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Gareth Malone
Animateur | Singer | Presenter
 
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Hello, I'm Gareth Malone - animateur, presenter and populariser of choral singing.

Here on my website you can find out more about me and what I've been up to lately, what's new in choral singing and how to get in touch with me.

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The Choir with Gareth Malone
Premieres on BBC America, Wednesday, July 7th at 10/9c.
Choirmaster Gareth Malone has a mission - to recruit a choir in the most unlikely of settings...
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This month on BBC Two:

Sea Fever - photo of the sea
Gareth Goes to Glyndebourne
Thursday nights on BBC Two (repeated Saturdays)
Also available on BBC iPlayer
Gareth takes on one of his biggest challenges to date: helping the production team at the Glyndebourne Opera House to find new young talent and reach teenagers who would never usually get the chance to perform at one of the world's most celebrated opera houses. He visits local schools and community groups to hand-pick young chorus stars for a new opera, Knight Crew by Julian Philips, which retells the King Arthur legend in an urban gangland setting.

Video choice

The Choir: Unsung Town
video South Oxhey Festival

Nearing the end of his project in the Hertfordshire housing estate of South Oxhey, choirmaster Gareth Malone sets out on a grand venture to get the whole community behind his choral project. He decides he wants to stage a free choral festival at South Oxhey playing fields, a large green space normally used for football and dog-walking, and embarks on putting together the largest event this area has seen for half a century.

The Choir - BBC Television 2009

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What's new?
Opera comes to BBC Two
16 June 2010 This Thursday 17 June sees my latest programme Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne air on BBC Two as part of their opera season. Watch me recruit and rehearse 65 local young people for this a new opera - Knight Crew - by composer Julian Philips, based on a retelling of the Arthurian legend by writer Nicky Singer.
Ahoy there!
4 May 2010 Tune into BBC4 this Friday at 9pm to see my latest programme - Shanties and Sea Songs with Gareth Malone. I had a lot of fun travelling round the country last summer meeting these exceptional people who keep the marvellous sea shanty tradition alive.
36th Annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
26 Mar 2010
I'm thrilled to have been awarded Best TV Performer in a Non-acting Role at the 36th annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. The Choir: Unsung Town also won best Factual Entertainment Show.
Sports Relief!
16 Mar 2010
Having a busy week coaching a choir of Olympians for BBC's Sports Relief . Tune in this Friday to see the results...
Private Passions
15 Mar 2010
I'll be appearing on BBC Radio 3's Private Passions this Sunday 21 March at lunchtime (12-1pm) with Michael Berkeley. Tune in or listen online...
Knight Crew
9 Mar 2010
Thanks to the marvelous cast and team of The Knight Crew for all their hard work in making this such an amazing project. There's a fabulous review here in the Guardian that just about sums it up - well done! Look out for the BBC 2 programme Gareth Goes to Glyndebourne due to be aired in June.
Happy New Year!
6 Jan 2010
A Happy New Year to everyone! There's a piece here in Gramophone Magazine about a new project I'm doing at Glyndebourne.
Hope you're all enjoying the snow - keep warm!
Thank you!
28 Sept 2009
Thank you to everyone who has contacted me through this website, Facebook and Twitter. I'm overwhelmed by the response to the series and delighted that so many people enjoyed watching the South Oxhey Community Choir.
Please visit www.southoxheychoirs.org for more information and to find ways to support the South Oxhey choirs in the future. All the best, Gareth
The Choir - Series 3
22 Aug 09 Good news! The third series of The Choir is about to go out on BBC2. The first episode is due to air on Tues 1 Sept. See the BBC website for more details.
Sing Out Brother
6 May 09 I came across this article in the Guardian today. Martin Ashley and Caroline Gale were a great help to me during the second series of The Choir and gave me lots of guidance in singing with teenage boys.
Leicester Mercury article
30 Apr 2009 An article in the local paper in Leicester - home of the school from the second series.
BAFTAs
27 Apr 2009 I'm excited to announce that The Choir - Boys Can't Sing won a BAFTA last night! Woo hoo!! We beat Top Gear, The Apprentice and Celebrity Masterchef to the 'features' award. Thanks to everyone at Lancaster Boys school in Leicester and to Twentytwenty television for making it happen. If you missed the magic moment on BBC 1 last night you can watch it again on the BBC iplayer ; the features award is about 1 hour and 2 mins into the proceedings. Still recovering here from the celebrations!
Watford Observer article
24 Apr 2009 More about what we've been up to with the latest series: South Oxhey Choir in the Watford Observer
South Oxhey Festival
22 Apr 09 Just got back from the first rehearsal of the massed South Oxhey choirs last night, wow! What a sound - the festival is going to be brilliant!
Interview in the Independent
The Independent has an interview with Gareth about his work with the BBC. Deborah Ross talks to Gareth about The Choir and Boys Don't Sing and his growing band of fans.
 
 
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