SOUTH ASIAN CHOIR : JAI HO

Surtal Community Choir is super excited to perform at Darley Park Concert 2025, Derby on Sunday 31 August, 6pm as part of Sinfonia Viva. Directed by Kamalbir Singh, the choir group will present ‘Jai Ho ‘, a medly of iconic Bollywood songs that incorporate multiple Indian languages, reflecting India’s diverse linguistic landscape.   It’s a great opportunity for Surtal Arts to mark South Asian Heritage Month at a mainstream and celebrate diversity of India.  Darley Park Concert is organised by Derby Live. For details please visit Surtal Arts.

Surtal Community Choir was formed during Covid time to combat social isolation in 2020.  The group continues to meet every Sunday and now has 15 regular members who comes from diverse parts of India and Pakistan.  They sing in Bengali, Gujrati, Punjabi, Tamil, Hindi and Urdu.  The choir group’s first public performance was in 2021 when it organised a Rememberance Sunday choir remembering and honouring South Asian soldiers who lost their lives in First and Second World Wars.  The choir group continues to honour for our brave South Asian soldiers every year and now it has become part of Derby Season of Light (DSOL) annual festival. DSOL is organised by Surtal Arts in partnership with other arts and cultural partners from Derby and Derbyshire between October to December.