An Interview with a Former Libera Member
Nov 23
19:14
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Just some days ago, I was fortunate enough to bump in with a former Libera Member (whose name we will withhold since his still a minor and he requested for his anonymity at the same time.) Safe to say he is one of those who has endeared himself to Libera fans all over the world. For the purpose of this interview we will refer to him as "Choirster".
Choirster was really nice and accommodating. When I told him I'm from the Philippines (where Libera recently had a tour) and that he had lots of fans there which includes myself, he was surprised but quite humbly he thanked me.
I asked him if I could have the pleasure of having an interview with him. 10 questions, 10 answers, as straightforward as that. He graciously obliged only with the condition of anonymity.
So I made up 10 random questions which he answered and below are the transcripts:
Libera360: Do you miss being in Libera?
Choirster: I don't miss it at all as I still get to see everyone every Sunday at the services.
Libera360: What is it you miss most in the group?
Choirster: I don't miss any of it but the thing i would miss the most would be all the very strong friendships I had.
Libera360: What is your life like after Libera?
Choirster: Its basically the same but now i have more time to do anything else.
Libera360: Which concert tour would you remember most?
Choirster: I will always remember the biggest concert on my first tour when I got to sign my first autographs, the first time where I ever felt famous properly.
Libera360: What's your reaction to the sudden outpour of support for your music recently?
Choirster: I didn't even know that that had happened.
Libera360: What are your future plans?
Choirster: In the future i will just try to become successful at whatever I will do but I haven't decided yet what I will want to do.
Libera360: What has Libera thought you?
Choirster: Libera has really made it easier for me to sing, read/play music and loads of other things about music such as notes.
Libera360: What's the most memorable thing you ever did in Libera?
Choirster: I will always remember the tours as we got to stay in very nice hotels which we all had freedom to do what we wanted most of the time e.g. play games.
Libera360: What is your favorite Libera song?
Choirster: My favorite song is Sanctus as there is so much harmony going on together that makes it even better.
Libera360: What would you like to say to all Libera fans around the world?
Choirster: all i would say is "keep supporting Libera all the way"
I am amazed at how these boys treat their success after Libera. On and off the cameras and concert halls, they have managed to keep their feet on the ground and still enjoy their youth. I think this is what we as fans should learn and always remember; that as big as a musical icon as they are to us, we must always uphold and protect their interests as young people.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Update on blog
I have decided to keep this blog going on in the new year 2010. I may not keep it updated everyday, but will try to add new pictures and videos on a weekly basis.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
December Birthday Boys!
Liam December 4th
Age: 14
Tiarnan Branson 17th
Age: 13
Carlos Rodriguez (unknown date)
Age:11
Daniel Fontannaz (unknown date)
Age: 14
James Mordaunt (unknown date)
Age: 11
Kavana Crossley (unknown date)
Age:11
Age: 14
Tiarnan Branson 17th
Age: 13
Carlos Rodriguez (unknown date)
Age:11
Daniel Fontannaz (unknown date)
Age: 14
James Mordaunt (unknown date)
Age: 11
Kavana Crossley (unknown date)
Age:11
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Choir Member Of The Week-Ralph Skan
Joined Choir: 2006
Birthdate: August 1998
Age: 11
Information: Ralph first album he sung on was Angel Voices in 2006. His first live public apperance was at the Queen Elizabeth Hall concert on May May 11,2008. Ralph loves to play football (soccer) with his dad and enjoys watching TV in his sparetime.
Albums: Angel Voices (2006) New Dawn (2008)
Video:
2008
You Were There
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Gaudete [2008]
Libera & Aled - Once In Royal David's City
Libera & Aled - O Come All Ye Faithful
Libera & Aled - O Little Town Of Bethlehem
2009
Songs of Praise Special
I Am The Day
Refferences:
http://www.liberafans.org/
Jon
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Angelvoices/
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Polling Results-"Spokesboys"
Josh and Tom have been the "spokesboys" of Libera who will be the next spokesboys for the group?
