Artists:Libera

Libera is the third 'public' name for the boys' section of an Anglican parish church choir from South London. The boys are between the ages of 7 and 16. Some boys stay longer to help coach the younger children.

Their first appearance in the public eye came when, as the Saint Philip's Boys' Choir, they backed Sal Solo on his song San Damiano in 1984. This led in 1988 to the choir releasing their first album, Sing For Ever, as the Saint Philip's Boys' Choir. The title track for this album was chosen by the BBC as the first Children in Need telethon anthem.

It was as Angel Voices, during most of the 1990s, that Libera came to real public prominence with three albums and regular appearances on two television shows. A major role as singers in the programmes Titchmarsh on Song, presented by Alan Titchmarsh in 1992 and Thora on the Straight and Narrow in 1993 introduced Angel Voices to a wider public.

In 1998, along with a departure from fairly traditional church choir music, came the latest change of name to Libera. Since then, five albums have been released: Libera in 1998, Luminosa in 2001, Free in September 2004, Visions in November 2005 and Angel Voices in November 2006. Along with regular appearances on television, most often on Songs of Praise, they have released four videos that are often shown on Classic FM TV. Currently there are around 30 boys in the group, but this number changes as voices break and new members join. Although there may be up to 30 members in total, only about 15 have appeared in the videos made thus far. Libera have also been used as session artists on various outside projects such as film soundtracks including Romeo & Juliet, Shadowlands and Hannibal and one of the members has even recorded music for the PlayStation 2 game ICO. They have also collaborated on three albums with Aled Jones. In 2007, they appeared on the television show When Will I Be Famous presented by Graham Norton on BBC 1. ...more on wikipedia.