A choir that only sings at dawn

A choir that only sings at dawn

Rehearsals before the first bus.

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Twenty-two people, one church hall, and rehearsals that end when the first bus goes past the window.

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  1. 00:00 — Warm-ups in the dark
  2. 19:30 — The bus as a metronome
  3. 38:10 — The dawn concert

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Maya Okafor

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Maya Okafor

Maya records the city between midnight and sunrise — bakers, cab drivers, night nurses and the occasional saxophonist. Before podcasting she spent a decade producing late-night radio.

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