ALAIKAPELA
ABESBATZAGOSPELCORO
ABOUT US
We are a Gospel choir from Navarra that emerged in 2006 from a popular initiative. Our name, a combination of ‘A capela’ in Spanish and ‘Alaitasuna’ in Basque (which means “Happy”), tries to capture that spirit of fraternity and love for music and singing.
The Alaikapela choir is made up of about thirty people who sing songs “a cappella” (without instruments) and that take us back to black spiritual melodies, many of them born from the slavery that took place in the United States between the 15th and 19th centuries.
The gospel takes us to those cotton fields or to those clandestine meetings where suffering, supplication and gratitude gave rise to these songs that we perform today.
This spirit of struggle and freedom brought to music is the basis of our songs, examples of which are some as representative as “Oh Happy Day” or “Freedom.”
We feel that Black Spirituals and Gospel songs allow us to share an emotional expression of our voice.
This spiritual music originated in the time of slavery and has been a collective song that has crossed borders making it possible for us to identify with and perform. Gospel music today is timeless and interracial.
OUR DIRECTOR
Daniel Amatriain Miranda is our choir director. Being just 5 years old he began his music studies in Calahorra, the town where he was born. And at the age of 16 he finished them specializing in both Piano and Transverse Flute at the Professional Conservatory. To date, he is the youngest student to get two degrees.
Daniel has also studied Jazz Singing at the Higher Conservatory of Pamplona and also holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management (bilingual) issued by the University of Navarra.
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