Doubtful Sounds

Doubtful Sounds is a community choir based in Wellington, New Zealand. The choir mainly sings a capella arrangements of popular songs. The director is Bryan Crump, who formed the choir in 2009.{{cite web| url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/125685943/the-secret-life-of-rnz-nights-presenter-bryan-crump| title=The secret life of RNZ Nights presenter Bryan Crump| date=10 July 2021| work=Stuff | first=Andre | last=Chumko| access-date=11 July 2021}}{{cite news| url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/summer-days/audio/2018678815/the-doubtful-sounds-in-session |title= The Doubtful Sounds in session| work=RNZ | date=18 January 2019| access-date=11 July 2021}} Crump arranges much of the music for the choir.{{cite news| url=https://issuu.com/the.star/docs/212235kn| title=A new twist on your old faves| work=Kapiti News |date=22 August 2012|page=22|access-date=11 July 2021}}

Crump was also for 17 years the host of a long-running radio programme on Radio New Zealand - Nights.{{cite news| url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/presenters/bryan-crump| title=Bryan Crump| work=RNZ | access-date=11 July 2021}}

The choir has performed in various venues around Wellington, including St. Peter's Anglican Church, and community halls at Breaker Bay and Paekākāriki. Some notable performances have been given in unusual venues such as the stone circle at Stonehenge Aotearoa, and underground in the Wrights Hill Fortress.{{cite news| url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/98601338/wellingtons-wrights-hill-fortress-opens-for-remembrance-day-performance | title=Wellington's Wrights Hill Fortress opens for Remembrance Day performance| work=Stuff| date=8 November 2017| access-date=11 July 2021}}{{cite news| url=https://info.scoop.co.nz/The_Doubtful_Sounds| title=The Doubtful Sounds - Latest News| work=Scoop| access-date=11 July 2021}}

References

Category:New Zealand choirs

Category:Musical groups from Wellington