1. Kavana Crossley (11)
Steffan Leadbeter (11)
2. Ralph Skan (8)
3. James Mordaunt (7)
Flynn Marks (7)
4. Alfie Smart (4)
Freddie Ingles (4)
James Threadgill (4)
5. Sammy Moriarty (2)
Daniel Fontannaz (2)
Carlos Rodrguez (2)
Henry Barrington (2)
Matthew Rangel-Alvares (2)
1. Kavana Crossley (11)
Steffan Leadbeter (11)
2. Ralph Skan (8)
3. James Mordaunt (7)
Flynn Marks (7)
4. Alfie Smart (4)
Freddie Ingles (4)
James Threadgill (4)
5. Sammy Moriarty (2)
Daniel Fontannaz (2)
Carlos Rodrguez (2)
Henry Barrington (2)
Matthew Rangel-Alvares (2)
Friday, November 27, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Choir Member Of The Week-Tiarnan Branson
Joined Choir: 2006
Birthdate: December 17,1996
Age: 12
Information:
Tiarnan made his first public appearance on November 19, 2006 during the video Songs of Praise and he has also been on Sanctus IV. When Tiarnan gets a some free time he enjoys playing computer games or playing Badminton with his friends. Also he loves to watch old TV game shows.
Albums:
Angel Voices (2006)
Libera In Concert (2007)
New Dawn (2008)
Video:
2006
Sanctus IV
2007
Salva Me
In Concert [St John's, March 2007]
Silent Night [Leiden, Holland 2007]
2008
New Dawn Promo
Orinoco Flow [Last Choir Standing]
You Were There
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Gaudete
Libera & Aled - Once In Royal David's City
Libera & Aled - O Come All Ye Faithful
Libera & Aled - O Little Town Of Bethlehem
2009
Songs of Praise Special
I Am The Day
Sanctus
Refferences:
www.liberansfan.org
Jon
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Angelvoices/
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Background On Song-Adoramus
ADORAMUS
Robert Prizeman is the director of Libera. He and producer Ian Tilley both used to sing at the same place in South London where the present Libera boys live –indeed they went to some of the same schools. So Libera crosses the generations. This song is co-written by Ian and Robert.
Robert Prizeman is the director of Libera. He and producer Ian Tilley both used to sing at the same place in South London where the present Libera boys live –indeed they went to some of the same schools. So Libera crosses the generations. This song is co-written by Ian and Robert.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Choir Member Of The Week-Alex Leggett
Joined Choir: 2006
Birthdate: July 1996
Age: 13
Information:
Alex had his first public appearance on November 19,2006 on the Songs of Praise video while singing the song Sanctus. Most recently Alex appeared on the British TV show When will I be famous. When Alex has some free time he likes to play computer games and hang out with his friends. His friends have a nickname for him Lex.
Albums:
Angel Voices (2006)
Libera In Concert (2007)
New Dawn (2008)
Video Appearances:
2006
Sanctus IV
2007
When Will I Be Famous - Sanctus 1
When Will I Be Famous - Sanctus 2
When Will I Be Famous [17/02/2007]
When Will I Be Famous [24/02/2007]
When Will I Be Famous - Salva Me
Salva Me
In Concert [St John's, March 2007]
Silent Night [Leiden, Holland 2007]
2008
New Dawn Promo
Orinoco Flow [Last Choir Standing]
You Were There
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Gaudete
Libera & Aled - Once In Royal David's City
Libera & Aled - O Little Town Of Bethlehem
2009
Songs of Praise Special
I Am The Day
Sanctus
Refferences:
www.liberafans.org
Jon
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Angelvoices/
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Background on Song-Far Away
This atmospheric song has been a hit in Japan where it is used as the theme music to a TV drama series – adding to Libera’s fame in the Far East where extra security is needed at the end of concerts to control the fans! The song, which was written only a few months ago, begins intimately and builds to an exciting
cascading chorus, as all the harmony parts sing their tunes across each other.Tom Cully sings the solo.
cascading chorus, as all the harmony parts sing their tunes across each other.Tom Cully sings the solo.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Surfing The Internet for Boys Choirs
Since I travel the internet daily for hours looking for anything related to boys choirs I have found that our Angel Voices/Libera is the only one the allows informmation of the boys besides giving us the names of the boys. The choirs I have found all over the world only one stands out and that is the Vienna Boys Choir with lots of videos and picture gallerys, but NO names of the choir members. That saying once again we are very, very lucky to have a most understanding Libera organization that allows us an insight in to the boys and their hoibbies.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Stalking Libera Boys On Internet
As you know I am daily going to all the websites and bloggers to get any information to pass along to you. The lastest talk in forums is that Libera is having problems with people trying to get in touch with the boys past and present through such sites as Facebook and Myspace. Here is a chat from Libera Dream Fanforum website forum from today.
