Pete Churchill on rehearsals for Voicelab

I arrived at the Southbank Centre to discover a choir of dozens of amateur singers rehearsing the classic Duke Ellington tune Mood Indigo, led by Pete Churchill as part of the Southbank's Voicelab project. Over post-rehearsal coffee, he explained how it all worked, and how even the most seemingly-complex music can be easily tackled with the right tuition. Later in the day, the Voicelab students came together to give a performance to a packed Clore Ballroom - they really were the stars of the day!

Listen to our conversation.