A still from Chennai Children Choir's performance
Highlights
- A group of underprivileged kids perfrom in Chennai on World Music Day.
- The group called Chennai Children's Choir sing popular tracks.
- Chennai-based NGO Nalandaway Foundation got these kids together.
Each member in this very special choir has a song that they want you to hear, so listen up. The Chennai Children's Choir will have you singing along to this medley, released to celebrate World Music Day on June 21.
The 32 children in the choir belong to underprivileged backgrounds. Six of them cannot see, two struggle with mental disabilities. But each one of them has a song in their heart.
In this musical performance assembled by Chennai-based NGO Nalandaway Foundation, the Chennai Children's Choir sing A R Rahman, Ilaiyaraaja and an international pop anthem. They begin with the Rahman-composed Yeh Tara Who Tara from the film Swades and end with We Are The World, written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.
Spare five minutes and hear what these gifted children have to say through this musical message: