New Hope Choir

The New Hope Choir is St. John Secondary School's official choir and the rivals of Annika's mean girl group, Mr. Stalin the Voice Adrenalin of Birmingham Secondary School and allies of the theatre and orchestra clubs. It is currently merged into the Theatre Troupe and is already a show choir.

History
When Reece was 13 and was in Year 7(in the year 2015), Ms. Jackson assigned him to form a choir to make the school's official choir along with assigning him to be the choir director and leader. He invited his best friend, tenor 2 Blake to join along with baritone(tenor in solos) James, bass Tristan, Australian baritenor Luke, New Zealand-Australian tenor Calum, Australian tenor Michael and Australian tenor Ashton. They were the founding members of New Hope Choir.

A year after the group was formed in 2016, nobody auditioned for the choir. This is due to their peer pressure at that time and they were just starting their teens.

A year later in 2017, Blake's younger brother, tenor Brad, Scottish tenor Connor and South African-Australian baritone Troy auditioned along with some other students. Brad, Connor and Troy were soon qualified to join the choir. Connor became the first member of Scottish descent to join and Troy became the first of South African Jewish descent.

Another year later in 2018, Reece founded a shy blonde boy on oxygen and asked him to join the choir. The boy revealed that his name is George and he accepted. He later auditioned to join the choir and because of his angelic voice, he made it in. Since he is shy, he decided to be a bass singer but in solos, he is a baritone. He also went off oxygen by the time he joined the choir.

Then when the show started in 2019, Blake and Brad suggested to Zoe that she should join the choir. At first she was shy but when the siblings encountered Reece after Zoe sang in the basketball/football court, she is finally able to audition. At first all of her classmates who decided to audition(including Annika) were disqualified but when Zoe auditioned, she has the best vocals even as an alto which made Annika jealous. This causes her rivalry against Zoe and the choir. Zoe became the first girl to join since New Hope Choir were a boys' choir.

In the episode 'Fitting In,' the main 6 of the choir(Reece, Blake, Troy, Brad, George and Zoe) were studying in the library when they saw a kid studying by himself. The kid revealed to be a Year 11 boy named Shawn and he was an exchange student from Canada. He was asked to join the choir but at first, he wasn't sure until he auditioned. Shawn became qualified and he became the first Canadian to join.

In 'The Briefcase,' in the flashback sequence, a mean girl named Shannon attempted to audition but Reece disqualified her. She thought Reece wouldn't let her join because she thought he is sexist but it turns out that Reece doesn't want mean girls in his choir.

In 'New Recruits,' Reece held auditions for 12-year-olds and a 17-year-old to join his choir. So far, Aiden Cowell, a 12-year-old from London and Harvey Cantwell, a 17-year-old from Kent were qualified to join. They are also the new protagonists of the series.

In 'Whatever Happened To A Former Member,' Reece revealed that there used to be a member that joined him along with the other founding members. His name is Dominic and he vanished into thin air and Reece got him out for good.

In 'The Award,' New Hope Choir barely got any rewards because the mean girls always gets them in March, May, July and September every year. So they decided to team up with the Theatre and Orchestra kids to perform in the ceremony. This results in getting their reward together as a super group.

In 'Hold The Door,' there is a new member from Australia named Robert but he wouldn't stop running away from the choir and Jenny. However, they managed to catch him and he auditioned with the help of the entire choir.

In 'Flat Voices,' there was a member named Adam Flatson. However, there was a performance and he forgot to do vocal warm ups. This is possibly because they didn't have time for Adam forgot to do it at home. Once he did his solo, his voice started to sound flat. That's when the entire choir was humiliated and Reece kicked him out which causes him to become a bully.

In 'Puppet Show,' there was also a member named Paula Puppetson. However, there was a performance and Paula took everyone's solos. Then Reece kicked her out also for treating everyone badly causing Paula to be a bully. This also caused her to be expelled for good.

In 'Who Was An Expelled Student,' moments before Dominic disappeared, Adam had a flat voice and Paula took over everyone's solos, there was a member names Joshua Oddson. He is the school's number 1 bully and during his time in the choir, he started becoming a bully. One time, he purposely spilled chemicals on Reece which causes his eyes to burn so he was rushed to the hospital to get them washed off. Then Ms. Jackson kicked Joshua out because of his bad behaviour towards everyone in school. Then he got expelled. Then one day, a few weeks later when Reece recovered, Joshua returned and activated the pienado. Everyone was hit besides Blake and Reece who managed to stop the pienado and saved the school.

In 'The Theatre Kids' Creed,' the New Hope Choir is in merger with the Theatre Troupe and is transformed into a show choir. Now the Theatre Troupe is part of the New Hope Choir.

In 'Pirates,' it is revealed that the New Hope Choir had a long rivalry with Voice Adrenalin because their choir director, Dustin, has been copying their sheet music and songs claiming that it was his. This has been going on since Dustin's choir used New Hope Choir songs to win a talent show the year before.

In 'Blake Of All Trades,' it is revealed that Reece was in a band in primary school with Blake, James and Tristan in Year 4. However, they had to disband after 2 years of being together because Mr. Stalin banned music. This reveals Blake and James' ability to play guitar, Reece's ability to play bass and Tristan's ability to play drums. However, they managed to expose Mr. Stalin and remained together until Secondary School where the extended to a show choir.

In 'This Isn't Over,' Reece quit as choir director and gave his role to Zoe and George. Jenny also quit as director and gave her role to Kandace and Raphael.

In 'Back To The Past,' Caspar has joined the choir on which is revealed to be the 20th of June. He joined as their baritone and an actor in the theatre troupe. Zoe told him that he is part of both the choir and the theatre since the choir and theatre troupe are in merger.

