国籍：英国 活跃年代：2011 年至今 简介：Military Wives are a British choir formed by Gareth Malone through the fourth series of the BBC TV series The Choir. Malone formed the choir at two British Military bases in Devon (Chivenor Barracks (a tri service base) and Royal Citadel, Plymouth). He sought to enlist voices for an all-women choir – the wives and girlfriends of military personnel deployed to Afghanistan. The climax of the television series was the performance of the Military Wives at The Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on 12 November 2011.Their debut single, "Wherever You Are" was released on 19 December 2011 and became the 2011 UK Singles Chart Christmas number one. 从艺历程：The first choir held their first rehearsal in April 2010 in Catterick Garrison. It was the idea of two Scots Guards wives (Nicky Clarke and Caroline Jopp) who decided, whilst their husbands were deployed in Afghanistan in 2009, to put up posters at the Garrison to actively encourage and look for women interested in singing together, to help support and give the wives a focus whilst their husbands were deployed. They engaged a well-known local music teacher and set about putting together a choir made up of wives, girlfriends, and servicewomen and so the first choir was formed. A letter was written to choirmaster Gareth Malone looking for help and support with the choir. At that time, he was receiving acclaim for his BBC television programme, The Choir, and felt that this was an idea that could be replicated. Malone then went to RMB Chivenor to start another choir there. Following the success at Chivenor, Malone, as part of the series, formed another choir at the Royal Citadel, Plymouth. Following the broadcast of the series and the release of the single Wherever You Are, more choirs were added at CTCRM, Lympstone and HMNB Portsmouth. The five choirs of Catterick, Chivenor, Plymouth, Portsmouth and Lympstone were invited to contribute to the album In My Dreams under the name Military Wives.