Voice Of Joy

Voice of Joy is a gospel choir with young singers from Haugesund and the surrounding area. The singers have different backgrounds and experience, but a common passion in the gospel song. The message is central to the Voice of Joy and is fundamental to what the choir does. Voice of Joy was started in 1995 as a result of the Karmøy Gospel Festival. The festival is a compilation of young choral singers who gather every year at Karmøy. Petter Losnegård started Voice of Joy as a project choir who practiced a few times a year the first time. This has now developed into a choir with weekly practice, approx. 40 - 50 performances each year, three recordings and tours both domestically and abroad. For the past 5 years, Voice of Joy has toured annually in the United States with participation in the Music & Worship Conference in Christ Church, Nashville, as a central part of the program. In addition to this, the choir has had concerts all over Norway and in England and Ireland. Voice of Joy has produced 3 CD recordings in 2003, 2005 and 2007. The latter is a concert recording made in Brentwood Baptist Chruch in Nashville and produced by renowned American producer David Hamilton. The recording has been done with American musicians and Patrick Henderson and Kirk Whalum (scissors) with as guests. The group is constantly facing new challenges and exciting assignments. In November 2008, the choir launched its first Christmas album, Bethlehem.