TEB (Moderator) tcliffy wrote:
After due consideration on the part of the Moderators (and please note that no one is actually in trouble) we, as a group, have begun to seriously worry about allowing people attempt to find the Libera boys, both past and present, on facebook. Obviously, we can't control what you do outside the forum as it is not our concern, but I must beseech each of you to let them be. I, thus far, have no reason not to trust any of you, but 'cyber-stalkers' do exist and every precaution must be made to protect the boys' and their privacy. Please do not go and look them up on either myspace or facebook and under no circumstance should you try and engage in conversation with them. If you'd like to talk to them, as a whole, I'm sure we can try and arrange some way of letting you write them and possibly create a fan-mail process thing. If you have any question/comments, post them here.
tcliffy (Super Moderator) Well, Libera has responded to me and I will tell you exactly what they said...
"Libera discourages individual boys from entering into any kind of correspondence with fans - via Facebook or other social networking sites, or as penpals.It would not be appropriate to write letters to the group as a whole. We are very happy to see the messages that supporters leave in our guest books but the correspondence has to stop there, and we hope that fans would respect the privacy of all our members - both past and present." Sorry folks, no letter writing unless you do it on their website.
http://www.libera-dreams.com/
TEB (Moderator) tcliffy wrote:
After due consideration on the part of the Moderators (and please note that no one is actually in trouble) we, as a group, have begun to seriously worry about allowing people attempt to find the Libera boys, both past and present, on facebook. Obviously, we can't control what you do outside the forum as it is not our concern, but I must beseech each of you to let them be. I, thus far, have no reason not to trust any of you, but 'cyber-stalkers' do exist and every precaution must be made to protect the boys' and their privacy. Please do not go and look them up on either myspace or facebook and under no circumstance should you try and engage in conversation with them. If you'd like to talk to them, as a whole, I'm sure we can try and arrange some way of letting you write them and possibly create a fan-mail process thing. If you have any question/comments, post them here.
tcliffy (Super Moderator) Well, Libera has responded to me and I will tell you exactly what they said...
"Libera discourages individual boys from entering into any kind of correspondence with fans - via Facebook or other social networking sites, or as penpals.It would not be appropriate to write letters to the group as a whole. We are very happy to see the messages that supporters leave in our guest books but the correspondence has to stop there, and we hope that fans would respect the privacy of all our members - both past and present." Sorry folks, no letter writing unless you do it on their website.
http://www.libera-dreams.com/
Latest News From LIbera-New Album!!!
Libera We have recently been in the recording studio, working on our new album which we expect to be released in March 2010. To get a sneak preview you can download one track for free from EMI by going to this link!
http://www.emiclassics.com/liberadownload/index.htmlLibera
register to receive free track
Source: http://www.emiclassics.com/
Song Title: “O Sanctissima” (4:33 minutes) Load:5.3M
http://www.emiclassics.com/liberadownload/index.htmlLibera
register to receive free track
Source: http://www.emiclassics.com/
Song Title: “O Sanctissima” (4:33 minutes) Load:5.3M
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Choir Member Of The Week-Alfie Smart
Joined Choir: 2008
Birthdate: August 1998
Age: 11
Information:
Alfie enjoys singing in the choir and when he is not singing he likes to play the trumpet and playing football (soccer) with his friends. They have given Alfie a nickname Alf.
Video Appearances:
2008
You Were There
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Gaudete [2008]
Libera & Aled - Once In Royal David's City
Libera & Aled - O Come All Ye Faithful
2009
Songs of Praise Special
I Am The Day
Sanctus
Refferances:
www.liberafans.org
Jon
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Angelvoices
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Comments about Tom & Josh
There is some chatter about Tom and Josh and why they are so brown while on the Philippine Tour. Most are commenting that Tom's mom is Vietmaese while Joshua is a cousin of Sam and Alex Leggit and Jacob Wood.
