Award winning Haraya Choir was officially formed in 2017 and debuted in a sold out concert at St. Peter's Church in Notting Hill. Haraya means "imagination" or "vision" in Tagalog. Haraya won 1st prizes at the North Wales Choir Festival (Pop and Mixed Choir categories) in 2022 and the grand prize at the Manchester Amateur Choir Competition in 2020. 

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Having different professions and backgrounds with singers mostly nurses and staff from the NHS/healthcare sector, the members are unified through their shared passion for singing and musical excellence. 

The choir has already performed in a number of prestigious venues and events which include a concert at St. John's Smith Square, a diplomatic reception at the Langham, a fundraising ball at the Lansdowne Club, as opera chorus in Die Fledermaus at the Wilton's Music Hall and carolling in Trafalgar Square and Soho Square.

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Haraya was featured in the award-winning independent British Filipino film "Raging Grace" (SXSW Film Festival Grand Jury Award, Neuchatel International Film Festival- Best Feature Film, Audience Award, Youth Jury Award, International Critic's Award), performing a Filipino piece in the movie, which is included in the film soundtrack. 

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The ensemble was also invited to take part in a photo editorial, published in the Family Portrait Magazine Issue Three in the "Take it to the Chorus" series, handpicked and shot by award winning London/New York based British Photographer and Director Samuel Bradley (Vogue, GQ, shooting for brands such as Burberry, Dior, Paul Smith, ASOS, UNIQLO, MTV, Microsoft, etc.) during one of their London rehearsals wearing traditional Filipino dress.

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They have  done workshops from a few of the world's recognised best choirs (by ClassicFM, BBC Music Magazine, Classical-Music.com), "The Sixteen", and Grammy nominated "VOCES 8". Haraya also had a masterclass with Dr. Douglas Coombes MBE, a prolific conductor, composer and music educator who regularly performs in the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Barbican, who over a period of 20 years, wrote, produced and broadcast two BBC Programmes for Schools, he has been awarded the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 2012 for his services to music.

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The Haraya repertoire includes a wide range of styles, genres and idioms which include sacred, classical, pop, opera, folk and contemporary. Haraya also strives to promote both Filipino and British music in their concerts and performances. 

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Haraya Choir is a beneficiary of the International Culture & Arts Exchange London (ICAEL).