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group formed in 2006, consisting of Daisy Chute,

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, Rachel Fabri, Melanie Nakhla and actress

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. The group's style was classical

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music and close harmony arrangement, with a repertoire spanning classical,

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'', ''

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'' (the choral arrangement of

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's ''

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'') and the ''Sancta Maria

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'', along with the ''

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's " The Scientist", True Colors, "Goodnight my Angel" (Billy Joel) Muses' "Starlight" and

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at Twickenham and at the England vs. USA football match in

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in the summer of 2008. They recorded their first three albums with Universal and have sold over 1 million albums to date. Their self-titled debut album, ''

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'', was released in 2006, and their second album, '' Into Paradise'', was released on 26 November 2007. A third album, ''Fly Away'', was released in January 2010. Songs on this album include

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", " Send In the Clowns",

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's "Sleep", and a duet with The Harlem Gospel Choir on "

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". They undertook a UK tour supporting

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. The group released their self-titled debut album ''

'' on 13 November 2006, entering the UK charts at number nine. It was the UK's fastest selling debut for a classical act and won them a platinum disc, and was also nominated in the

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album of the year category in 2007. They sang in front of the

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at the

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held at the

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on 9 November and at ''Silence in the Square'', a concert held in

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on 11 November. In December 2006 they released the single "

", the first ever Christmas single to be released in association with the

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and their

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. In 2007, they sang at the Classical BRIT Awards ceremony held on 3 May and broadcast on ITV on 6 May. They made a

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in the British soap opera ''

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'' during a wedding on 9 October 2007 singing "Songbird", and performed the same Summer at the Emmerdale Grampian Fare in Aberdeen for the Anthony Nolan Trust. They again sang at the Festival of Remembrance on 10 November. On 26 November they released a second album, ''Into Paradise'', which features "Nothing Compares 2 U" and "Sancte Deus". At the same time the album was released, the winner was announced of the national ''Angel Idol'' competition, run in conjunction with Classic FM to find a fifth member for the group. The winner was Alexandra Lawrie who then had the opportunity to record a track and perform with the girls at a concert in London on 28 November. They appeared on the

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2007 Christmas Service, held at

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in London and on the BBC 2007 New Year's Eve show, singing "

". On 14 January 2008, All Angels sang "

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" and "

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" in a one-off concert at the International Eisteddfod's launch in

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. On 27 January they appeared on ''

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'' on

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. In 2008, they embarked on a Cathedral tour in the Spring and further touring at open-air concerts venues, including Sandringham and Gawsworth Hall. They also performed for the Make a Wish Foundation Summer Ball at

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. On 11 July, they appeared at the

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. They went into the recording studio at the end of 2008 and into early 2009 recording tracks for their third album, ''Fly Away'', which was released in 2009. On 13 October 2009, All Angels performed a concert at Paisley Abbey with the Glasgow-based Les Sirènes Female Chamber Choir as part of the Paisley Choral Festival. The two groups collaborated on the song "I'll Fly Away" as a joint finale. They also performed their own concert at The Thaxted Festival. On 10 December 2009, they participated in the Birmingham Young Voices concert, singing with

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. All Angels returned for a second year to participate in the Young Voices Tour 2010, which kicked off in Birmingham. In November 2010, All Angels released an EP, titled "Starlight". In Spring 2011, they performed for the 90th Anniversary for the

in Alicante, Spain. All Angels were also asked to record the theme to the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final and to perform it at the match at

between

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Members

Daisy Chute

Daisy Chute (born 7 August 1989) is from

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. She studied at

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Edinburgh, where she was a chorister at St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral and

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and began her performing career at the age of nine as the young

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in the touring production of ''

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''. At the age of thirteen she appeared as a young

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in '' Stars in Their Eyes Kids'', and made her first appearance on the

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. At fifteen she recorded her debut album, ''Simply Jazz'' after she performed with a

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cabaret show at the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival and

. A track from her ''Simply Jazz'' album was played by

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on his

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'' Best of Jazz'' show making Chute the youngest performer to ever be showcased on his show. Chute finished her secondary schooling at

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on a full scholarship, where she studied voice, piano and

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and gained three A's at

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examinations. She then went on to study music at

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, graduating in 2011. In 2005 she was a joint winner of a Scottish songwriting competition for the music festival ''Burnsong'', with her song, ''Promises to Keep''. All the winning songs were performed professionally and broadcast live on

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. After meeting composer

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at the

's School Proms where she was fronting Loretto School ensemble, she was asked to sing on his television show, ''How Music Works'' where she performed the

