Gareth Malone

Gareth Malone is a British choirmaster and broadcaster who became well known for the BBC television series The Choir, in which he forms choirs from unlikely groups of people. Born in London in 1975, he trained at the Royal Academy of Music. His Military Wives Choir performed a charity single that became the Christmas number one in 2011. He was appointed an OBE in 2012 for services to music.