About Us: Blossom Street is a highly versatile and vibrant chamber choir comprising some of the UK’s best young singers which performs regularly on TV and radio as well as on the concert platform, and has released two critically acclaimed CDs with Naxos. moreBlossom Street is a highly versatile and vibrant chamber choir comprising some of the UK’s best young singers which performs regularly on TV and radio as well as on the concert platform, and has released two critically acclaimed CDs with Naxos.
Directed by Hilary Campbell, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, the group was formed a decade ago, while the singers were studying at the University of York, and relocated to London in 2007. In York, Blossom Street filmed a medley of Christmas carols for BBC2, which was broadcast during the snooker final in 2005, and since then has performed nationwide and beyond. They sang to Prince Charles on ITV1 as part of his 60th birthday celebrations, and gave their debut in Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of the Voicelab series in 2009. Recent projects include performances in Sweden, Japan and Spain as well as at the Edinburgh Fringe, regular broadcasts on BBC Radio 4, recording projects for Resonus and Guild, several education projects and corporate, concert and festival work. They were featured in an episode of The Choir on BBC Radio 3 last December, and performed live on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune in June. Currently, the group is working in partnership with the Royal Academy of Music, running a composition project for postgraduate students.
On the concert platform, the group has performed at many of the major London venues including Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square and St James Piccadilly, and further afield at places like the Royal Palace, Madrid. Their Naxos CD, ‘Sleep, Holy Babe’, was released in 2011, tracks from which featured on BBC Radio 3’s ‘The Choir’ and on Classic FM. They performed tracks from it live on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, and the disc was announced as ‘Christmas CD of the Year 2011’ on David Mellor’s New CD Show, Classic FM. It was also CD of the Week on WQED Radio (Pittsburgh, US), and received several 5* reviews. In 2013, their second disc, ‘Down by the Sea’, a compilation of a cappella choral folk songs, many of which are premiere recordings, was released by Naxos, again to critical acclaim (“At the risk of prejudicing any latecomers and with 2013 barely half gone, I declare this release to be my choral album of the year. I’d be stupefied if anything stronger comes long. Five stars” Norman Lebrecht). Last year, they released a disc of Warlock repertoire on the digital label, Resonus (“A programme offering a genuine expansion in our understanding of Warlock... Gorgeous sound; highly engaging, dedicated performances” BBC Music Magazine).
Blossom Street is available for TV and radio work, concerts, events, festivals, private functions and education projects. Depending on requirements, the group can provide between six and twenty four singers. The group also offers an arranging service; a professional composer will be happy to write a bespoke choral arrangement for your event or concert. As well as its busy performance schedule, Blossom Street also works with a number of emerging composers, workshopping and recording their new music. The group is available to hire for rehearsals and recordings.
Blossom Close is an experienced close harmony group whose singers are handpicked from Blossom Street’s pool of singers, performing mostly jazz and pop a cappella arrangements, under the direction of Hilary Campbell. The ensemble has recently returned from performances in Japan, and has previously filmed for the TNT Show on Channel 4 and a social media campaign for Clintons Cards, and made adverts for sky+, HBO and Channel 5. Most recently, they filmed for 3 Mobile. The singers work regularly in the corporate world; Blossom Close’s client list includes:
3 Mobile; Channel 5; HBO; ITV1; Channel 4; BBC2; BBC Radio 2; BBC Radio 3; BBC Radio 4; sky+; Sony; Cath Kidston; Claridges; Vinopolis; Waitrose; Clintons Cards; National Lottery; National Theatre; the Duke of Kent (St James’ Palace); The Prince of Wales (Wimbledon New Theatre); Aquascutum; Barclays; Marks and Spencer’s; Fenwick’s; House of Fraser; Alton Towers; Waterstones; Harper Collins; Canary Wharf; Cancer Research UK; Action Against Hunger; London’s Air Ambulance; National Maritime Museum; Hever Castle; Charlton House; Taste of Christmas; RHS Wisley.
The group also offers an arranging service; a professional composer will be happy to write a bespoke vocal arrangement for your event, from classics to current chart music. Blossom Close is available for TV and radio work, concerts, events and private functions, and can provide four to twenty singers. less
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