[{"text_idx": "#000016", "text": "Every year since 2010, Sing Up has set aside an extra special day to celebrate the power of song and spread a little singing. The next Sing Up Day will be Wednesday 28 June 2023."}, {"text_idx": "#000017", "text": "Curious to know more about the musicians behind its sea-themed Sing Up Day anthem, Dreams across the ocean? Laura Bradshaw and Joseff Gnagbo introduce themselves and talk a bit about the song they created."}, {"text_idx": "#000018", "text": "\u2018I\u2019m a composer and community musician, and a flautist, trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. I\u2019ve worked in schools, teaching classroom singing in primary and secondary schools. I am now facilitating community music workshops with people who are displaced from their home countries with the award-winning project Oasis One World Choir. Unity and hope are key themes among our participants, and I often facilitate songwriting within the group, who now have a rich repertoire of self-created songs on our YouTube channel. I also regularly perform with the trio Bread and Roses with folk singer Frankie Armstrong and Pauline Down.\u2019"}, {"text_idx": "#000019", "text": "\u2018I am a singer and rapper from Ivory Coast who came to the UK due to having to flee violence in my home country. I have added much to my new home in Cardiff, Wales via songs and songwriting skills, and have collaborated with Laura on creating several songs \u2013 a collaboration we are both keen to continue with. I\u2019m a linguist (fluent in 6 languages, with a working knowledge of other languages) and am currently studying for an MA Welsh Master\u2019s by Research. I am a collaborator with Oasis One World Choir and with renowned Welsh language poet Mererid Hopwood.\u2019"}, {"text_idx": "#000027", "text": "Telerau ac Amodau / T&Cs"}]