La Diva Tenerife Tour 2025

On Wednesday 11th June, 21 members of Bishop Luffa’s La Diva Choir flew to Tenerife to take part in an inspirational singing project.

In conjunction with Nuryana School, our partner school in Tenerife, the choir performed at two venues. The first performance was to a packed audience at the beautiful concert hall at Conservatoire of Music of Santa Cruz, on Thursday 12th June. Together with members of Nuryana School’s chamber choir and the junior choristers of the Conservatoire, they performed Leonard Cohen’s Halleluiah. In addition, the choir performed their own interpretation of Mozart’s Ave Verum, Coldplay’s Fix You, and City of Stars from La La Land.

On the following day, the choir rehearsed and performed at Nuryana’s grand end-of-year graduation, in front of hundreds of students, as well as family, friends and teaching staff. After a professional sound check in the morning, the choir sang Ave Verum, City of Stars and Mary Mary’s Shackles. In addition, conducted by Nuryana’s Head of Music, they sang Halleluiah with the school chamber choir. It was a very emotional experience, and a great honour for all to be involved.

Saturday saw everyone enjoy a well-earned rest, after an incredibly busy and intense couple of days, walking many kilometres a day, rehearsing, changing in and out of costumes, and trying out local cuisine … The choir and staff took the tram from their accommodation in La Laguna to the Lido in Santa Cruz. Mrs Bowen-Melfi had arranged tickets for everyone to relax by the pool and have a well-earned ice cream.

This was a fantastic taste of what it is to be a professional musician and work on tour as part of a chamber choir.

Jane Bowen-Melfi, Head of Music & Susie Cooke, EAL Coordinator