A 90-strong transatlantic virtual choir has been assembled to celebrate the magic of musical theatre in a charity video recording.
Featuring members of the British Youth Music Theatre (BYMT), The Hollywood Film Chorale, The Pinewood Singers and West End musical performers, the recording of original song ‘Imagine A World That Didn’t Sing’ is now available to view.
Written by award-winning LA based composer Alexander Rudd and UK-based writer/lyricist John Nicholson, the song is taken from the writers’ 2018 BYMT show Help! Get Me Out Of This Musical which was directed by Luke Sheppard.
Unveiling the video, Nicholson said: “When we put the call out to professional singers to collaborate, the response to both the appeal and to the song was overwhelming and humbling. The 15 BYMT members have ended up singing alongside Grammy Award winners and some of the highest profile movie recording artists in the industry.”
Jon Bromwich, executive producer of BYMT, added: “As well as helping amplify the message about the cliff edge still facing theatre workers here and, in the US, this was a fantastic opportunity for BYMT members. We also very much hope it will help raise funds for our Access To The Arts Campaign – designed to help ensure that financial hardship should not be an obstacle for young people of all backgrounds one day joining the next generation of musical theatre performers.”
Although free to view, there are donation links to the Theatre Artists Fund, MusiCares and the BYMT Access To The Arts Campaign.
Angela Thomas
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