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Oslo Gospel Choir

Oslo·Norwayest. 1988

Norway's flagship gospel choir, founded and still conducted by Tore W. Aas after a newspaper audition drew 300 applicants. A model for the Nordic gospel-choir movement.

Over 1.5 million albums sold across Europe and the US

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