Sound of Home is the sixth studio album from the Young Voices Brandenburg on the Junge Töne label. The concept for the CD focuses on popular repertoire relating the questions "Where I come from, where I belong and where I feel at home".[1][2]
Background
Jack Cooper preparing for Sound of Home recording sessions with Young Voices of Brandenburg, February 2016
The concept of the Sound of Home CD came from director Marc Secara in asking the questions "Where I come from, where I belong and where I feel at home". The repertoire chosen for the album was closely coordinated with 7 arrangers Secara trusted to write cover versions of hit tunes dating back to Antônio Carlos Jobims 1959 composition Chega de Saudade and the tradition Germany folksong Schlaflied. The program for the CD comes all the way forward to songs made popular by more recently artists such as Michael Bublé, Johannes Oerding, and Melody Gardot. Original material from within the ensemble is also included on the release.[3]
Performance and premiere of the Sound of Home, June 5, 2016 in Berlin Germany at the Heimathafen Neukölln Theatre.[4] A special feature with RBB Kulturradio was broadcast on Saturday, June 4 at 7:10 a.m ("Das Porträt" program) about the "Sound of Home" CD and the release.[5] A tour of the state of Brandenburg was used to promote and the CD through the Summer of 2016; first touring July 30 through August 11.[6][7][8][9] The tour for Sound of Home is featured on a RBB television special (was first aired on September 22, 2016).[10]
