Free charity choir performance by The Invisible Friends (TIF) Derby, bringing together young people with and without disabilities to sing about invisible disabilities.
The Invisible Friends (TIF) Derby Choir are singing at Derby Market Hall on Sunday 20 December, from 11:00 to 12:00. It's a morning set, so you'll be out by lunchtime.
The choir is part of The Invisible Friends, a registered charity co-founded by Abbie Tabberer that uses music to raise awareness of invisible disabilities among children and young people. The Derby choir brings together invisibly disabled, visibly disabled and non-disabled young people to sing at events across and around the city. They describe their repertoire as being sung 'loud and proud', and they aim to be a voice for other children and young people who suffer in silence, encouraging everyone to 'look beyond what the eye can see'.
There's a clear thread of inclusivity running through the whole thing. The charity brings younger members of society together as one, working from the belief that in every disability there is the ability to shine. It's that mix of voices — disabled and non-disabled singing side by side — that sits at the heart of what they do.
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The venue is Derby Market Hall, the Grade II-listed Victorian market hall on Market Place that dates back to 1866. It's been restored and is still standing, and it recently launched 160 Years of Derby Market Hall, a free audio guide that walks you through its origins, its distinctive architecture and the many changes it's gone through since it first opened. If you're arriving early or sticking around after the choir, that's a good way to get a proper sense of the building.
The choir sings from 11:00 to 12:00, and entry is free.