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song " 'Tis a Gift to Be Simple" with Anastacia Nosobin on guitar on the first programme of the series. Goodall recommended Chute for inclusion in the group. She also recorded the theme tune for the BBC Radio series ''What Is Melody'' written by

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. In June 2006 she was a "Highly Commended" finalist in the joint

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Proms and

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newspaper Young Composer Competition. On 24 September 2006 she performed at

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in London, giving a solo recital of

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songs. She was signed to Universal Classics and Jazz (UCJ) on the day she turned seventeen, as part of All Angels. Chute has also had a brief stint presenting the

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news programme,

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at the Pop Poll Awards and interviewed

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and

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. In summer 2008, she was featured in ''Highland Heartbeat'', a Scottish music special filmed by American broadcaster PBS and broadcast throughout the US in the Spring of 2009. She performed last year touring the music societies as guest vocalist with classical guitarist, Simon Thacker and Camerata Ritmata. In 2008 Chute won the Scottish Music Centre's Young Composer's competition. Chute has since returned to her American and Scottish roots and spends most of her time songwriting in the Folk Americana genre. She has performed at sold out venues and festivals, such as

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. When she's not recording for her own project, you can hear her vocals and orchestrations on countless soundtracks for films, TV shows, games and for bands like

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and

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. Working with top orchestras in London (LMO, LCO, LSO) and at top studios (

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, Air, Angel), she has contributed to soundtracks including

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, Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order,

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, Cleaning Up,

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's Alive at the Natural History Museum, and

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-nominated The Informer, Athena,

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and BAFTA-winning

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and

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and many more. She appeared in the feature film Yesterday as an onstage

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player at Wembley and vocalist on the soundtrack in 2019. Chute is the co-founder of HEARD Collective - an artist collective who promote and support women in music, and the co-writer of COVEN - a gig theatre show about witches set to tour in 2020. Represented by Talentbanq Agency and an award-winning artist, Chute came first in the Coffee Music Project singer-songwriter competition with her song 'London's on Fire' in 2018 and her 5 most recent singles are being played in over 600 stores worldwide as the

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Artist of the Month. In 2024 Daisy was part of

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-winning ''The Birdsong Project'' along with Brian Calvin, Danny Romeril, Deedee Cheriel, Duke Riley, Eggpicnic, Ernesto Yerena,

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, Isobel Harvey, Jim Houser, Joonbug, Kevin Earl Taylor, Keya Tama, Lovehawk,

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, Monica Canilao, Ravi Zupa,

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, Sophie Wake,

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, and TOMO77.

Melanie Nakhla

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, Shropshire when she was three years old, where she attended Prestfelde School. She also attended Shrewsbury High School, until the age of 15. She began singing at a young age, joining the Shrewsbury Children's Choir when she was eight years old. She competed in the Oswestry

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when she was ten years old coming first in a singing competition. She was a student at

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where she was head of choir. She has also appeared at the Royal Opening production of Romany Wood at the Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury. She graduated from

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with a degree in French and Spanish. She has performed for the Diamond Jubilee in Shropshire. Melanie has worked at London Hotel, The Chiltern Firehouse since 2014 in an executive capacity. She also hosts a popular video blog about pizza.

Charlotte Ritchie

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'', Oregon in

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'', Alison in ''

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'', and George in '' Feel Good''.

Laura Wright

(born 17 June 1990) was a member of All Angels and left the group in 2010.

Rachel Fabri

Rachel Fabri (born 12 September 1985) was born in

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, she trained at the Masquerade Theatre Arts School. She also trained privately under the tuition of soprano Gillian Zammit. Rachel is a

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graduate from the

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. She later received a master's degree in Musical Theatre at the

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. She is an actor as well as a singer, singing all kinds of different styles. Rachel Fabri is the newest member of the group, having joined All Angels in July 2010. Fabri's acting roles have included performances at the

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as the lead role in 'Persephone', the

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in '

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' and Abdel Akle in the

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film '

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'. In May 2014 Fabri married Andrew Camilleri. She gave birth to their first child in October 2017, a daughter. Timeline

Discography

Albums

* 2006: ''

'' * 2007: '' Into Paradise'' * 2009: ''Fly Away''

EPs

* 2010: ''Starlight''

Singles

* 2006: "Songbird" * 2006: "

" * 2007: "

Featured

* 2007: ''The Number One Classical Album 2008'' – "Sancte Deus (Nimrod) * 2008: ''Tenor at the Movies'' – "Vois Sur Ton Chemin" from Les Choristes with

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* 2008: ''A New World'' – "Anytime Anywhere" with

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References

External links

All Angels official
on

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