A collaboration between Together Productions, the King's Singers and Soundabout Inclusive Choirs for UN Zero Discrimination Day.

In Spring 2021 Together Productions joined forces with The King’s Singers and Soundabout Inclusive Choirs to create an innovative music video for UN Zero Discrimination Day (March 1) aiming to reach across the world with a message of togetherness and solidarity.

The video united three choirs with a mission to break down barriers through song - Together Productions' Choirs the Mixed Up Chorus (which brings people together across cultural, religious and political divides) and the Sing for Freedom choir (that unites refugee survivors of torture and their allies from across the UK), and the Soundabout Inclusive Choirs who give a voice to people with severe and profound learning disabilities. 

Together, the choirs collaborated with the renowned vocal sextet The King's Singers on a new arrangement by Steve Dunachie of the classic “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing” by The New Seekers. 

The voices of the 200+ singers, recorded in their homes during lockdown, were brought together in the studio by music producer Will Gardner. David Parker of Figment Arts created the part-animated video concept in response to the challenge of not being able to perform together in person. Singers met on Zoom to rehearse together and co create the butterflies that appear in the animation.

The three choirs were first introduced by The King’s Singers in February 2021 when the vocal sextet chose all three choirs to be ambassadors of their “Finding Harmony” campaign, which highlighted the power of music to bring people together through song. 

Patrick Dunachie from The King’s Singers said “Having begun to work alongside these choirs last year, it is beautiful to see the spirit of ‘Finding Harmony’ in action, as they come together with us to create a musical performance, despite severely challenging circumstances. We hope this collaboration will bring smiles to many faces around the world, inspire others to be creative and defiant in how they make music, and also highlight an important initiative by the UN”.

Clare Cook CEO of the charity Soundabout which works to give a voice to people with severe and profound learning disabilities through music said, “These singing groups have one key thing in common - a commitment to musical inclusion. The vision of the Soundabout Inclusive Choirs is to create musical communities without barriers and we are so proud to stand together with this powerful group of singers against discrimination of all forms.”

Holly Jones & Jeremy Haneman, Directors of Together Productions, which runs the Mixed Up Chorus and the Sing for Freedom Choir said, “We’re delighted and honoured to be collaborating with the King’s Singers and the amazing Soundabout Choirs to raise our voices together and take a stand for zero discrimination.  We believe that building bonds of empathy and community through the arts is one of the most powerful ways to create change.”