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Updated On: 05 May, 2024 08:40 AM IST | Mumbai | Tanya Syed
SoBo House of Music teachers and students collaborate with Tiger Baby Records and Platoon Music to create a youthful and upbeat EP, with six students singing about their teenage dreams
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(left to right) First row: Stephen Fernandes, Soha Koradia, Annika Nair, Shriya Rao, Nathan D’souza. Centre: Divisha Khandelwal, Sana Lamba
In 2011, Stephen Fernandes was working as a vocal coach at Cathedral and John Connon High School. In the time spent teaching children music, he came across musical talent that was hard to ignore. It was that thought that led him to create the SoBo House of Music in 2014, dedicated to nurturing young talent. In 2017, musician Bradley Tellis, who was once a part of the band The Colour Compound, decided to join Fernandes.
“Both of us grew up making music together. When we started the school, our aim was to give young artists the space and opportunities we didn’t have,” Tellis told mid-day. While they started out with 70 students almost a decade ago, they now tutor around 500 children starting from the age of five. Six of these students are now featured in the EP titled Dance With Me, produced by the school’s instructors—the co-founders, along with Garth D’mello and Nathan D’souza. It’s the third in a series of four children’s music EPs, in collaboration with Platoon Music, an Apple-owned artist services and music distribution company, and Tiger Baby Records.
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