for the foreseeable future due to cost restrictions. However, this was not the case and the tour was a huge success.

2009 is set to hold another tour for the choir, again to Austria, this time travelling by coach to "keep costs down".

Discography