A WREXHAM choir is set to collaborate with a local spoken word artist ahead of a new project.

Wrexham One World Community Choir has announced a collaboration with poet and spoken word artist Evrah Rose.

The project, supported by Arts Council of Wales and Tŷ Pawb will see Miss Rose working with choir members and the wider community to create and develop a series of songs and spoken word pieces, with new music composed by professional composer and Musical Director of Wrexham One World Community Choir, Carol Donaldson. The final work will be performed by Evrah Rose and the choir at Tŷ Pawb in February 2020.

Miss Rose is renowned for her powerful and insightful body of work which relate to her hometown of Wrexham and to contemporary themes, including homelessness, poverty and mental health.

She is the Poet in residence at Wrexham AFC and has performed before thousands of football fans at the Racecourse and at the recent Homeless World Cup in Cardiff. She has featured extensively on the BBC and performs regularly at spoken word events across the UK. On 26th September, she will launch Unspoken, her debut poetry collection published by Verve Poetry Press.

Miss Rose said: “I am excited to be able to collaborate with Wrexham One World Community Choir on Where Are We Now? and look forward to working alongside choir members to visit community projects they are involved with to hear and collate their stories into new spoken word and poetic pieces.

“Where Are We Now? will allow the voices of the often unheard to be given creative expression and I hope this project will go encourage people of all ages, backgrounds and experiences to get involved”.”

Musical Director of Wrexham One World Community Choir, Carol Donaldson said: “We are thrilled to have this opportunity to work with Evrah to create an inspirational project in Wrexham which brings together a fusion of music, spoken word and song all using the human voice. Anyone who wants to be part of the project is welcome to come along to our weekly practices at Tŷ Pawb.

Wrexham One World Community Choir will launch “Where Are We Now?” with Evrah Rose at the start of their new term at Tŷ Pawb at 7.30pm on Tuesday 3rd September. New members are welcome to join the choir and be part of the project.