Twitter-November 4
And it just keeps getting better. We now have over 7000 facebook fans. That's a thousand in just over one week. ... http://bit.ly/2lh2yz
about 20 hours ago from Facebook
about 20 hours ago from Facebook
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Twitter-November 3
Thanks to all of you who have rated and commented on Bayan Ko on Youtube - you have made it the top discussed video... http://bit.ly/477sxK
3:54 AM Nov 1st from Facebook Safely home ahead of the latest Typhoon - ours was the last flight to leave Manila!! http://bit.ly/3iIrXr
2:05 AM Nov 1st from Facebook Thx for rating our vid of Bayan Ko - you've made it the most discussed vid on Youtube this weekend. http://bit.ly/3IYxRB
1:53 AM Nov 1st from TweetDeck
3:54 AM Nov 1st from Facebook Safely home ahead of the latest Typhoon - ours was the last flight to leave Manila!! http://bit.ly/3iIrXr
2:05 AM Nov 1st from Facebook Thx for rating our vid of Bayan Ko - you've made it the most discussed vid on Youtube this weekend. http://bit.ly/3IYxRB
1:53 AM Nov 1st from TweetDeck
Background To Song-Abide With Me
ABIDE WITH ME
One of the most famous hymns in the world, sung by almost every denomination. The words were written by Henry Lyte shortly before his own death, almost as if it were a prayer of his own before passing away. Bizarrely, it has been sung almost every year since 1927 in the U.K. by the crowds at the FA football cup
final.
One of the most famous hymns in the world, sung by almost every denomination. The words were written by Henry Lyte shortly before his own death, almost as if it were a prayer of his own before passing away. Bizarrely, it has been sung almost every year since 1927 in the U.K. by the crowds at the FA football cup
final.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Polling results October 18-31
If you were allowed to ask a Libera boy questions what would they be?
1. How close are you guys to each other? (10)
1. Are any of the boys also your best friends outside of Libera? (10)
2. What country would you like to tour next? (5)
3. Do you understand the meaning of the song? (4)
3. Is it hard to keep your grades up in school? (4)
4. What emotions you feel when you sing? (3)
4. What do you like about Libera? (3)
4. Do your schoolmates know you sing with Libera? (3)
4. Do your friends treat you differently at school? (3)
5. What do your friends think of you being in Libera? (2)
1. How close are you guys to each other? (10)
1. Are any of the boys also your best friends outside of Libera? (10)
2. What country would you like to tour next? (5)
3. Do you understand the meaning of the song? (4)
3. Is it hard to keep your grades up in school? (4)
4. What emotions you feel when you sing? (3)
4. What do you like about Libera? (3)
4. Do your schoolmates know you sing with Libera? (3)
4. Do your friends treat you differently at school? (3)
5. What do your friends think of you being in Libera? (2)
Choir Member Of The Week-Carlos RodrÃguez
Joined Choir: 2008
Birthdate: December 1998
Age: 10
Information:
When Carlos is not singing with Libera he enjoys watching TV or playing football (soccer) outside with friends.
Video Appearances:
2008
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Gaudete [2008]
Libera & Aled - Once In Royal David's City
Libera & Aled - O Come All Ye Faithful
2009
Songs of Praise Special
I Am The Day
http://www.liberafans.org/
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Angelvoices/
Complete Listing of Libera 2008-2009
Alex Leggett
Age: 13
Alfie Smart
Age: 11
Ben Philipp
Age: 13
Carlos Rodiguez
Age: 10
Daniel Fontannaz
Age: 13
Ed Day
Age: 13
Freddie Ingles
Age: 9
Flynn Marks
Age: 10
Henry Barrington
Age: ?
Jakob Wood
Age: 12
James Mordaunt
Age: 10
James Threadgill
Age: 12
Jonathan Barrington
Age: 14
Josh Madine
Age: 15
Kavana Crossley
Age: 10
Liam Connery
Age: 13
Matthew Rangel-Alvares
Age: ?
Michael Vereycken
Age: 14
Oliver Cole
Age: 14
Ralph Skan
Age: 11
Sam Leggett
Age: 15
Sammy Moriarty
Age: 11
Steffan Leadbeater
Age: 11
Tiarnan Branson
Age: 12
Tom Cole
Age: ?
Tom Cully
Age: 15
Zack Lockett
Age: 13
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