If life had a background score, the glorious swell of a children’s choir would be saved for those rare moments of revelation. Much like when we were endlessly scrolling online earlier this week, and a video clip of a young group harmonising an angelic tune suddenly cut through the noise. Gleehive, the children’s choir born in Ranwar, Bandra, nearly four decades ago, has been silently nurturing voices in the hip suburb. This week, a new batch of young choristers is rehearsing for a special showcase for a cause.

Director Dawn Cordo, a Berklee College of Music graduate, has composed countless jingles, arranged choir music for two decades, and even performed alongside maestro AR Rahman in 2010. But ask her for a story, and she’ll tell you about Celeste Cordo. Dawn’s mother, and founder of the choir, Celeste, now 66 years old, started the choir with the vision to bring children in her neighbourhood together through music. “Music classes dotted the lanes of Bandra back then, but they all functioned in isolation,” Dawn recalls.