On Wednesday the 18th of July four lucky students from St Monica’s Primary School Evatt and St Gregory’s Queanbeyan represented the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn at a choir recording that will feature on Andrew Chinn’s latest album, “Rise Up!”.

Jennifer, Charlize, Trisha and Louise were joined by 23 students from surrounding Dioceses who had been selected personally by Andrew who had heard each of the children sing at their school or parish over the past two years.

The students recorded vocals on seven songs at the Robertson Brothers Studio in the Blue Mountains and their parents also had the opportunity to record, singing on a song “With A Father’s Heart, With A Mother’s Heart”, inspired by a conversation Pope Francis had with a young boy, Emanuele, whose father had passed away.

“It’s always an amazing moment to hear these voices, from all over the state, sing their first
notes together,” said Andrew Chinn.

“They were a very sweet choir and very efficient. It took us less than two hours to record all seven songs. It was also a lot of fun, plenty of laughter and smiles.”

The album will be released digitally and in CD form in December this year. Recordings in
Melbourne and Adelaide are to follow in July and August.