We are very thrilled to announce the release of a very special version of global hit ‘This Is Me’, to coincide with World Homeless Day on 10 October 2019.
Thanks to funding from Arts Council England and Ocorian Trustees, and our partnership with global music services company, Kobalt, we were able to offer our choir members the experience of a lifetime by taking them into professional studios to record a single. The resulting uplifting version of The Greatest Showman’s global hit, ‘This is Me’, will be released on October 10th 2019 with an accompanying video shot at the studio sessions in Liverpool, London and Birmingham (Director: Alpha Barrie, Producer: Dave Graham, Crossfire Productions).
To further raise awareness, we are launching an accompanying digital #ThisIsMeinthree campaign, asking the public, followers and influencers to describe themselves in three words, as well as highlight the three words chosen by homeless choir members and their accompanying stories.
Thanks to the support of AWAL & Kobalt, all money raised through global distribution of the single will fund our work offering a supportive, life changing choir community to over 1000 people affected by homelessness and marginalisation every year.
Choir member Sandra said of the recording day:
‘[It was] an incredible experience that I can say eclipses being homeless. This is a sign of things to come - I will be back on my feet! I feel so blessed and humbled to be part of a project that gives people hope. CWNN has saved my life.’
CWNN CEO & Founder, Marie Benton, says:
‘This Is Me is a song about stepping out of the shadows and being proud of who you are. At the Choir with No Name, we celebrate our diversity, individuality and potential. We are mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, grandmas and grandads. We are football fans, dog lovers, students and musicians. We’re not a nameless, homogenous mass of ‘the homeless’. We want the world to see homelessness as a systemic problem, not a personal affliction, and get engaged in the fight to end it.’
Kobalt Founder & CEO, Willard Ahdritz, says:
“I am touched by what the Choir with No Name does. It brings me enormous happiness to see how music can have such a positive impact on people in need. Our support is part of an effort to bring more attention to this issue and a testament to the work The Choir with No Name is doing. I encourage everyone to see for themselves what can be done, and to help.”
The single, video and #ThisIsMe stories can be found at: www.thisisme.org.uk
Follow the #ThisIsMe campaign on our Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.