In the beginning...
Back in September 2014, Jax Gibbins started on a musical journey that she never expected, when she took on her first ever 'Choir Musical Directors' job, working for 'The Rhythm of Life Choir', Exeter. Things would never be the same again!...
The back story...
Jax's has been working in the music industry for almost 30 years, performing in bands, Stage Musical Productions, Compositional work, Music Teacher & vocal trainer for Stagecoach - Performing Arts, as well as being a singer/songwriter herself, with two albums and an EP under her belt! Her deep love of harmonies and arranging had always been there, but upon taking this first step into the world of 'choirs', the potential for her creativeness, was fully realised...
Jax's love of all types of music, including 'Funk', ‘Soul’, 'Rock', 'Pop', and 'Gospel' are demonstrated in the carefully selected songs taught to the choir. Her idea was to push the boundaries of the 'traditional' choir, and create something energetic, fun and dynamic! Her classical training, also added to the mix, a combination of 3 part, up to 6 part harmonies in some pieces, creating choral arrangements of some unlikely song choices, such as 'Hysteria' - by Muse, and 'Chandelier' - by Sia. The idea was to make choirs accessible to anyone from the age of 18 - 70, with a broad setlist that covers all genres and styles to suit all choir members and audiences tastes, but with a 'spark' of something a little different...
A new breed of choir...
So after several years of enjoyment working with choirs, Jax decided to start her very own brand - DyNaMix!. So on September the 13th 2016, the first ever 'DyNaMix' Choir was born...!
The choirs have performed at various places including Exeter City Football Stadium, Music Festivals, The Devon Choirs ‘Big Weekender’, as well as being invited to perform along side ‘Tenors Unlimited’ on their UK tour.
They have raised thousands for some incredible charities including the RNLI, Crisis UK, Women’s Aid, The NHS and FORCE (to name but a few) and recorded a charity single for Alzheimers Society. They are an award winning choir, and won the ‘sing for your city’ competition 2016. As well as creating their first ever music video of their own arrangement of 'Fix you' by Coldplay and they once took to the 'cat walk' singing and modelling,....Oh yeah!! ;)
10 years on, and Jax now being based in Andover, it was only natural that a choir in Andover DyNamix needed to happen. So, Sept 2026, there will be a new choir in town! With 3 choirs now in action, DyNaMix Choirs go from strength to strength, entertaining audiences far and wide and raising significant amounts of money for a variety of charities along the way!
The root of DyNamix Choirs, and the running theme throughout all of Jax’s choirs, is they are super fun, challenging, but also accessible to anyone on any level, so no pressure in the singing department! And a fantastic way to meet people, de-stress and come away feeling part of something rather special. And with the love and support of its members and Jax's ongoing energy and enthusiasm, we hope to see 'DyNaMix' Choirs continue well into the future... So come and join us today!
"The choirs are built up of people of all ages and abilities, and encompass an array of positive elements, such as stronger musicality, team work, sometimes life long friendships, but above all....a pure love of singing!"