In 'The Choir And Theatre Team,' Wendy has joined the choir. She joined as their alto and actress.

Sub Groups
The only sub group formed in the choir is called 'The Main Six' consisting of the main protagonists of The Secondary School Choir having Reece as de facto leader. Then when Harvey and Aiden joined, it became 'The Main Eight.' It is currently inactive due to the fact that they are working and solving problems together with the choir and theatre troupe.

Auditions
Basically every member auditioned but only George, Zoe, Shawn, Harvey, Aiden, Robert and Caspar's auditions were shown on screen. Here are the songs they auditioned in each episode. Note: Prem is also a new character but it is clear in the series that he hadn't auditioned yet. This is yet to know throughout Season 2. Wendy is also a new character but her audition isn't shown on screen.
 * 1) Zoe Thomson: Speechless by Naomi Scott(Episode 'How It All Started Part 1')
 * 2) George Smith: Wonderwall by Oasis(Episode 'Back To The Old Days'(Flashback))
 * 3) Shawn Mendes: In My Blood by Shawn Mendes(Episode 'Fitting In')
 * 4) 'Harvey Cantwell': Personal by HRVY(Episode 'New Recruits')
 * 5) Aiden Cowell: Total Eclipse Of The Heart by Bonnie Tyler(Episode 'New Recruits')
 * 6) Robert Irwin: Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus(Episode 'Hold The Door')
 * 7) Caspar Lee: Perfect by One Direction(Episode 'Back To The Past')

Trivia

 * The name 'New Hope Choir' is a play on British band 'New Hope Club' whose members are part of the series and are also the main protagonists
 * The first 8 founding members joined as one group while the others who were recruited joined separately
 * Though they have meetings every afternoon, they seem to be meeting during the school hours, including the theatre and orchestra kids
 * Because this was a boys' choir, most of the members are tenors(Reece, Blake, James, Luke, Calum, Michael, Ashton, Shawn, Harvey, Brad and Connor)
 * Altos aren't supposed to get solos in a choir but because Zoe is the only girl, this is going to slide
 * So far, 4 members in the choir are dating, they include Reece(who is with Jenny), Blake(who is with Danna) and Zoe and George who are dating
 * Though the choir is not treated very kindly by Annika and her gang or Mr. Stalin, they are applauded for every performance they did which causes their rivalry
 * The main 8 mainly gets solos in every song though some solos are given to the rest of the choir and sometimes the theatre kids
 * The New Hope Club is one of the most diverse clubs like the theatre club(and they are also a super group so the theatre club's members will be added here)
 * Harvey might be of German descent
 * Reece is of Norwegian, Finnish and French descent
 * Blake is of Norwegian, German, Irish, French, Greek, British and Chinese descent
 * Calum is Australian of Scottish and Maori descent
 * Michael is Australian of British, Irish, Scottish and German descent
 * Ashton is Australian of American and Irish descent
 * Shawn is Canadian of Portuguese and British descent
 * Brad is of Norwegian, German, Irish, French, Greek, British and Chinese descent
 * Troy is South African-Australian of ethnic Jewish descent and is an LGBT(Gay) character
 * Connor is of Scottish descent
 * Robert is Australian of Irish and British descent
 * Zoe is of Norwegian, German, Irish, French, Greek, British and Chinese descent
 * George is of Swedish descent
 * Kandace is of Chinese and British descent
 * Yuto is Canadian of Japanese and French-Canadian descent
 * Aidan is American of French, Irish and Caucasian descent
 * Molly is Chinese-British
 * Thaiyo is British of Japanese and Chinese descent
 * Oakley is of British and Malaysian descent
 * Alicia is of British and Italian descent
 * Poe is of Korean descent and his parents are refugees from North Korea
 * Tanya is Malaysian of Chinese-Malay descent
 * Ken is Russian of Chinese and Russian descent
 * Anya is of Chinese, Russian and British descent
 * Raphael is of Chinese and British descent
 * Sheryl is of Chinese and British descent
 * Ankit is of Indian and British descent
 * Devan is American
 * Jenny is of Vietnamese and French descent
 * Danna is of Mexican descent
 * Collins is American
 * Caspar is South African-British
 * Wendy is Chinese-Australian
 * However, all of them are Protestant/Anglican Christian with the exception of Aidan, Collins, Devan and Danna who are Catholics, Troy who is Jewish, Oakley who is Islam and Aiden who is Buddhist
 * The New Hope Choir is inspired by the New Directions from American TV Series, Glee
 * However the difference is that the members are mostly male and the only female is Zoe before merging with the Theatre Troupe
 * The New Hope Choir currently lacks juniors, this is mostly because juniors are just entering their teens and might be experiencing teenage pressure
 * Also they are lacking awards along with the theatre and orchestra troupe but this is resolved in 'The Award'
 * Reece stated that when he and his friends the choir graduate, Zoe and George will replace him as choir directors
 * Ever since the choir merged in with the theatre kids, there are 28 males and 10 females
 * However, it still lacks females as there are more males
 * All of the songs sung by New Hope Choir and Theatre Troupe used in Out Of Nowhere Season 1 appeared in The Secondary School Choir: Up Close & Personal preview that is currently being aired in CBBC
 * The preview will be shown after the airings of the following episodes:
 * Joshua The Gardener
 * Failure To Launch
 * The Choir And Theatre Team
 * Show Me The Pounds
 * Vape In The Choir Room
 * The Animal Whisperer
 * Brad Strikes Back
 * New Hope Choir's Day
 * Theatre Troupe's Day
 * And Then There Were Pets
 * A Case Of The Rashes
 * Happy Anniversary
 * Good Student Bad Student
 * Night Practice
 * Put Us In