Soul Sounds is a choir based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The choir first came into prominence as the Holy Family Convent Bambalapitiya school Senior choir, when directed by Soundarie David, it won a Sri Lanka Carol Competition in 1996. After they participated in the Llangollen Eisteddfod competition in Wales 2004,Features | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers and subsequently leaving the school,Soul Sounds choir in Symphony Christmas concerts the choir decided to continue singing with a new and independent identity, Soul Sounds.The Sunday Leader OnlineSoulsounds
Competitions Soul Sounds participated in the fourth World Choir Games in Xiamen, China winning two silver medals. In 2008, in competition for the second time, they won three gold medals at the fifth Games in Graz, Austria.
Recordings The choir was invited to provide a choral contribution to a CD done in the UK by the UK Disasters Emergency Committee after the Asian tsunami of December 26, 2004.Soul Sounds win hearts and golds Three other compact discs have been released, entitled Soul of the Season (2005), Soul Sounds in Australia (2007) and Soul Sounds in USA (2010).
International tours Public concerts outside Sri Lanka include 3 concerts in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne suburbs respectively in February 2007,Youth Kuwait City in April 2007, at churches around Normandy, France in April 2009,nation.lkThe Sunday LeaderThe Sunday LeaderConcert Exceptionnel A Argentan. Eglise Saint Germain - Val D'Orne Environnement at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, China in June 2009,Lankaweb – Sri Lanka’s Soul Sounds Musical Group Join Indian Musicians In A Forbidden City Concert, Beijing in New York City and Los Angeles in August/September 2010Soul, Passion And Sound | The Sunday Leader and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in October 2010. The choir returned to Australia for performances in Sydney and Melbourne in September 2011.http://rouse-hill-times.whereilive.com.au/news/story/soul-sounds-at-the-hills/>http://srilankans.com.au/events/2011-09-30
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